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fit a new engine wiring loom, £130 odd +vat for the part, more than likely be that at fault, especially if its the old style loom (encased in rubber)

probably a dodgy sensor or faulty injector. DCI's are great fun to sort out running fault wise.

get it repaired before it cracks, they dont take long to do. Usual cost is around £30-£50 if your insurance wont cover it.

Re: ***How much is my car worth?*** Get a trailer and use for track only, wont cost as much then surely. You know you will miss it once its sold.

did you disconnect the battery at all? its possible you may have spiked the sceen when reconnecting battery, in which case its a new screen or repair. We always have the sidelights on and ignition key not in car when fiddling with battery.

Yes we change around one a month, thing is when people phone for a cambelt quote and you mention the dephaser pulley is recommended to be change and that adds £150+vat to the job they tend to think you are taking the piss and you end up losing the job. It's a no win situation most of the time...

Oxygen sensor is probably the most important sensor on the engine management system, tells the ecu what is coming out of the exhaust and the ecu adjusts furling accordingly. So if it's faulty then car is never going to run correctly. Change it see how you go, remember it's the upstream sensor...

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Drivers side top engine mount I expect.

Check for voltage at the starter motor solenoid , the main wire is 12 volts all the time and the small one is 12volts when ignition key is in start position only. Failing that check the starter relay in the engine fuse box

Damn price increase needed, I must be giving away work. lol

borrow my van if you want mate, as long as your insured on it.

hello New

LOL Yes Do not PM CALL and something is up with the mounts!!

Cheers for the comments. As to prices... we charge a standard 4 hour labour charge for cambelt change and accessory belt kit , saving over an hour on book time. Service wise if booked with a cambelt change its something like 1.5 hour extra if I remember correctly. We change the following on...

Dans advise is the best. But also from me, its crap and they are getting ripped off. I got the my Twingo done with Lifeshine for £50.

As long as all brakes cover at least 50% braking effort then it should pass. The testing station I use are very aware of the poor braking effort on the CUP. You can move the brake load valve arm to increase braking effort by the way, as we have had to do some times.

I love the Corina, rite from back when I was a lad. That was when cars was made proper, no plastic fantastic/ no crappy electrical gimmicks and no regards for anything other than a proper solidly made car. That car looks the dogs!!

should have gone to Rentech.

36 , RS Twingo and the worlds slowest Van(ask Day)

Thanks Tom, hope your business is going as well as mine. Have you cracked the local area work yet???

Call them!! When in the motor trade the last thing you want to do is come home and sit on a forum about cars. PS I'm just the same log on on the Mac twice a week, rest of the time its on Iphone...Have you ever tried sending messages on them.

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liking that and its a reliable beast as well.

mmm burger, I'm in.

usually see a bit of oil in nearly all 1.2 16v clios. Worry if its a lot.

If you have had a full cambelt kit fitted in the last year or so you can get away with just a cambelt replacement approx £20-£25 for the belt, plus an accessory belt £20 and a pulley £135. As your a trainee mechanic you can do it yourself and save a fortune. Just check to make sure the tensioner...

Alternator failing I expect. You say your having trouble starting it, so I expect the alternator is not charging the battery and its basically located behind the headlight.

No you won't lose the map.

new gearbox, or recon.