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so so many things wrong it's hard to know where to start. I've heard of Renault quoting over £1000. Parts are getting on for £165-170 including oil so you're not getting 7-8 hours of work for £50 labour are you? (working on your £220 estimate) Any statement using "I've heard"......well just...

the small hole in the breather plate is there as a PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) so works in the way you've suggested. You should block this hole with boost or it is basically just a leak, and can pressurise the breather system under boost

you ex sxoc Jonny? Recognise the user name

I went for the Janspeed mild steel superstealth as it's actually quieter than some stock 172 systems I've heard. Similarly the Janspeed Sport 182 system is the closest to standard you will get from an aftermarket (just don't buy a supersport without a center silencer)

for the time and cost, I would replace. Anything can be repaired usually, but that doesn't look worth it

if you have a sub, 6x9s are pointless. You're trying to do the job of a sub, mids, and tweaters with one speaker, but you already have the other speakers too. Decent fronts, and a sub will always sound better. Add in 6x9s and you'll make the quality worse. Its not anal, it's logic. You wouldn't...

have you had that on fire on a track day? Easy option is a new/refurbed caliper. That one is pretty shot by the looks of it

really? Still on renault parts system, just cost a lot

Re: dmallett's 421'd monaco That battery was brand new the day before you had the car

yup. Can even organise it all for you when I'm back in work next week. Give me a call when you're ready

yeah. sorry the pictures are poor, I'm on a 3g dongle in a hotel room so the upload quality is terrible

fit the valve, turn ignition on and leave for a minute or so, then ignition off. Repeat a few times and it should auto calibrate

Jenvey ones are all pipercross, but I think more expensive. Had this one in last week that I supplied the filter for about 18 months ago

55 in the F4R 730 manual. p119 of the PDF

ignition leads on the right way?

that section of loom runs from the fuse box, infront of the battery, than back and up to the ECU. I'll be honest, I got a man in whos better with wiring than me. I hate the stuff. All about who you know sometimes.

sure you have the right map version for a ph1? it's different and if you have a ph2 map it won't fire the fuelpump

Knew someone a while back that did this a lot with mk1 Golfs which suffer form this very badly. Cut out a semi circle, then weld in a section of pipe to shut the cut out off and put some strength back

v1s are very soft indeed

Re: is it possible to change the lamda sensor without taking down the exhaust on 172 Cut thee wire off and get a ring spanner on it, then hit the spanner with a mallet

yeah they're not E-marked. Same goes for a fair number of track pads. agree fully. Bobby J and Sash did Bedford on Pagid disks and pads that I fittted the night before and they never once saw fade. they're better than you'll ever need for the road and the whole setup is less than a set of...

it kind of had, the insulation was sort of rotten to the point of being pourous

ecu to main power relay, signal wire. it wasn't a break, the wire was corroded internally along about an 18 inch run. It was pure green right the way through every cut. I've no idea how it ran as long as it did!

Re: dmallett's 421'd monaco I'm pretty sure there's superblue in it anyway. I did a load of cars with it before my ring trip last year, manic few days. I'm not about this week but bell me soon.

you ever go to the 2 brewers? Go there sometimes with friends from Bozeat and Salsey

we got a 172 cup down to 12mpg round bedford last year, nothing wrong with that. Fuel in the oil however needs addressing immediately, get it that changed and get diagnostics done to check the live functionality of the lambda

you have a 172 so you don't have the same join or clamps as the OP.

I always fit new, re-used clamps never work properly as they change shape the first time they're tightened. I also use genuine as for a few quid extra, you get a much better quality part than a motor factor clamp (which usually strip the threads on the bolts before being tight enough)

1144 are a road pad. 1155 (about £10 more) are more equivalent to the ds2500 .I prefer the mintex personally, but brakes, much like tyres are very personal and entirely subjective.

if there was a lot of air bubbles coming through as you bled it, I'd suspect you've opened the bleed nipple too far, or you don't have a tight enough pipe on the nipple. I've seen air get pulled in like this before and make it look like you're improving things, but you're making it worse