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Looks like a tidy dci? That hole is blank in the dci65 pipe, the sensor is in the boost hose from memory. Egr looks as clean as they get wouldnt have bothered cleaning it, they usually stay like that with a good thrashing once a week ?

Get a new key programmed mate, only delaying the inevitable lol

Swapped the springs for 172 Eibach sportlines today. Its slightly higher than before but still acceptable, the ride is night and day compared to the old Apex spinebreakers. Ive just had a new job offer which will press this into daily duties again, going to do the clutch asap as its on its last...

I always change all 4 heater plugs when doing them. Mine must be soldiering on with 2 or 3 working properly ?

I might do them one day, ive done loads of sets on other engines no issues, just a bit put off doing these as they look like they have never been out and 143k. Not had any starting problems always fires first go any temperature even -6 recently, its just a bit chuggy on idle when cold...

Good to hear the heater plugs came out ok. I might attempt to do mine now after reading these success stories, always been concerned about them snapping. Eml off now ?

I would get the key changed and see if that sorts it, its fairly common for them to fail and with it working better briefly when you messed about with it its pointing at it.

You can belt them in and out on problem but its easy to damage new bearing when fitting if not careful. Its far easier with a press though just slip a garage a few quid to press the bearing in when drum is off

@Brigsy are you free next week at all to plug in for me mate? Should be about Wed night or next weekend mate and in all day today if you can get over later?

Scan it with clip and see whats stored. Mine comes on occasionally and always seems to be related to airbag wiring

182 manifold and a 2nd hand cat back stealth with decat to suit 182 manifold would be my choice, cheaper and will do the job

Started building the new engine up last week. Block and crank cleaned/checked, new King mains in, good coating of graphogen. Shez wanted in on the new build so had her cleaning some parts up and let her torque the main bearing caps up. Nice easy engine to learn on, she is a natural at stuff...

Keep an eye on it, if it starts smoking blue from cold start for a few miles it will need replacing sharpish. Search on youtube for 'diesel runaway' when they start running on their own oil.

I had a Britool torque wrench that give me years of good service until it eventually broke..just upgraded to a snap on techangle which seems great, especially as most engine bits are angle torque these days. You can get them for a reasonable price refurbished off ebay.

Squib is faulty mate, stick another one on?

I had the same issue with a gates kit on my dci, had the wrong crank bolt but luckily had a new one in my spares. Could prob check the length of oem to see if stretched or not if stuck.

Changed loads on the older renaults mate, it will be a doddle. Only hard to change when the keys are missing.

Check the small relays are pushed in place properly under the bonnet. For some reason the under bonnet fuse box cover on my dci knocks the relays out of place when fitted properly, which give me the red immobiliser light of doom last time i changed the battery. The cover is sat on top of fusebox...

I had a similar issue on my clio dci, noisy bearing but not giving much away when jacked up and i can usually diagnose most wheel bearing noise straight away. It ended up being a combination of 3x semi worn wheel bearings causing a racket, could see the wear once the hub was stripped. I ended up...

You can buy a clone clip off ebay £120ish. Might be somebody local to you who will do it for a few quid, where abouts are you based?

Get somebody to reprogram the airbag ecu with clip, miles better mate

Brave man jacking up on the sill lip haha, use the 2” box section that is a bit furthur behind mate, miles better. New oem dogbone makes a massive difference on the diesels, mine was totally knackered when i got it too. I briefly tried a poly version which was awful the whole dash vibrated on...

It will be the key mate, especially if you have messed about with the chip and its working better.

I would just get another key programmed to current uch, to save any programming issues. Should be able to pick up another lock set for next to nowt, fit blade into key. If you need another blade cutting they are next to nowt.

I have seen sparks out of the back of my dci after an italian tune up flat out for 5 miles or so. I initially thought it was on fire as the sparks did not stop when rolling off the throttle? Its pretty common on a diesel if heavily coked up when you give them a boot full. Dont worry about it...

Theres a nice guide for paid members in the articles section for adding cruise mate. It covers everything ?

Forgot about the sdi, painfully slow drove a caddy with one in.

Im struggling to think of any non turbo diesels in anything modern, last n/a diesel i had was clio 1.9d mk1 & ax 1.5d. Both painfully slow compared to any modern turbo diesel

Every day is a school day dont worry about it. Fix the issues and get it remapped if you want more power.

Its at the back of the engine. You wont hear it as its got a large airbox and quiet exhaust, dont expect too much from a small engined diesel bit of turbo whistle if your lucky