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I want it running well and in sellable condition but want to do it as quick as poss for as cheap as poss as the car has only set me back £300ish atm. Im going to price some bits up today and depending on cost I will either order them or get booked in for replacment engine (basically if im only...

how much is a renault timing tools? and what parts will i need to do the job? and is it worth changing anything else whilst im at it? ive got next couple of days off from work so could go out and get the bits and crack on whilst its dry lol

misfiring, fair amount of white smoke coming out of the exhaust, and when i bought it home it had no coolant/water in. i toped up and its not leaking but also has no oil mixed in with it? the mileage is 90 odd thousand. i have cleaned all the plugs up because they was black and its still...

im not sure on the history of the car because i bought it from a lad at work when he broke down for £80. ive since put alternator and fan belt on, changed the cat and middle pipe, rear wiper motor and linkage arm and a new battery. as for tools i am pretty stocked up so should be fine, how much...

yeah i dont mind giving it a shot but im like you, on the driveway with limited light and weather permitting when i can do it, plus ive just started working nights so miss alot of daylight lol. what parts are needed apart from the headgasket kit? might aswell do cambelt whilst at it aswell...

ive never done any work like this before tbh but i dont mind giving stuff a go, what sort of time scale did it take you to do it all? and how much should a garage charge to do it?

Hi all, I have got a V reg clio 1.2 8v (bought it knowing it had problems for cheap) and after checking it all out and replacing a few bits I have come to the conclusion either it needs a new coilpack or the headgasket has gone. So today I took the car to a local garage to get them to have a...

I went into halfords today and the r****d looked at me like I was an idiot and told me he didnt know what I was on about :-( I dont suppose anyone knows what these sockets are called? Need to get it sorted asap

Theres hardly any space and dont have/know anybody with a dremel either :-( A bloke at one of the exhaust places i went told me they use some wierd socket that grips to rounded bolts/studs, but he wont do it unless they supply and fit..anybody know anything about these sockets? never heard of...

No its the 2 studs/bolts from the cat to the manifold. I have tried oiling them and also tried heating with blowtorch its just rounding them off worst than they already are

Im abit stuck at the moment, I need to get the cat off my car but the studs are rounded off. I have phoned around quite a few local garages and exhaust places to get them to remove the cat and not one place will do it unless they supply and fit a new one (and prices was in the region of £230...

Yeah that was the sort of thing I am fancying but I would prefer to do the work myself so I learn abit along the way. A few of my mates are mechnics so if I get stuck hopefully they will have an idea lol. By track car I mean coilovers, bucket seats and totally stripped, on as much of a budget...

I think it has around 90k on the clocks but the engine I got offered had done 40k. Its only a basic model no electric windows or anything. I should shift it pretty easy then if I advertised it for £1000?

I though about that but its abit too much hassle. Would prefer to just put a few weekends aside and either get it running and sell it or to make it into a track car for the summer. If this car was working how much should I be looking at selling it for? I looked in autotrader and they range from...

yeh not got a bad deal, the headunit alone is worth £130 lol

Ok I got the car today and got it for £50! bargin! Not had chance to look at it yet though will prob have a nosey tomorrow. Can anybody tell me what parts I will need to stick a 172/182 engine in and roughly how much it will cost. I want as much poke for my doe as possible and dont want to spend...

How much would I expect to pay for a 2.0 sport? If I fix it to sell I will stick with the 1.2 but if I keep it I want something more powerful. I am unsure what model it is (8v/16v) I only had a quick look around it and towed it back, its a V reg 1.2 if anybody can give us an idea. Will the...

Basically a lad from work broke down and has now decided to sell his clio for cheap so I am buying it tomorrow. I went to tow it back and got the car started but it was running on 3 cylinders and then I noticed it had no water in it. I am presuming it is the headgasket but im not 100% sure...