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I agree, it would be so much better to see some back to back results - pre and post the remap.

Better to take it to an independent Renault specialist.

The gases should only be coming out of the end of the exhaust pipe. If it's coming out somewhere else then it's a leak. High pressure engine my ar*e! They typically leak at the junction between the cat and the cat back section. The gap can be sealed with flange sealant - Loctite do it and it...

I got mine for about £15 each. I bought them from ALS car parts. I think GSF also sell them. It's a kit consisting of the rubber doughnut, washer and bearing.

Yep, that'll be why it isn't ridged then. I reckon that something like a bolt or stone probably hit the aux belt and it probably came up from the road. This made the dent on the water pump pulley, and caused the belt to slip off and then rip apart as it caught on one of the other pulleys. That's...

I took the bonnet's sound deadening off a few years ago and thought it might effect the paint on the bonnet. It's not very noticeable though if it has so I'm not sure what it's there for, seems pointless.

Something has impacted quite hard on the water pump pulley, there was a small crater on the surface. Could of been a stone or such like I suppose. A piece of wet and dry paper and some rrubbing has taken off the slight rough edges. Feels smooth again. I wonder why that pulley isn't ridged though...

How easy was it to take off, it looks tight behind the power steering reservoir. I want to get mine out and replaced as it has started to change colour and looks a bl**dy mess. I'd like to replace it with something. Ideally something that's already made to fit (not another original engine bay...

Simple to fix this one. Lots of posts already on it. It is the connections under the front seats. Just wrap and electrical tie lengthways around them to hold them tight.

Probably nothing to do with the temp, it'll just coincidence. Mine did this and after cleaning the throttle body and idle control valve with carb cleaner it improved. When it started to do it again I changed the ICV, it has been fine for about four months. They cost about £55.

The linkage always has a tiny bit of oil round it. Mine's been like it for years and it's fine. I don't have any oil on the plug, although the whole area can get a bit messy. Try cleaning it up with engine cleaner, run it for a week and re-check it.

That's a relief. So far it's ok. Nothing broke when I pushed it hard to avoid the humiliation of being caught by a BMW Z3 (I let him win when we hit silly speed ;) ). The garage who fitted it were great about it.

Tar, will do. The undertray doesn't protect that area very much though.

Pulleys look normal. That's why I'm thinking dodgy belt or even maybe something from off the road caught it.

The belt split, lengthways - along the length of the belt and then it broke in two. Is it possible that something can damage a belt from underneath - flicked up from the road? I have had a bottom hose punctured before when I drove over a big stick - not a Clio though, but same principle.

Exactly. The company who fitted it have replaced it. Hopefully it was a dodgy belt!

Cam belt was ok, luckily the auxillary belt broke cleanly and didn't wrap itself around anything important (phew!). I had had the cam belt and aux belt changed together, but the aux belt broke. It's really odd.

I had a new aux belt fitted about a week or so ago and yesterday it broke. I lost power steering and the waterpump - so the engine got a little hot. All the pumps and pulleys driven by the aux belt feel and look perfectly fine (the water pump, power steering pump, alternator and aircon)...

I got one from Halfords (not the Eazi Bleed thing) for about £3.50. It's little more than piece of tubing, a widget to go over the bleed screw and a rubber one way valve. It works fine.

My 172 ph1 has covered 93,500 miles. That's in the 2 or so years I've owned and I bought it on 27,000 miles. It's better now than ever and regularly gives me over 40 mpg - that's from a combined driving style of quite steady to bonkers mad.

It was 1035 kg, but that's perhaps with the alloy bonnet.

Loctite flange sealant will seal it. Messy stuff but it works. Halfords sell it.

Mine did the same. I replaced the ICV and cleaned the throttle body. It works fine now and has been normal for about six months. I suspect it was a faulty ICV. When fitting a new valve it has to be calibrated.

It's in the throttle body. Yes, it can be cleaned. I think someone on here did a guide so check that section. You will need some carburettor cleaner spray for both the ICV and the throttle body. You have to take them both off the car to do it = quite easy.

If it's blowing at a joint in the exhaust then get some Loctite flange sealant from Halfords or wherever. Undue the joint, clean it up with a wire brush, slap it on and tighten it up again (leave it to cure for a while after) = sorted!!!

I doubt it, TBH. Sometimes my car feels not that special and then suddenly it feels quick again. All depends on how hard you push it and getting it right e.g. gear change etc.

The track day is in July at Smeatharpe airfield near Honiton, come along. £5 deposit secures you a place.

I'm on 93,000 now and it's better than ever.

Since fitting harder brake pads, DS 2500s mine kicks in a lot more.

Haven't Kwik Fit got a 25% off deal for Michelin's at the moment?