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Ah OK... so with the locking pin in the correct hole on the crankshaft, the flywheel notch aligns with the second line on the bell-housing. This is a massive help. Thanks again.

@flebay That's fantastic, thanks so much. Your Flickr gallery is on all the different stages of the process is amazing too. So is that the flywheel notch below the green paint ? Also, should that notch line up with the mark on the bell housing that has the zero on it, which seems to be...

That's great @bloke Thanks so much ! I think my locking tool isn't good enough. I'm just trying to face up to the fact I probably need to spend £150 on the genuine Renault tool kit :( Mine's a Sealy and came with just two cogs, despite the fact it says it's for the F4R. The genuine Renault...

Andrew [Jinjur :)]... not sure of your name there. This is absolutely identical to my car. I looked at the ends of your camshafts and they look like they're out about the same as mine. The horseshoe will go into those groves but needs a little encouragement... which is what I gave it when I...

Thanks for the post on here J. Don't do anything on yours until we see how I get on. If it does prove to be timing, then I'll write something up so that it can appear prominently for everyone. I'm planning on doing the work towards the end of May. The car's driveable at the moment - as I'm...

Mine's a standard engine with very lumpy tick over - see thread below - and I appear to be reading around 500mB or so on idle. I'm resigning myself to the possibility that the timing may be off. Can you let me know what a reasonable figure for a road engine on idle should be ? Thanks...

It looks like I'm going to have to pull it apart and check the timing again :( I didn't realise there was a window on the bellhousing and timing marks there. I had been using that Renault manual PDF 3286a and there was no mention of it there. So there are four numbered timing marks on the...

Could you get the tool into the groves there ? Mine was a little closer than that but I had still to jiggle and force the tool to lodge it in the grooves. The reason I wasn't too perturbed about doing that was because I had to do that initially before I removed the original belt. Regarding...

I know exactly what you mean about that other slot. I spent quite a while fiddling with that to be as sure as I could be that I had the crankpin in the slot and not one of the balance drillings. I had a screwdriver down the plughole to monitor TDC while I was doing it. I'm getting that sickly...

An interesting article here from another site. This guy seems to point the finger at timing. It's something that's crossed my mind too, since I've just done the timing belt. However, in my defence, the cam timing tool slotted into its groves at the end of the camshafts, albeit with a...

That's interesting Nathan... and did it rev and pull OK ? In other words it was just problematic when idling ? @LukeSi It had a set of Bosch double platinums in it before I did the big overhaul...and it was fine with them. I suppose I could try putting them back in to see if it makes a...

Ya the plugs were replaced [see above]. Or do you mean did I take them out again this afternoon ?

Just took the inlet manifold off and the leads and plug caps all look fine [see photo] I'm just wondering about that seal on the underside of the manifold [see photos]. I took it out and it looks OK... it's flattened a bit but still proud off the aluminium. Not sure if that and/or the...

Good points... I'll give that a go after the GP and report back.

I think they're the original leads, they are grouped together and have that sort of meshing around them just before they meet the plug caps.

Thanks for everything here Bloke :) - Throttle body is clean. That was the first thing I suspected a few days ago. - Will look at the plugs/leads again... it does pull really well without any misfires when it's not idling though which may mean the electrical end of things is OK. - I'll check...

I used Denso PK20PR11 plugs. I had an injector fail before I started all my work. It did throw a fault code. The car was running on three cylinders as a result, probably because the ECU shut off the injector. A prior owner also had an injector replaced in the past. I was just wondering...

I've replaced the cambelt, dephaser pulley, dephaser solenoid seal, water pump, auxiliary belt and spark plugs. Yes the inlet manifold has been off. I found two links on youTube that seem to be exhibiting very similar symptoms to mine. One's a 172 and the other's a Megane R26. The Megan...

I haven't been able to check the integrity of the pipe by sight all the way to the servo because it seems to go down back of a heat shield or something. However I pulled the pipe off the end of the throttle body and the revs increased a fair bit. It probably indicates that the pipe's OK. I...

It's idling higher than that but on the Modis scanner, when the engine is off, it says that the target idle is 869rpm (!) An air leak could be a problem... wondering where to start with that one though.

Thanks for that advice Nitro... will fill the tank with it and see how it goes. A friend suggested I try some STP petrol injection cleaner too... what do you think ? I guess if neither of those two work, I probably need to think about new injectors ? I replaced one of the injectors that was...

Thanks for this. Unfortunately it doesn't settle down when warm. It's like that whether cold or warm. Any idea what might be causing it ? I've had it on a live diag and most things look normal... and as I said, it drives absolutely fine.

Here's a vid of it today. Tell me what you think. The exhaust sounds a lot quieter on the vid than it does in the flesh.

Thanks for that Coops. I'll try and post a video link to mine a little later to see what you [and others] think. It just seems to idle a lot lumpier than any other road car I've had... more like a racing car than a road car.

Are Clio 182's generally lumpy when idling ? I've done a load of work on mine, I think it was lumpy on tick over before I started the work but can't remember. It idles at around 860-900 rpm. It's absolutely fine all the way through the rev range, pulls really well and the [new] dephaser is...

I found one on line... so hopefully I'll have it Tuesday.

Bingo ! That's it ! Thanks so much.

Anybody got the Renault part number for this thing handy ? I need to get one asap... in the mid of a cambelt and dephaser change at the moment and noticed this is weeping.

Yes I can, this is great. Is everything the same for the F4R 738, which I believe is what I have... i.e. the 182 engine ?