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If that's it I can deal with that for a few days I think :) thanks for your help guys

Cheers mate I was thinking that, after all the stuff I've read about them on here but wanted to know if there could of been something else, its still under some from of warranty atm so it'll be going back for that to be done as well :) if I keep driving it for a few days will it cause any damage...

Right my 172 was making a diesel type noise coming from the engine itself all the time, the mechanic thought it was lifters and replaced the ones where he said the noise was coming from and also replace two rocker arms, now the car is next too silent when cold but after I've been out driving for...

Its also had some new rockers, lifters and belt tensioner done on Friday, but its still making a bit of noise every now n then so it'll be going back soon (n)

Absolutely blitzed the clio today, washed,rinsed de-tarred, clayed, washed, SRP, polished, waxed n sealed :) shampooed all the interior fabrics, basically gutted it, took me about 5hrs, but was definitely worth it, gonna try keep it clean at work next week, if that's even possible :/

Split a coolant hose on the way to work :/ thank god for breakdown cover

what he said ;)

Wiring a sub to your head unit without going through an amp is next to pointless tbh pal, nowhere near enough power :/

Its more than likely for 'bridging' mate so you can run more speakers off it, 6x9s etc

Flame red 172 ph2 :D, standard , well when I get these crappy springs off

That front end looks awesome mate!

Brilliant :D

+1

By the time you've spent all that money on a 1.2 you may as well of bought a 1#2 mate, id just save your money, because as nice as you get your 1.2 too look you'll still end up wanting something a bit more capable

Ahh does sound kinda tractor/diesel like but been told that's the lifters, if it still makes the other noise (high pitch creaky noise) when I get it back I'll stick a video up, thanks though guys :)

Anyone??

Alright guys my 172 is in the garage atm having some new lifters put in, but over the past few days and only occasionally it literally sounds like there's crickets engine bay, it doesn't seem to get louder or speed up and slow down with acceleration, well not that I've noticed :| any ideas? I...

Hahaa that's literally just up the road from me, might have a nosey this weekend!

Fitted new expansion bottle, coolant/oil change, fitting new black bullets/dashstrips tonight , might even clean the engine bay, if I can be assed :P

Cheers mate, just thought it sounded a bit dodgey

That's just mental ! Epic build btw mate :)

Just spoke to my mate, who has an Astra SRi, and its been in to have the head gasket done and some other stuff, the mechanic who is doing it has said when he was doing some work on it slipped with a grinder and nipped the head, but has had the slice/cut whatever, welded up then had it...

Anybody who speaks, never mind writes like that wants hitting in the face with a hammer. End of :/

Yeah ya could always get some 'bolt grips' I think that's what they're called I've got some at home, and you just hammer it over the bolt and it cuts in to the metal and lets you undo it :)

If you do ever get it off mate, don't put it back on they're pretty pointless (just my opinion), if someone wanted to steal your wheels they'd just take the whole car these days, I've had loads of hassle with them in the past, hope you get it sorted anyways

Just don't use locking nuts more hassle than what there worth imo :/ , but I definitely have a go at prising the drain cover up nd get your hand in mate :rasp:

Haha no chance, id end up putting some nice big scratches in it, deffo gonna use the super shed as a test dummy

Cheers Dan I'll definitely have a test run on the megane first then :)

I'll have to take a trip to the car shop then Thursday for some of that thanks, oh this car will never look good its an Xreg 1.4 'sport?' yellow megane coupe every panel is a different colour, with loads of laquer peel its horrendous, just been borrowing whilst mines belts are being done, and...

Yeah I've got some clay bars and the and the lube for them, so I might try them out on the car im driving atm first as its a shed anyway just to get the feel for it and get used to the pressure I need to use when removing tar etc without marking the paint