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No worries, that's what we're here for :) These are what you need by the way, if they have indeed failed.

No, it's a discharge lamp and will either work or not. The only way to test it is to put it in a known working headlight.

No, you can get aftermarket ones but from experience they're still about £40 each.

Xenon lamps are £75 plus VAT each from Renault.

Stupid question alert - did you wash inside the engine bay? There is no other way that the headlights/lamps could come into contact with water.

Starting etc, you shouldn't need to check those. All the auxillaries are in the dash fuse box.

Yep the headlights are individually fused. Failing that the relay could have worked loose, do you hear the click when you switch the lights on?

Brand new they're very expensive - they should still be available to order though.

They don't work at all, in auto or manually? I presume he's checked the fuses?

I thought the idle was electronically controlled from within the ECU? That's what I was told anyway when I was looking to adjust mine...

It's easier to combine with other work, like the cambelt for example. My Cams are getting fitted for less than £100 which I think is very reasonable but then I'm having other stuff done at the same time so engine will already be partly stripped down. I don't think Paul does fitting of the Cams.

That's reassuring as that's who I'm booked in with - thanks :)

One directly infront of the cat, on the manifold, and one directly in the side of the cat.

Firstly you shouldn't really be using an impact gun to tighten the top nut as this can spin the shaft of the strut. I'd say as Jon does that the top rubber mount could be fitted incorrectly.

Have a look? ;) There should be two, one pre cat and one post cat. They're interchangeable by the way so a quick way to eliminate the pre cat sensor is by swapping it with the post cat one.

The only practical way to check it is to swap it for the post cat sensor, they're both identical but the pre cat one is the only one that controls anything. Second sensor is purely for emissions.

Depends on the Cams and the Map really. My Cams are £1k~ new and the map is £345+VAT. Secondhand Cams can be had for £500~, so all in for £1k is do-able if you have patience.

The MAP sensor is pretty important, it senses the air pressure difference between what's inside the plenum and what's outside. From that it works out how open the throttle is (as this lets air in) and then dictates to the ECU how much fuel to put in and the ignition timing.

I don't think you can and Renault wont do it due to insurance issues. Have any bags been fired, I noticed your new bumper etc the other day ;)

Faulty pre cat lambda at a guess, that's the one that controls fuelling etc.

The resistor is if you remove the seats and there is nolonger an airbag fitted. Have you fitted an aftermarket steering wheel or anything?

Well mine was missfiring from idle and hesitant on acceleration, unplugging the sensor cured the idle issues and made it run better. I've since changed the sensor and it has resolved my problems :)

The MAP sensor is on the drivers side of the plenum, under the engine cover. It's a simple check and was the cause of my missfiring issues. There's a picture of it in this section in a couple of threads.

Try unplugging the MAP sensor and start the car. Could be the lambda too as said. Did changing the coil pack make no difference? Have you checked/changed the leads/plugs?

Do the wipers and headlights still function ok? It's generally the switch when they start playing up, did you unplug the switch when you removed it?

Does the ph1 have an ICV? I know the ph2 doesn't. Coolant temp sensor could be the issue and are relatively cheap to replace.

Re: Mass NY & NW meet Saturday 30th Jan!! I wont be at this one - it's my Birthday weekend :) Have fun!

Well two differences I can think of - it wont have the auto levelling system for the xenons as Cup's don't have them, I'm not sure if the set up can be transferred? Secondly the Cup hubs wont have the ABS sensors as they don't have ABS, again I'm not sure if his sensors can be swapped over to...

RB, but then I am slightly biased... ;) Seen inferno a few times in the flesh and to be honest it doesn't really appeal to me.

Brake pedal switch will either have come loose, need adjusting or be faulty.