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I used the rs tuner on my old 182 a few years ago and thought the service was fab, map was great, didn't gain more than a couple of bhp on the rollers but it did make the engine run so much smoother. I think Henk fell out with CS users and has sinfe lost his reputation.

After half an hour of running it should be up to temp, I put my money on a stuck open thermostat.. As for the rear lambda fault, you could do this yourself with an RS tuner if you don't manage to find a local mapper or wish to travel a little.

I got a ktec stealth silenced centre section for my 172 last month, they ordered it direct from their supplier, so I see no reason why they couldn't sell full system. Pure Motorsport not an option?

The rachet on the clutch mechanism is an auto adjuster, well it is on the sport. To reset it you disconnect from the box and push the pedal up and down a few times and reconnect, but I can't see that having any effect on the stiffness of the clutch, unless the actual clutch pedal is siezed...

Maybe check the routing of the cable to make sure it's not getting trapped, squashing the cable inside the casing and it's routed correctly

That's a cat2u cat. Bm catalysts make it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-CLIO-172-SPORT-2-0-01-01-05-04-TYPE-APPROVED-CATALYTIC-CONVERTER-CAT-/130392198287 What's in a genuine one that makes it so much rarer if they both do the job of lowering the emissions to be able to pass an mot?

Didn't you say it was all bent in your other thread?

I'd just stick a genuine clutch in. After reading this and your other thread it sounds like you've tried all options other than a genuine valeo clutch. I'm gonna stick one in mine when the weather is a bit better l, it's heavy as hell which happens with these clutches as they wear

Can't be worth a great deal. I bought a brand new one from bm catalysts for 90 quid. Passed the mot fine and is still corrosion free 18 months later..

Nope, I'm sure there will be a statistic that because you've got improved brakes your more likely to crash, they would much rather you have a set of eicher pads on which are more likely to fall apart and cause and accident the first time they get warm lol

I completely agree but where do you stop? 60 year old woman gets car back from mot after repairs to suspension springs, Wright's it off into a Bugatti and the insurance won't pay out due to undeclared modification she knew nothing about.

Still a modification in some people's eyes, but I see what your saying

RDP have replaced their springs with eibach now. Always wondered where this leaves us with insurance etc, I have my eibach sportlines declared on the insurance, but if genuines aren't even a possibility then why should I pay the price for a "modification"

Oops, that half a day would probably have been 2 hours if you'd took the bumper and slam panel off!

I tried 2 different pagid ones from ecp, one was listed for a 182, the other for a 172 Both were fine in actual length of the cable, but both were about 2cm too short on the outer cable casing so it wouldn't slot home properly in the caliper

Same Rpd wouldn't sell me the cheaper cables as he said they wouldn't fit my 172, so I ordered them from ktec instead and they fit fine. Like you say, just slightly longer.

Glad I bought a pair of genuine ones last year! Should hopefully see the car until the end of its life. So what do we do now that non of the first line or pagid ones fit anymore?

Assuming your over on the mileage as you've got another year left on them?

Are they really that unreliable? I've been looking for them on Ebay but there's 9nly ever the 1 black one with the stupid centre exhaust for sale.

Not a bad plan. Might benefit the traders on here also for when all my customers knacker their engines by doing it wrong?

How much were they new?

It would yes, but I saw a thread a few weeks back where somebody was asking to do just that but he didn't get any offers. There's some on Ebay for about £40 but I'm not sure how accurate they'd be.

Cheers Steve. PM received. Yeh, having a receipt is a massive plus side, and the faslct changing the belt looks to be a complete pain in the arse but definitely doable. Having the tools and know how to do it again though is a massive plus for if I was to ever own one again, or need to remove...

I thought I'd read that somewhere about the dephasers. On the 93k service everything was done including the water pump, but as that's driven from the aux belt anyway I suppose that could also be done at a later date. Are diamonds prices on his site not up to date? If he's only 190 labour I...

My cambelt is due in June and I'm going to do it myself to save a few quid. Tools are 150, everybody wants 300 labour to do it. What's the average life or a dephaser pulley? Mine was changed at 93k 5 years ago on its last belt change. The car is currently on 118k, so it's not really done many...

I was always under the impression that the lower is the one which will actually make a difference, especially if you dont already have an rs lower

Dunno really, it's probably much easier to setup and map on a standalone, also the gen90 is plug and play so no loom alterations are needed. Id have thought the gen 90 would be a better option for future upgrades, I reckon the standard ECU with piggy would probably be a limitation on anything...

Because ktec uses a full standalone ECU and not a piggyback ECU which ED use.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but you would need the ecu from the 1.6 as the map will be completely different . Also with the power steering pump unless a power steering delete kit is ablvailable for the 1.6 I think you will have to leave the pump where it is. Assuming yours runs epas if...

What car?