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Wow - quick replies cheers both. Fred - master as always. If I look down onto the front of the engine facing the car with the bonnet open, is it the hole at the bottom of the right side of the altentator? If so then it does not want to fit in, which suggests the alternator has moved a little...

OK, I am still trying to find the cause of the loud metallic rattle that starts at 3K revs on my Clio 182. Today I am looking for anything obvious under the car, and undo the circular plastic hole cover in the undertray just behind the fron bumper, as it doesn't seem to be on properly. Guess...

Could you give us more details, I'm very keen to get this done. Which parts exactly were they, how much to buy and how much to fit? It would be a great help, thanks.

My 182 is 7 years old, had it from new, still low miles - creaks like mad. Looking forward to hearing from Fred on this one.

For future reference in case anyone searched for alcantara supplier, the official UK importer can be found at http://www.ukhide.co.uk or on eBay as seller ukhide. They sell by the metre length (1.4m width) at around £77 per metre. From the swatches I have received from them the Clio 182...

Yup, then click on Europe English, then click on Menu, then click on Where to Buy, then find a great big "Coming Soon". Seems I tried a little harder than you. My original question stands, if you don't know the answer why not just move on..

Does anyone know where you can buy alcantara in a dark grey to match the interior of the 182? I have found sources (mainly on eBay) for the backed version used for seats etc, but I am looking for original alcantara that is not backed.

Mick, the dephaser wasn't discussed with Craig, I'll ask his opinion. Didn't think it would cause a misfire or hesitation in power delivery at random points in the rev range though?

Mick, thanks again, most helpful. I must state that I fully agree with your opinion on Craig's work, I don't believe the cause of the problem lies there. I'm assuming none of these would normally happen whilst stationary on a ramp? I'll get the electics checked first then the timing confirmed...

Mick, thanks again. To explain further a bit, I took a seemingly well running car into an exhaust fitter, that developed an immediately apparent fault whilst on their ramps. I will not mention their name until such a point I can establish more. If I cannot establish more then I will chalk...

Even if they did take it out that doesn't necessarily mean they caused the fault, hence my question on any over-rev incident stored in the ecu. It's just a lot of coincidences, and being lied to pisses me off.

Thanks for the reply. I've owned the car from new, it has never been abused. It has recently had a full cam/aux belt service with plugs, oil, filter etc from a well respected renault specialist from this board. It was running very sweetly when it went into the garage. It was there as a...

Thanks for the replies. You mean the Renault Diagnostic tool (excuse my ignorance)? Would the Renault tool show an over-rev or misfire when the fault codes had been cleared using a standard OBD tool? There is a reason for the weird questions. I left a perfectly running car at a garage...

Is it possible to turn off the climate control (04 Clio 182 FF) using an OBD reader? :D

Thanks for the reply, so Charlie must do them all this way. Just seems to put a lot of extra vibration in the boot area, and must put a lost of extra stress on the manifold? I assume the Pro Speed back box must be lighter than the two Renault back boxes combined, so would have thought the...

I didn't think it was rain water as my car was always left parked uphill on my drive, and did very few miles in the rain. I've replaced it with a Pro Speed stainless but it has only been on the car a couple of weeks so a bit early to tell.

Mine did this from new. The dealer first told my wife that "all cars steam when it's cold", so I took it back on a warm day and made it steam all the way up and down a short dual, the back of the car was soaking. They then found a few pints of water in one of the back boxes. In the end I had the...

Thanks for the reply. It's been on a couple of weeks and had a fair number of miles. The problem is not the level of sound (well, that is a separate problem but easily fixed by repacking or changing baffle size), the problem is at idle and the amount of vibration caused in the boot area. I'm...

Anyone with a Pro Speed 182 exhaust that can look to see how many mounts on the rear box? 4 just seems too rigid.

To all those with a Pro Speed exhaust on their 182, how many mounting points are there on the rear? I've just had mine done, and it reverberates like mad at the rear on idle when warm, the entire parcel shelf hums and it hurts your ears. So I just had a look how it was mounted, and there are 4...