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i think i have been very lucky. i took the upper inlet manifold off, pulled back some of the sound deadening and tidied everything up. re secured wiring, routed the vacuum hose properly etc. put it all back together and it seems to run absolutely perfectly. idles perfect, squealing noise has...

its far more intense than a normal wet belt squeal. much higher pitched

my mot fail certificate states that there was an engine fire during the test, so proof is not an issue

they call themselves an MOT centre, but by the looks of it they do their fair share of repairs too

unfortunately i know all too well about car fires!

this thread has pretty much confirmed to me that i should give up on it myself and get them to deal with it. only trouble is i really wouldnt trust them with the repair theres going to be a fun conversation tomorrow!

it looked like so little damage that i was hoping for a quick easy fix to save some hassle

no, they probably should have used dry powder id have thought

i really dont think there was enough of a fire to cause any damage to the bushes. as i said, it still drives perfect. its just the bad idle and the squealing noise that is the trouble i had considered damage that could have been caused by pouring water on what was obviously a seriously hot...

i initially thought it would be an easy fix. if its not, thats my next option! real pain in the ass when im relocating 3 hours away in 9 days!

i forgot to mention, it sounded like something fell off just before the squeal started. i walked back up the road and couldnt find anything, but i definitely heard something drop through the engine bay

the fire was on the bulkhead. there is no damage whatsoever anywhere else apart from low down on the bulkhead. no signs of fire anywhere else around the engine

the engine runs absolutely spot on when moving, so the spark plugs wont be the problem

i took my car to its MOT yesterday, and they managed to set it on fire! they claimed they were warming it up for the emissions test, when some of the bulkhead sound deadening supposedly melted onto the exhaust manifold. they hosed it down and put the fire out, but not without causing some...

about 6 months ago i had the EML come on. fairly certain it was code p0420, which is catalyst system efficiency below threshold ( i turned the light off, and it has not come on again since. is it likely to be a worn cat, or just a false reading? i would have expected the code to come back if...

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ive seen it about loads. the driver looks a bit like a soap dodger, but its a nice car!

i was on dartmoor in the clio too today! didn't see you anywhere though!

wobble it side to side, it should loosen up

i bought track rods and rod ends from carparts4less last week. cheapest available anywhere for good quality stuff

carparts4less. lemforder track rod ends for about £15

i had some on my old VTS, and they were shockingly hateful things. i was slated for it on saxperience, but i stand by them being utterly shocking, biggest waste of £250 of my life

how about spraying something like hairspray on the hose fitting? it'll lubricate it initially, then dry and glue it on (obviously dont use stacks of it, otherwise you'll contaminate the oil system)

Just got home from Lloret De Mar, where it turned out there was the Lloret De Mar classic car rally. a large collection of air cooled porsches, mk1 golfs, lancias, escorts, MGs, BMWs etc. along with that, some fantastic french cars! A very nice Renault 5 Alpine An unusual Citroen Visa GTI...

id have said this is worse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpa1HB-wOc happened only yesterday. a miura sv can go for 1 million pounds. heartbreaking

i wasnt even going technical yet! it could easily go far more technical. i just thought it was worth pointing out, although to most people what you originally said was probably explained enough

not quite true. the higher the octance, the worse it explodes essentially. higher octane means the explosion can be timed more precisely

thats not quite true. im running 195/50/15 tyres on ET36 wheels (Renault Turbines), lowered on Eibach Sportlines and with no camber bolts, I've just fitted 25mm front and 15mm rear. no rubbing whatsoever, remarkably

i have 6400_5404 that was bought today if it's of any use?

Yep, I did it a few weeks ago. But of a struggle but it goes