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Now on to the star of the show that really tried my patience... After repowering the car this week, the boot light has decided to stay stuck on. Googling brought up that the boot switch has a tendency to fail. So my first step was pulling this off and having a look. Boot plastic panel is held...

One of a major common issues on Renaults of this era is the TDC sensor. This is used to inform the ECU of the engine position and thus critical for running. After going through numerous revisions of sensors, Renault at some point realised it's actually the connector that's at fault. To make it...

Had a look today at the wet footwell on the driver side. First off was to plug the most likely root cause of this happening. There are some access holes under the car for allowing removing the seats. Unfortunately the bungs are now NLA from Renault. However they appear to be 38mm which is a...

182 is different to the 172 alarm system. On the 182, the UCH is configured to see the alarm and so if you remove the alarm it gets more upset. With the 172, you can just unplug it and it'll be happy. Possibly could pull the siren apart and disconnect the loudspeaker bit?! Or find someone with...

While I think about it, if/when I'm selling this car in the future and you're reading this thread looking to buy, I've got all the old cambelt parts in boxes. Kinda mostly for proof that I haven't just bought parts and not fitted them. Even if this thread has been long enough so far that it...

Underneath is missing bungs for the seat mounting nuts. No idea where they've gone but these areas lead straight into a box section with holes that go into the cabin. Driving in rain causes spray to be pushed into the carpet. Hence my carpet is rather wet. Replacement bungs are NLA from...

Sprayed black stone chip on all the cleaned areas that had a bit of crustyness. Chassis leg above the drive shaft. Much better now. Other side wasn't so bad, so scrubbed off the loose rust and sprayed on there. OEM jack point area is all straight and much nicer. This was slightly rusty...

Started to button this up now I'm on the home straight with it. Been just over a month working on this and will be glad to get it on four wheels. Irritating that I forgot to SORN it last month too. Oh well. Gave a half arsed attempt with some old Mequiar's headlight polishing kit I found on...

Hard to say exactly but if there is a leak then the system won't be able to run at full operating pressure. Then it's more likely to boil over and overheat.

Euro Wrong Parts list this for my 172: https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/ina-drive-belt-guide-deflection-pulley-326690420

Temptation got too much. Sorry for being a bit rambling, I'm no pro for sure!

Oh wait... WTF is this sitting at the end of the garage [emoji31] It's the alternator support bracket. FFS. Jubilee clip back on, alternator bolt loosened and alternator tipped towards the front gave enough slack to remove the top bolts. Top tip: if you're struggling to get a new aux belt...

Spurred on by that success I continued on putting the car back together. Fitted the bottom acoustic and road debris cover. This has a metal clip to hold it against a support. However the clip had rusted off. I did the correct* thing and used a cable tie. Doesn't hit or rub against the...

After the above, a couple of days later I checked the pump again with the system still full. No visible leaks, so much improved from last time. Drained the oil and changed the filter. For once I didn't get it everywhere. Refilled with this. You know it's good s**t when they have a Laguna II...

Time for an update. Got a new pump. This one is a "GSF Premium" pump but I've forgotten the brand. Some Italian one. Covers quite a few Renault models this. Also got £20 (!) worth of genuine Renault monkey metal bolts to replace the originals. This time I wasn't taking any chances with...

To be fair the belt change has been the easy bit!

What I'm most annoyed about (except the extra expense) is that I was really looking forward to a good hooning around this evening. Also telling is the RTV that was stuck around the old pump impeller shaft. Someone either had problems before or didn't take the risk!

I don't think I'd be driving around very long at the rate this leaked. 🤣

Ten minutes later and the battle was won. Thank goodness. I carefully cleaned up the area with a magnet on a stick and then hoovered. The new pump is messed up, so this will need replacing too. It's unfortunate but I rather that than either damaging the block or having to pull the...

This one certainly put up a fight. Tried hammering a socket into it, chiselling it off, mole grips and Dremel a slot in. I certainly did these up tight! 😳 All this abuse just ended up mullering the head completely. Only one thing left... Donned up on PPE Armed myself with the power file...

dp == ? I know some meanings of that abbreviation but I don't think it'll be the same as the one in that sentence!

Progress to first startup has taken a step backwards. Made the mistake of trying to fix the bolt it's leaking out of by tightening it up further. Of course that didn't fix it, especially as they were all torqued up correctly. All its done is made them round off when I go to undo them. 😭...

Yeah I can understand that. I'm just a guy working alone in his garage with a Spotify playlist, so no distractions! Thankfully as I'm easily distracted... I did consider buying a angle gauge but all the ones off eBay and Amazon looked shite. My local motorfactors didn't have any in stock when I...

Bet it was still timed closer than mine was before I did mine!

I wrote a long reply and the forum ate it. Anyway let's try again... Basically I got the 130-140NM from that same info: I got to 180 degrees with my torque wrench still not clicking at 135Nm. 100Nm clicked just passed 180 degrees. 110Nm went way past the 180. This point I wasn't happy with...

One extra thing to mention is the accuracy of the cam timing. The Renault Workshop manual mentions that the tool needs to be freely fitting without forcing. On the Laser tool it is. Renault tool however is a very snug fit and requires a bit of a push to get in. No doubt because it's much...

Then rechecked my marker to ensure the pulley hadn't slipped. I'm quite happy these bolts are tightened up correctly now. Quite crucial as they hold all the timing in place. Turned the engine over again by hand to make sure everything is sweet. I have the plugs out at the moment so I can...

Is this the slowest cambelt change ever? Did a bit more the other day when I got a free moment. Firstly rechecked the tensioner pulley to see if it had shifted from the belt being under tension. It hadn't. Good. Basically the bits I've marked in red on this old pulley need to line up. You...

On Thursday I took my wife's car into my local garage for a service. I was chatting to the guys there that I know well and talking about this job. He said the first floating cam job he did was in the early 2000 on a Laguna. Used tip-ex being none the wiser, turned over by hand and the first...

Crank pulley arrived yesterday. No way is it worth £163. But needs must and these currently are hens teeth to get hold of. First off last night I got on with assembling the cam pulley locking tool. This comes as a main set and then an adapter piece that you need to fit for these F4R with a...