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get the track rods checked when were they last replaced? , are you running the right ET wheels?

who's coil pack on 172 has failed ? mines running on 2 cylinders ! how much are they from renault ?

cup's dont have this linkage on the rear beam, the only clio's that do are the 1.2 8v without abs its a brake bias compensator. fred told me that the cups bias is set from the factory and cannot be adjusted

182 manifold is a similar price but will give much better gains than a sport cat

dblias in germany will sell you re profiled cams for 200euro and they claim they add 12bhp , you will be supprise by the ammount of power you can get out of this little engine but not worth bothering with unless you find it hard to be insured on anything bigger . superchips claim to remap for...

does it have air con?

i have the diagram but i cant send it to you untill tonight

so where can i get one from lads?

the sensor the left of the dipstic is the oil level sensor the knock sensor is above the dipstick.

knock sensor (at the front of the bottom end) and the front lambda sensor on the exhaust. suprised renault aint worked out the problem with the clip

mark 2 , basicly i have to have a new bonnet so £85 + painting is around £200 so im looking at paying around 300 tops for a carbon one on a black car

when the orange engine light comes on there are only 3 sensor that can cause this 1. throttle possition sensor 2. knock sensor 3. lambda sensor . i had the same problem replaced all 3 and works wonderful. has all the loom been tested?

when you have had it plugged intot he CLIP what errors does it come up with, also what are the effects of the lights coming on? does it loose power?

Is it the orange engine management light ? if so have you replaced the pre cat llambda?

where's the best place to get one and who has one? what are your thoughts? thanks

what is the correct order of the parts on the front strut? ive changed my bearings but keep thinking ive put them back together in the wrong order thanks !

acc is normally yellow, what you trying to do? a push button start?

get a judder when braking or just when going along?

my car is made from 2 dead cups

Dont even need an impact wrench , you need - 2 x 21 mm spanners (one swan neck) 6mm allen key , a jack and a ruler peice of piss

They have improved the dogbone mount with a harder rubber but the top gearbox mount needs doing too. ive been in touch with powerflex about making a full set , so far its going to be new year and around £100 for 3 poly mounts which aint bad considering k-tecs are £35 for one set

have you had a compression test done? i blew my bottom end on my 1.2 16 @ 42k miles oil everywhere in the engine bay, if the compression test turns out fine it will be the rocker cover gasket letting oil out of that

bottom dog bone engine mount needs replacing, take a lot of stress and only has rubber bushes. a new one is £31 or you can replace the bushes with powerflex poly items for £30 .

the jc5 129 is a bit of a crap gear box im on my 3rd one in 12k miles , if you having trouble changing the selctor will be bend or the syncro will be gone

here is a picture of the UCH (black) the ECU (silver) and the decoder ring (round grey) http://www.onyxsystems.net/uch.JPG

try millers fully synth 75/90 good stuff £30 for 5 litres you will need 3 and a bit

throttle possition sensor is what you want to clean on the mk1 172, its at the front of the unit held on with 2 x 10mm bolts, if its a mk2 on my mk2 throttle body i change the whole unit and its never been better

182 turbo sounds like a good idea but you come to the jc5 gearbox which you will need to uprate to get any reliability from it, ktec do a 172 conversion, as do BB tuning there examples are around 250bhp, but its alot of money for 70bhp £3500 you could have throttle bodies 225bhp and very good...

2005 dymanique has electric power steering and wants over 14 volts due to the cold your alternator battery may have not been able to deliver it , happens on mine often but due to my dodgy wiring

get a megane 225 lump in , im doing it at the moment in a white mk2 with 172 bumpers skirts etc