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Should the camshaft oil seals on the timing side be pushed right back or flush with the surface of the head?.

i'm in the process of doing dephaser and timing belt but i'm really struggling with the exhaust pulley nut, i can't got it undone, and there's not enoug room to get my breaker bar on it! Any tips please?

I've just noticed I've ordered the wrong oil! I've got 5 litres of 5w30 doh!. Do Renault dealers carry Elf Evolution 5w40? or do they have to order it in?.

Can anybody confirm the torque and angle setting for the crankshaft pulley bolt?. In the F4R 730 manual it says 2 daN.m + 135 degrees +/- 15 degrees and then later on in the manual when its showing you how to set the timing it says to do it up to 2 daN.m + 115 degrees +/- 15 degrees...

Ok so last Sunday I noticed my car making an unusual noise. Originally I thought it was the PAS pump but under closer inspection it sounds like its coming from top end. I know the common thing seems to be dephaser, so I've taken some vids, if anyone could give me some input? It sounds...

how hard is it to do a water pump on a 182? I thought the car was making a strange noise yesterday when I looked under the bonnet to see where its coming from it sounded like the water pump and the pulley isn't running true when the engine is running. It looks like its fractionally buckled if...

Just fitted a Scorpion decat to my Yozza. What a noise!. There was just one thing I was concerned with. When I tightened up the spring bolts (oem) that join the decat to the manifold the springs looked like they were fully compressed so there would be no movement. It wasn't like that before...

saw a silver 182 at maidstone services about 10pm tonight looked low, anyone off here?

i was behind a silver 172 in the mcdonalds drive through about 2am reg was hk51, this was in the service station just off the a3 near winchester. Was decked and had some nice wheels on it, anyone?

saw a silver phase 1 172 near petworth about 7ish this evening looked lowered, was very dirty!

Where do you keep yours?. Might sound like a silly question but I'm having a job to put mine somewhere in the boot where it doesn't roll about!. Where is it kept as standard?. Mine never had any when I bought it. Unless its somewhere silly I haven't looked lol.

Today the weather was so nice, I thought I'd take the oppertunity to give the Clio a good clean. Then head out to take some pics. I washed it with AG shampoo (2 bucket method), Removed as many tar spots as I could find with AG Intensive tar remover, one coat of AG SRP followed by AG EGP...

Looks like the weather might be good down south this weekend :D, Really wanna give the car a good old clean and seal her. So I need to get my hands on a wax off the shelf in helfrauds. Anyone recommend anything half decent?. I plan to Wash, De-tar with AG tar remover, srp, wax. This is...

someone I know needs to change a front coil spring on a renault kangoo, what we want to know is can you just whip the top nut off with an impact gun to remove the strut? Or is it essential to hold the centre with an allen key and use a spanner to undo the nut?

Saw an RB 182 heading southbound on the m23 or m25 (cant remember) today at about 2.30ish?. Looked nice!.

arctic blue rs in crawley, gave me a wave at the traffic lights, looked nice

saw i strange coloured 182 which looked like a greeny colour going into sainsburies in crawley at about 3pm today! Anyone?

i'm currently doing an oil and filter change on my clio but my oil filter chain tool wont budge the filter! Any tips?

Just noticed in the past couple of days when I start the car it doesnt come up with 'oil ok' anymore, it just goes straight to the mileage. Anyone have any ideas why its not doing it?. Should it come up evertime you start it? even when hot?.

So where do I start?. What machine polisher? What type of polisher? Any pointers?. Any info will be of help. I'd like to get a cheap or second hand machine polisher and give it a go. I've got my old Punto sitting outside that will eventually go down the scrappy so I can practice on that...

Anyone had a look at this? Its coming out on the 360 and PS3 in May. Made by Rockstar and looks like its similar to GTA. Exept your a cop in this. And its set in the 1940's I think. Looks interesting. http://www.rockstargames.com/

Has anyone got any videos of inside their 182 with a yozza exhaust or yozza + decat. Want to see how loud they are, I'm considering one. Whats peoples experiences with Yozza's when driving normally etc. I know they sound immense when you open them up. I just dont want an exhaust thats...

anyone know roughly how much a renault stealer would charge for a 12k service on the clio? Just out of interest

saw an arctic blue rs clio coming up to comet cottage in middleton about 11ish thismorning, may have been mark?

Saw a black 182 with cup packs in Littlehampton down Pier Road. Parked behind Lidl!. Looked like a ladies car. GV54 I think. Anyone?

Saw a black clio with aftermarket exhaust (twin pipes) on the M23 at about 11ish pm friday night, flashed my hazards infront of you. Anyone?

The time is almost here for me to order a splitter. But do I go for the standard one from renault, or the ktec carbon fibre one?. And if I go for the ktec cf one, do I go for matt or gloss?. I'm feeling the ktec gloss cf splitter personally. What do you guys think? I dont want to stray...

Aero flat type or the old bulky bosch ones?. What are you guys using and where'd you get them?.

see this term used a lot here, what is a valver?

would these make much difference to handling? And are their any downsides? Apart from having to drill holes for the top mounts