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LOL. I guess I am lucky in that respect. I would still gladly swap for a 172 though. I fancy remaking the bushing with something like this http://www.whitstablemarine.co.uk/showpartnumber.asp?CategoryID=11814&ProductID=86472&PartNumberID=88745 but there are several different types and I...

The rubber bushing in my lower transmission / engine mount has gone. Renault want £40 for a replacement, which I consider a bit steep! Are there any alternatives, like replacing just bushing with some kind of silicone/utherane sealent or a rubber donut. Or is there a cheaper pattern one I can...

I suggest bashing the back with a rubber mallet while rotating it round a bit at a time. Or grab both sides and pull back hard shaking it from side to side (making sure you dont pull the car on top of you). I had exactly the same thing as you, snapped wheel bolt, and it happened again a month...

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ http://www.brakes4u.co.uk/ My 1.6 16v doesn't even have disks... it has drums!

Drilling out bolts drove me insane until I got a carbide drill which slices through the bolts as if they are made of cheese. http://www.cromwell.co.uk/SHR1585600K

Your description sounds like wheel bearing. With a wheel bearing it will get gradually louder and louder as you do a few hundered more miles. So this can be your conclusive proof - if you are daring enough to wait. IMHO they only need replacing when the noise is deafening.

It is probably worth checking out what the rear axle weights are for the other clio models, the springs off a 1.6, 1.9 or 2.0 L may be stiffer, there are various lowering springs too, e.g. Eibach.

Those won't fit. The clio has 4 wheel bolts per wheel and those have 5. The PCD is different too. These will fit http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260292489231, you would just need to get a 60.1mm spigot ring.

What tyres do people think I should use on the wheels I just bought for my clio? They are 5x standard Renault 172 16" 7J alloys, all came with plenty of tread on the tyres but they are a bit of an eclectic mix. One of them is a 205/45 - a Fortuna F905 (spare). The rest are 195/45 2x...

ABS is not working on Clio II 1.6 16v and I noticed reluctor ring is missing, so guess this is the problem. What is involved in replacing one? Local Renault dealer says they can order in the ring individually but want £165 for it fitted. Appreciate any advice.

I was intending on keeping the gearbox presently in my Clio and just bolting up the replacement engine to it.

There are two megane 1.6 16v on ebay right now. So the bellhouse for the gearbox is different?

Apologies if this has been asked before. If I did decide to swap my dead 1.6 16v engine from my clio II would a Laguna 1.6 16v drop straight in?

The market value is about £2500, so i guess I would be looking for about £1200. It is a 1.6 16v with the foglights etc. I was considering getting another engine, but i dont have the time, or facilities to do that much work. I am in St. Albans (just updated my profile). Oh. i bought some forged...

I'm looking for some advice here. Last year I bought a '99 Clio 1.6 16v with 70,000 miles on the clock. In december the cam-belt snapped. I spent ages replacing the belt, but of course the valves are bent. I have now bought another car, an MX6. I dont have time to take the head off myself so I...

I took the inlet manifold off yesterday and none of the exhaust valves were obviously bent. Maybe I have got away with it!

77C is very hot for a CPU, although the BIOS temperature may not be accurate. Either the heatsink/fan on the CPU is not seated properly on the CPU, so it needs taking off cleaning and replacing with new paste. Or the heatsink is clogged with dust so it just needs a good clean. There are...

300+BHP on a FWD car :approve: www.rdihost.com/zuboo/Movies/dmw1124.mpg It'd be a crazy manufacture that put that many HP in a stock car though.

I too found that I could not tell which wheel it was from jacking it up and spinning it. I determined which side it was by cornering, if you do a left hand corner and the noise gets louder then its the right and wheel (as the weight moves to the outside as you corner). My bearing started as a...

Thanks for the reply Ben. I sent you an email this morning. Paul, I will consider you for a re-map but Leeds is a bit far to travel, Im in Hertfordshire.

Well I started to take the head off but was stopped stopped by lack of light. The belt isnt snapped but it has lost a bunch of teeth so the crank sprocket is just spinning without turning the cams. It looks like a piece of gravel may have found its way inside the cam cover and caused the...

Can anybody reccomend anywhere to do mild port work on a k4m head? I have looked at the Angelworks site and they dont list the k4m for head work. My cam belt has snapped so some valves are also probably bent. I may as well remove the head and send it somewhere to dismantle, replace any...

I am assuming that the camshaft is not turning becasue the belt is snapped and I have not replaced it yet. I dont think the engine is locking as this would stop the starter motor from turning. I have a compression testing gauge. However to test compression I would need to install a new belt...

How does one work out if a valve is bent? Can it be determined without pulling the head? If I pull the head is it visually obvious from looking at how they sit in the valve seats? My timing belt snapped when I was stop-start traffic, so low revs/speed, however I have cranked over the engine...

It was the rear bearing. I bought a bearing for £15 from a motor factor near where I work. I found removing the old bearing a total nightmare and ended up paying a local garage to do it. Next time I shall buy a proper bearing puller rather than trying to extract it with a hammer.

Have you tried your local motor factors?

I fitted a Bosal rear exhaust section to my car. Bosal also sold the mounting that for my car consists of a metal mounting that bolts onto the chassis with a rubber insert that the exhaust mount bolts/slides onto. The mounting cost about £6

I have done a search on this forum and it would appear that rear wheel bearings are a common problem on Renaults. I shall compare the rear wheel bearings carefully tonight. If this is the problem I guess I shall be replacing the rear shoes and wheel nut at the same time. Can anybody recommend...

Sorry, no pictures. Maybe I will for the next job I do. The only advice I can add is everything unclipped fairly easily, it just required a bit of care and some small flat bladed screwdrivers to prise the clips apart.

It used to start at about 50mph, now it starts at 30mph. It starts off as a fairly low pitched vibrating/droning sort of sound and pitch/amplitude then increases with wheel speed. There are lulls in the level of noise though, e.g. it’s very loud at 75mph, quieter at 80mph and very loud at 85mph.