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Re: The story of a high mileage 172
Thanks mate, was good to get it done so cheaply!
Yes mate, cant see why not!
it def was worth it mate :)
Dont start you ;)
Il take you out in it sometime over the next week or so mate
you like? ;)
Re: The story of a high mileage 172
God yeah, it runs fantastic on the standard ECU, shows that although its not the best, its defiantely capable!
Im hoping due to such a low cost, it may be an option for other people to try, as Paul can now map this quite easily
Re: The story of a high mileage 172
Update:
As you may know I have been carrying out a ITB conversion out on my 172.
What you don't know is I have fitted DCOE 48mm Jenveys and the car is now running completely on standard ECU and all Renault sensors!
To find out please read on...
That should be about 15bhp lower, the RR was in inertia, on the same make Rollers mine makes 11bhp more back to back going from 'normal' to inertia.
Not taking anything away from the car, i bet its f**king rapid!
It all depends how the car was looked after, if any oil changes were skipped matey, but then again they could have just failed for no apparednt reason, like the chap on here with the 197, 48k odd, never thrashed from cold, fully serviced and the engine just... failed.
Iv got faith in most Forte products, I use their power steering treatment which does wonders and their gearbox oil treatment, but iv been dealing with Forte products for years (We had a deal with them) i still dont see the advantage of the oil flush, unless you have a car that hasnt been...
In my own opinion, using a decent oil does the job of engine flush, thus not needing it.
My engine has been given death most its life, 45k odd by me, and now on 134k and has never seen oil flush, only frequent oil changes and is now on itb's and its still spot on.
They can be good if you...
Following on from my last thread, whats peoples opinions on noise levels with ITB filters?
Im using Ktecs filter at the mo, made my ITG, and to be honest, iv lost a lot of noise :( In fact on part throttle its hard to hear them at all, and its not got the same bark as it did before with a flat...
Only pic of mine i can find quick, look at the t/b, look to the left and you will see a little rubber push on grommet, it has some red paint on in my pic. Check yours hasnt fallen off
All ph2's dont run an icv matey
There is a small rubber bung on the inlet, by the t/b, il see if i can find a pic, this fell off mine once and confused the hell outta me lol
Right, in that case you have an air leak, places to look:
T/b sticking
Leak from inlets somewhere
Rubber grommet on inlet (at the front by the t/b) has fallen off.
Air leak from T/b gasket
Because you have air trying to get in, so it will always feel different when the engine is running fella.
Whats the answer to my prev post matey? :)
If its the t/b im sure i can fix it, iv fixed every one iv done so far lol