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cheeky plug! lol

It's quite a few pages, so I will scan it and upload to somewhere and put the link up.

It'll be the same as the 197/200 I'd have thought, basically the same engine bar the blower. I have a printed/laminated copy of the official Renault guide at home that I can post to you if you struggle. Actually it would be easier to just scan and email it! I'll come back later, if you haven't...

I think you might have miss understood the 'friendly' bit. I'd imagine he needs an MOT station that will turn a blind eye to a decat or similar....?

No local members that can lend a hand? I'm a bit too far away myself otherwise i'd have offered.

It's only £900 and you are worrying about the cambelt history! it's almost disposable at that sort of price. Don't take this the wrong way, but If £900 is a lot of money to you, then I would advise you to buy something else. The RenaultSport cars aren't the cheapest of cars to run and if you...

That wood effect interior stuff is awful (sorry!) and please don't lower it 60mm. Have you checked with your insurance what effect it will have if you do decide to ruin the handling? Why not keep it standard, build up some no claims then buy a better/nicer car instead of runing this one?

Don't worry too much about the cambelt being done at a specialist. Worse case scenario is you buy it and have the timing checked by one of the specialists and corrected if needed. Also, the dephaser only needs doing if it's making a noise. It may well be fine and won't need changing for years to...

Come join my Lolvo club if you want to waft at speed for not a lot of money!

Been doing any work on it? Or did it just start doing this out of the blue?

Look in the manual, or go into Halfords/on the website. Most auto spares places will tell you as well as online. Any why do you have a poll with no options!?

Just so you know, you don't need insurance to buy the tax anymore, just a valid MOT. Chris

If oil has made it's way into the coolant, doesn't that point to head gasket failure? Not sure how a ring would let oil into the water....? I'd be tempted to pull the head off (if you have the knowledge) to identify the real problem, could turn out to be an easy/cheap fix......

Of course, but it sounds like he's not even been given a proper diagnosis.

What's actually wrong with your current engine? It's very low mileage for there to be anything terminal

So - ordered a few parts today. 2 new suspension arms (Febi/Bilstein ones), front and rear top mounts and a set of Koni STR.T dampers (orange) Should tighten everything up nicely. Chris

For general road use, OE stuff will be fine. No point in the R26 rears as all you gain is some drilling/grooving. The rears only do 20-30% of the brakign so it's a pointless upgrade. If you were going to do a bit of track work then the DS2500 would be worth it, but if not then OE all the way...

Not sure the R19(?) wheels suit IMO. And as above, could do with being lower. Nice motor though!

It really isn't. Get ECU details, send to Henk. Henk returns a remap file to you, you upload to the car.

I think it varies by manufacturer. On Volvo's both the hazard and brake lights flash. Why have you been braking hard enough to activate the system though? Not something you should need to do on a regular basis!

They do that kit for the 300mm setup too, a lot cheaper. That's the kit I was talking about for £800ish. Here's what I've seen http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=221659580429&globalID=EBAY-GB

I've since done my homework properly, by the time I add postage, import taxes etc it works out about £800 so is a no go unfortunately

Thanks! My dad has a V50 D5, I only bought it because of my S40. They're so cheap for what they provide, very little else in this price range gives the same amount of comfort, performance and reliability! So, im planning on upgrading the suspension in the near future, but I don't want to...

If it were me, I wouldn't bother. They are unreliable at the best of times. Best just to use the dipstick.

£660 for a brand new gearbox here http://www.renault-spares.co.uk/new-renault-clio-sport-197-rs-200-20-16v-gearbox---tl4-024-tl4024-7330-p.asp £20 more than your warranty, but it WILL fix the problem, whereas the warranty may not.

Your original post says you said 5 years on the phone. I'd get annoyed too if I had a 'know it all' type of person on the phone, especially when they are wrong!

Wtf is 'huh hu hu huva vroom'?

Worth doing whilst it's out IMO, but only if it's cheap enough. Not worth the £300 that K-tax charge. Don't expect a massive difference though, should make it a little more eager to rev. The engine won't increase in power, but the gain is 2 fold - the car is lighter overall and the engine revs a...

You'll have to tax it, he'll just knock the cost off the price.

Well I did it. First time the upgrade failed and restored itself back to WIN 7, second time round all went well. Can't say it's much of a change from Win 7 though! Although i've not spent much time with it yet.