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Ive got this one from Halfords http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_214227_langId_-1_categoryId_255216 Does the job nicely on MK3 rear calipers.

It's on offer at the minute too £10 for 4l. I can't see how it can be bad when it meets all the manufacturers specs (ren700/710 etc)

Must be very easy then as it's not what i'd call difficult on a 197!

I use a pair of these, not sure how much more difficult (if at all) it is to acess the filter on a 1*2. http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/oil-filter-wrench?da=1&TC=SRC-oil%20filter

Normal thread. If it won't budge by hand (which is unlikely) you'll need an oil filter tool. It should come off easily with that.

Yep, they are mines off the trusty iPhone! The R27 is mine.

It hasn't actually failed yet though. It could stay like that for another 6 years. Without keeping it on the car you'll never know how long it would actually last for.

I'd take it back if I were you mate, it doesn't sound right. The clutch should be no different. They won't have been able to photograph the syncro as it's inside the gearbox, they won't have opened the 'box up at the dealership, it's not their area of expertise.

Just drive it how it was intended..........? You shouldn't notice it then! lol

It's a bit old to drive a chavy bright red R27 plastered in stickers! To be fair, in the scale of things no - 31 isn't old, but the majority of folks on here are 18-25 so I feel old!

The gearbox is £1k overpriced! Remember to get the clutch done at the same time. Pointless to put a used clutch back in.

Have you checked the price with any of the traders on here? Pretty sure I was quote a fair bit less than that earlier this year.

Car: R27 Age: old (31) insurer: esure price: £340

It says he doesn't want the new one because of 4 doors and auto etc.

Hey! Mine was clean!! (thanks for the pic Lewis!)

I've been reliably told somewhere between 12.5 and 13.1 above 4,000 revs

Fred, did you actually get stopped and that's how they found out or was it because the tax hadn't been renewed etc? I'm asuming it was DVLA that fined you, not the police? It's crazy that tax isn't something you can just call up and sort out (like insurance ) it makes collecting cars etc a...

Not sure you're correct there mate. What about insuring SORN vehicles.......... You DO NOT have to have tax to have your car insured. Having no tax will not invalidate you're insurance.

Police don't care about you having no tax, as long as yout are insured and MOT'd you'll be fine. If you were unlucky enough to get pulled the most they would do is report it to DVLA, but i'm asuming you plan on taxing it sometime soon so that won't be an issue.

You will only get 12 months warranty on the new renault box too, so not really any better off.

I'm not sure anyone has suggested fitting a used 'box have they? Plenty of new old stock ones available. The eBay link provided by someone is for a new TL4 024 gearbox with 12 month warranty from RCS. If Renault won't budge then this would still be my route to a fix.

That the thing, mine seems very odd as it peaks twice, once really low in the revs at about 3k ish and then again at after 5k. I'll post a pic later

can someone post a graph showing the torque? I'm struggling to work it out on mine

Shall we start a list going of who ran and what they got? I'll start 1) Chrisgti6 - Clio 197 - 181.0bhp unsure on torque

Im happy enough with the power, just pissed it was 12bhp down on Lewis to be honest. I think it's partly old plugs and a very dirty pipercross panel filter that I've never cleaned! 181bhp is fine for now, no point chasing figures in a n/a clio I suppose!

Nice to meet you all today guys! Thanks for arranging Thomas. Disappointed with my result so I'll be back there in a few weeks I think once I've made some tweeks

Why on earth would you do that? If it's still over a grand you should have got it done elsewhere. £350 for a new box with warranty then a couple of hundred to get it fitted! £600 max I'd have thought and nothing in Renaults pocket!

I put some Fuchs stuff in mine from opie oils, made it much better from cold.

if it ain't broke, don't fix it. A head gasket isn't a service item, so only normally changed if it fails. Your thread is a bit vague, what engine is it and why do you think it needs changing?

And this one http://www.autotrader.co.uk/advice/2010/09/buying/returning-a-car