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Car got a bit of love this weekend - oil and oil filter were swapped and I also changed the pre-cat lambda sensor Had a missifre issue under acceleration and it was suggested that the lambda sensor is the issue; I would have not guessed that for ages! However after changing it the car has...

For anyone in the future who may read this with the same issue, I changed the pre-cat lambda and it has seemed to solve the issue. The car is totally different to drive, so much better - it actually pulls a lot more and more responsive. Quite surprised as it suggests it had been gone for some...

Looks like a nice example of a Ph1....keep it that way!! I have a sneaky feeling they are going to go up in value soon. I need to get a second one to use as a daily. Changing the throttle cable is easy, just a bit fiddly. A bit easier with two people. I would also recommend getting a genuine...

I have also seen said LY. Totally ignored me she did :expressionless::confused: @jezer101 I've used Trade n Save by Tesco for my can belt change. Brilliant service from them. I will be using them again for specialist jobs I can't do at home. I wish I could have got my car to them when the...

Changed pre-cat lambda and did an oil and oil filter change. Love servicing the car, feels so satisfying doing it and it's a great opportunity to have a once over of everything to make sure it's still good.

There was someone selling single genuine injectors on eBay recently at a good price, think I paid sub £35 each back in March. Also if you need them now and can't wait for postage ECP have them at a good price, they do online at least and then either ask for the online price or click and collect.

Didn't know he sold them

Have a misfire/hesitation issue under accelration which has been suggested that it could be the Lambda sensor (couldn't use the code reader this weekend to see if it threw a code as the EML isn't on as my step dad let someone borrow it so that plan was scuppered). Got bored so looked on ECP...

Not much happened this weekend reall, cleaned the car...it was clean before I cleaned it! Haha. Fitted some new Cree LED side light bulbs as reccomended by Dr Jekyll However when I came to fit the one it fell out of the holder and into the light :weary: so had to take the bumper and that off...

Yeah I should probably invest in some live reader thing seeing as the car is being kept now.

Not sure if the reader at home will give live data like that, think it could just be a simple "fault code reader". Will give a gander tomorrow. Didn't even think lambda, just thought it was spark/ignition related

Umm maybe a stupid question, but how do I do this? Unless you mean plug it into an ODB reader and see if anything has been flagged up. If it is a lambda I am happy to swap even if I am unsure as the plan for this winter/next year is to have a rebuilt engine so new parts like that don't bother...

Driving along and giving it a bit of a boot full the car stops, no acceleration, sounds like a missfire on multiple cylinders and the car bogs down. This is when foot is too the floor. Then all of a sudden, about 5 seconds of it fannying about, it kicks back into life or take foot off for a...

Why not make your own seat frames? I have homemade ones on mine and I have never had an issue. They are three peices of ~5mm thick steel in a square arranegement and the fourth bit is a part of the original seat runner. I have never had an issue with these on seating position being wonkey...

The inlet has two "gaskets" - a normal gasket when it meets the lower inlet and a rubber ring thing on the top, which I presume is for a breather. Didn't know that a Ph2 has a rubber ring gasket seal thing for the throttle body.

Also get new throttle body and inlet gaskets too, might as well replace them when they come off. IIRC from when I did mine the throttle body one fell to pieces and was a nightmare to get off the sealing face.

A tip for doing the work, get both front wheels of the ground, so then you are not fighting with the anti-roll bar I only say this because I spent hours trying to get the driveshaft/lower shock bolts in with just one wheel in the air. Proper senior moment and when I was told about it I felt a...

Right, so it is that time again I pulled my finger out and start doing something with the car! This is now made a lot easier as I have got a new job starting next month which means I can move back in with my parents for a while to "save up for a house deposit".....aka waste it on the car and...

Now you say the side light bulbs you initially got are rubbish!! I have just purchased some after your initial reccomendations :persevere: I will fit them and when or if they blow I will swap for the better ones, just keep some spares in the glove box.

ooo that looks even better than the things I saw, and a better price and I can collect Nectar points!! Yeah its a Ph1 172. Anyone able to confirm the Mk3 and Mk2 are the same filter? Presume you have this tool?

Need to service the car this month and the current filter wrench in the tool box is probably older than me (step dad's tools) and its the leather whip style one and its sort of on its last legs. Was pointed to a cup like one that is like a socket on Opie Oils' website ages ago but I cannot find...

Why not flock (just avoid Black Sheep flocking like the plauge)? Or is it OEM you are after? I hated all the silver and blue parts in mine and removed all the blue trim, managed to spray (probably not the best) the middle vent black and got my dash, steering cowling flocked in black. As the...

Second the Bosch Aero wipers. I have them on mine and they are pretty good.

You've got Xenon's or HIDs for dipped haven't you? Ph2 standard lights are different to the Ph1's aren't they? As yours look nice together as they give off the same colour and that.

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I have currently got some LED sight light bulbs. Was given a packet of about 12 of them last year for my birthday. But I have gone through them all in that time, they probably weren't the best quality bulb! What are people running in their side lights? Want something a bit brighter than the...

I thought it was do do with something to hold onto if a marshall needs to drag you out of the car?? Or offers a bit mroe protection if a window goes / /glass everywhere? I was told at a driver's breifing a while back but can't remeber fully why. Similar reason with windows being up (if you have...

I had the same issue a few years back. Lucky I was on the drive when it happened and managed to get the rad out to have a proper look. It turned out the plastic bolt thing had failed. So I went up the local scrap yard (GSF, ECP didn't have anything and Renault was shut being a Saturday) and I...

The bumper is the first thing on the list! just didn't have the time to get it sorted before we left. It was started on the Monday, MoT tested Wednesday and then we left the Thursday. Oh and the "best" crash was when I was driving I had a section under yellows as the Ring Taxi was in the...

So got some pictures from the weekend: Before setting off The handwritten notes that got us there: On the ferry Making some tracking adjustment in Belgium on the side of the road. The only thing to go "wrong" on the whole trip. Car was faultless First thing I saw at the side of the...