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Re: ***How much is my car worth?*** right then, thinkin about putting my 172 up for sale but not sure how much i should be asking... its a completely standard 53 plate in pearl black, just ticked over to 87k its in pretty good condition apart from the usual stone chips on the bonnet and the...

mines called cleopatra...

4.5k?? Jeeeesus! That's 182 money

bored much? lol

My Clio was the same when I bought it, took me ages to click what didn't look right

meet ya on brittania stadium? i fancy goin for a quick run in mine, not used it all week

im not doin owt, just sat at home lol

zoe come show me ur car!

Think its down to the diff, you'll find if you got both front wheels jacked up and u rotated one clockwise, then the other would turn anti clockwise. But if you try to turn both in the same direction at the same time, then they would lock

had to LOL at that zoe! i see dans been busy on it then? :p nah its looking good. that exhaust best not be too loud, dont want it keepin me awake on the drive down to nurburg :p

24 black 172

You can download maps from the fastchip site, maps aren't stored on the rs tuner itself I don't think

Ill keep me eyes peeled

Are the jms kit and v6 boxes completely different or are they similar? Just wondering if its worth the extra for the jms kit over a v6 box from a scrappy?

Someone else will have to answer that sorry, my technical knowledge is limited

Belts kits - 250 quid Timing tools - 60 quid (your estimate) 100 quid to ur mate That's 410 quid, for the sake of an extra 50 quid take it to a specialist, its a no brainer

Piston rings are bottom end yes

Yup sounds like lack of oil...

Lmao @ 'so I charged the b*****d' Brilliant!

How the hell do you go from 4th to 1st?! Lol!

Get him to write a how-to!

Possibly a leak somewhere? Stick your hand over the end see if its blowing anywhere. The standard 172 exhaust is pretty much silent

mine sounds more like this than it does the first video that was posted... possibly two different faults?

Did yours do it all the time mate or only once the engine had warmed up a bit? Mine sounds fine when the car is completely cold ie its not moved for a few days

its the noise of a thousand pound coins just rattling round inside my engine :( lol mine does sound a lot like that video tho

your gonna have your hands full next week mate! lol

Lol I'd give anything for 5 degrees right now! I used to get this on my old mondeo and was lead to believe that if the engine stood for a day or two then the lifters would drain, then they would fill back up when you started the engine but they would tap for a second or two then clear...

Yessss is that Carl? Lol

Its quite bad mate, I wouldn't say it was an injector, sounds quite 'metallic'? Do injectors get louder with age?

Well my 172 is making the dreaded noisy diesel sound. My first thoughts were obviously dephaser pulley but after reading up on here I'm not so sure now. is it possible that a lifter has gone? The annoying 'tick' is there throughout the Rev range, whereas am I right in thinking with the dephaser...