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could need a belt, or it could just be your battery being a little weak in the cold weather

you'd be silly not to just go and get them to check it really. I lubricate the bonnet catch on every car I see now, there's a lot of them get very sticky and it takes about 1 minute to free them off and grease them up to try to prevent it happening again

cup aux belt can loosen up sometimes if the alternator isn't bolted up tight enough. They also need doing a bit tighter than you'd think in my experience.

worth checking your coolant temp sensor. If it's faulty and telling the ECU the wrong thing then you could be getting a lot of extra fuel thrown in. Similarly the lambda sensor could be at fault. Well worth a plug in on diagnostics

probably would on a 1.2 16v as it's not an expensive part and they do like to leak.

PAS removal. SO much nicer now

fair amount more info on www.clio16valver.co.uk too

LOL. Spinuuuuu

a cigarette wont light petrol ;) hollywood myth

lots of glaring errors in that blurb though. For one, if the vvt isn't switched off at higher RPM, you LOSE power.

;) the engine is kept leaner by a lack of acceleration fuel at lower revs. When the engine is given some accel fuel, it gains a lot of urgency (for want of a better way to describe it)

no, that's not true. Any cam profile will have a point in the revs where the VE is improved, but the stock setup is not wild enough to have that kind of sudden difference. Like i said, it maps out

standard socket set, a bit of WD40 or equivalent and close your eyes when you remove the fuel line from the rail

well i dont know exactly what you've been told, but there's a lot of different versions of what's happening going round. The fact making adjustments to fueling can smooth it out (making improvements at lower RPM) should speak volumes

I'd go with utterly not worth it. Renault did the hard work and both 172 and 182 manifolds are very good. I can't see either becoming a limitation to top end power

yes, sort of. it's more to do with emmisions regulations again really. No/little acceleration fuel at lower revs, which the engine wants but isn't being allowed. A good remap can smooth this out very nicely

No

keep it looked after and it'll keep going. I imagine things like the radiator would be fairly tired so sensible to change it and keep the engine healthy

I'd like to have a look at that manifold, but it definitely has a distinct "made in china" look to it. Bet it would crack very quickly

Re: Davesrealgood's Arctic Blue Cammed 182 the reason i will NEVER sell or fit another EBC product

they're made of this

they're made of this

this! They will look terrible, especially on a non sport phase 1

Orange told me they didn't do a package with more than 500mb and that was only about 3 weeks ago. I used over 800mb a couple of months ago and i still can't understand why.

It's had the cambelt messed with since it was mapped. It was fast last time i saw it so something's been messed about with and cocked up. Bet you the cam timing is well out

PM coming your way

no

if you get the full set of renault tools that you need to actuallt SET the timing, then they come to around £160. That one tool you put up is only part of the set, and not much difference in price for a genuine one. you're less than an hour from me I believe

ah rubbish :( get yourself a thread chaser and you might be able to restore the thread to a usable state. If not then you'll need to weld in a new lambda boss

avoid XL refurb alternators. They dont have a very long lifespan in my experience