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Yep, I always tell 197/R26 owners to go hunt them out before coming in. May have to buy 10sets for stock as they're brilliant (and cheaper than turning them out myself).

... "Because French car" tax

Belts and dephaser is £560 Genuine belt kits, new pulley, new fixings, x4 camshaft oil seals, genuine oil filter, oil change with ELF SXR 5w/40, service book stamped and 12 months parts and labour warranty. If you're interested either drop me a PM or email via the above website and I will book...

www.diamondmotors.co.uk We're in Nottingham just off J25 of the M1 Mick

Really, have you ever tried to get the guide pins out of these Brembos before? Sometimes they come out with ease but more often than not they've been in that long they're badly corroded so need the calliper removing from the vehicle so you can show them some napalm fury!

They *should* use a brand new unit however I've seen them fit cheap alternators and invoice it as genuine before. There's nothing wrong with a properly refurbished pump though.

That sounds about right for the main dealer and it *should* be a price to replace the brake pads, fitting kit (note x2 kits required for x1 car) and labour. Pads are around £80 from Renault and the fitting kit is around £28 per calliper so that's going to be say 2hrs labour including for...

Hi Stu, sorry to hear of the trouble. I'm afraid it depends on where the air leak is... I'm guessing that it's the plastic connector on the back of the HP? If that's the case then I'm afraid a new pump is required as the stupid plastic connectors are a designed weak point to punish careless...

Okay backup... What codes have you cleared? Also, did you look at the "context" whichever the fault occurred? Mick

Not of you did it gently and with it disconnected from the loom. It needs plugging in an go from there I'm afraid now chap.

Okay so let's play along with this, what I call fantasy, and say the ECU is buggered... How have they arrived at this conclusion? Actually ask for the RTE and get him/her to answer you directly. I know for a fact that no dealership has the equipment nor the trained personnel to debug, decode and...

F - Off... ECU packed up my arse - That's my personal, technical assesment of course. Buy a used set from RenParts in that case and save yourself nearly £500 but personally, i'd get a second opinion. Mick

If it was fine before then you've done something to either the plug, wiring or the TB itself and it needs checking thoroughly #statingtheobvious You did unplug the TB before your started to clean it yes?

Still tasting Cajun coating now #badtimes

It's a common place for them to leak as the plastic fails allowing the seal to pop out... It's a pretty high pressure area to. New stat and all will be well... Buy a genuine Renault item though as the cheap ones don't last. Mick

On a clio II just taking the key out of your pocket can trigger throttle related codes. The thing with that system is its very sensitive to voltage drop and interference - even tugging on the wiring loom in the right place can cause it to see an issue and reduce the engine output. All of this...

Watch the wheel sensors... Fragile!

Just so we're clear that is NOT me in a dress.

No it's a total t**t of a job... I have only done x1 197 wheel bearing and a couple of Meg II's which are similar and it's a rate C U Next Tuesday. Not really the kind of job to be done on a driveway. Mick

Something is deffo struggling to supply at high load/WOT. Mick

Yes!

Welcome to my world! Customers just expect me to plug in a computer and give them a miracle answer and bill them 20mins... Afterall, thats "what the dealers do" and when they see 5hrs at £45 an hour for what was really two days work they suddenly become experts in the field and demand...

No bother, give me a nudge if you need anything else. The Cups seem to suffer with this fault more than the FF's for some reason and Renault even have a pedal only short loom available for them to fix the issue (of course you need to prove the fault first of all though). It could even be the...

Yeah they will have priced using genuine parts then. You can pickup type approved belt kits for around £74 and DIY it for around £200 but sometimes you're better off paying to get it done right. It's not a bad job on the K9's but you have to remove the plastic covers in full to do the water pump...

It's bundled into the main dash loom Chip and a complete C u Next Tuesday to isolate out. A DMM won't have the range or frequency to see the problem I'm afraid and even a continuity test across the 5 wires won't be scientific proof that the wiring is good and Ideally you will need to go point...

It sounds to me like an interference issue. The TB that is stuck is done and fit for the bin but the others are consistent with a wiring fault between the pedal and the ECM A scope will help greatly

Chip, sorry to ask stupid questions but I'm just trying to build a history in my head... it's forced a reduction of engine response and caused it to stick at WOT with three TB's on three occasions? Do you have access to anything like a scope with at least two channels? Also, is the 172 in...

Chip, you say you've had three fail but what symptoms are you experiencing and what, if any, equipment are you using to diagnose the fault with? Three separate failures, all with the same symptoms, seems unlikely to me and is more likely to be a vehicle fault but I'm making an assumption here...

100% timing belt driven water pump... Deffo change it! There's a few variations on the non-genuine water pumps though so be sure you get the right one. It's a nice DIY job though these engines so take your time and have fun. Mick

They shouldn't be mega heavy feeling. If they are it is probably due to a worn pressure plate.