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Not a scientific experiment, as he has to have done it twice with out changing any variables ;)

Tbh, thats normal for any car mate. Water runs at circa 90*c. Depending on particular thermostat etc.

See how hot its getting first, theres several tricks to getting a car to run cooler, even by additives. Renault run these cars in the middle east as part of their testing (IIRC) so a mild british summer with traffic won't really bother it I expect :) Run an RSTuner with data logginf when your in...

Totally agree. Not trying top put westy down here, but, it seems like he is trying to sort problems that havent become apparent. IMO, Build it, Drive it, see where needs improving and work on thjose area's rather than doing alot of spending on area's where you could be wasting money imo.

Is the oil cooler thermostaically controlled? Thats all you need imo, tbh I can't see it getting too hot in traffic anyway. They do alot of R+D with cooling and everything is so effcient that you won't run into problems. Water is better at heat transfer than air, which is why alot of cars...

It's a switched earth. It will not be active at idle. You will get 12v at the solenoid with the ignition/engine on. It's not unheard of for the solenoid to stick and not allow the dephaser to advance. You can test if by putting the (white iirc) wire that goes back to the ecu to ground and it...

Insurance changes price on a daily basis, so a year ahead is pointless.

Nope. He hasn't driven it for months. He's got a UKDM dc2 now...

No. 160bhp. My fabia that my never paid me for was in the region of 230bhp

I'd say so. There's 4 parts to the immobiliser. Key/decoder ring/UCH/ecu. If the immobiliser is preventing the start the might will flash rapidly. Usually as the key has gone out of sync. The immobiliser will not stop the cranking. This is a different fault.

The immobiliser light flashes rapidly if its at fault.

You could also drill out the 182 casing to fit the speedo drive, and just take the plastic drive from the diff in the 172 and fit it to the 182's.

Seat wear doesnt mean its had alot of miles, could mean its had a lot of getting in and out. So, 2 mile trips instead of 40 mile trips.

Dan Page's?

I had this argument with HIC, when I changed from my 360bhp LCR - Clio 172. My insurance went up, they said its because more of them get written off, I said that because there is more of them, statistically there would be more written off

I dropped mine earlier and kicked it on the volley accidently. Now got 2 scratches on the screen :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSJ-HzNWJGM&feature=related I think that'd annoy the hell out of me after a while!

You can also alter the timing of the cams to reduce overlap as on a turbo motor you don't want it blowing the air/fuel mix straight back out the exhaust.

Fit a VAG 225 lump ;)

That's still got plenty of life left tbh

DMF failures are common as feck across most 4 cylinder engines... heres one I removed a few weeks ago

It pedals on VERY well.

Awesome, cheers mate. I'll give you a bell this evening when I'm on the move anyway.

Hai. My time to shine.

Understatement of the year tbh. I've got a Yozza coming :)

PMSL. That's brilliant.

Flol, you'll have a wee suprise when your next down this way ;)

FPMSL. That's customer service right there.. Buying them lunch whilst I'm doing an engine change lol

I really need to increase my labour rate by the sounds of it ;)

Ahem? Lol