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The bit you're on about on top of the cam cover is the oil separater/breather. It can be swapped over.
Use your 182 exhaust manifold on the 172 engine, no problem.
The M6 stainless are stronger than the omp ones.... How did you work that out?
OMP ones are 12.9 high tensile. The ones you've used will have a poor shear load.
Ph1 172 engine is 736 and the Ph2 172/182 are 738.
Ph1 has bigger ports on the head and better crank, apart from that they're pretty much all the same.
The Halfords 60-300nm one is ok for most things.
As with most budget torque wrenches, they are only really accurate in the middle of their range and not at the low and top end. After that they should still be within +/-3% really, so good enough.
If you wanted to go all out there's some Snap-on...
You'll need the timing tools from Renault, about £140 but can be had used for £100 ish. Don't bother with the ebay versions.
Need to familiarise yourself with the floating pulley setup on these. The workshop manual is very handy, it's actually an easy process to follow if you follow it to the...