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Just checked the timing. Turned the engine over till the cams were lined up and the cam locking tool slotted straight in! the crank locking tool then slotted in perfectly too. So if it is out, its out by such a small amount that running wouldnt really be affected, surely? just the performance....

Wouldn't it run badly all the time if the timing was out? I'm gonna go double check it now anyway :(

still not running right http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=349105 :(

I rebuilt my F4R 730 engine and ever since its been running like crap :dapprove: on idle it can be very lumpy, other times more acceptable with an occasional *slight* misfire that you can hear from listening to the exhaust. When driving it can be a nightmare. It seems to be throttle...

road test complete! 500 mile round trip to Wales completed relatively successfully only issue i have is that at low speeds (well, throttle position) its running badly, I think it has a stuck injector though as I've had this before. It's also fine if you accelerate harder. Will check tomorrow...

Well if you can buy the pulley locking tool, I think I will, just to be sure! I previously did my pulleys up 30Nm + 90deg. This morning I tried 100Nm and it was only a few degrees different, so I'd say both methods are acceptable? been on a little road test this morning... all seems well! :D...

:dapprove: looks like I need to invest in that pulley locking tool at some point - can you get them individually? the car atleast runs for now, adjusting the timing isn't hard at all, there's a fair amount of room in the bay, so it's something I can quite easily come back to on an afternoon...

I see what you're saying as you tighten, say the exhaust pulley, it will flex slightly and pull the cambelt clockwise. But, when I redid it this evening for those new torque settings, I locked it all back in TDC. I first locked the crank at TDC and then put in the cam locking tool. this...

sorry Fred, wasn't aiming anything at you, was just more of a query :D the Sealey instructions tell you to rotate the belt a couple of times to distribute the tension properly, is that not ok?

why doesn't the Sealey kit come with it then? what does it do? surely the pulleys are floating and the main thing is to get the cams locked? :edit: just had a look, both the Sealey and Laser tools come with cam locking and crank locking tools only - and they've been recommended on here

I've done them both 30Nm + 90deg... seemed fooking tight! Fred, I have the timing kit from Sealey and there's no pulley locking tool in that... anyways, she runs!! I didn't get any pics (I know you're all gutted ;)) except for these Thanks to all of you who are still willing to help me...

:o *tightens*

lol, would've been handy. Problem is the garage is just *full* of boxes, so not really room, and my driveway has quite a slant on it, so couldnt even do it outside. I'm not too fused about building it up on the ground tightened up the cam pulleys with a torque wrench :S - 45Nm? (+25Nm for the...

i definately did those! no matter, *pulls apart*

I've just had one of those awful moments... you know the ones where you can't be sure if you've done something or not anyhow. When assembling my engine today, I took my time and did it all by the book, however, I cannot for the life of me remember checking one of the pistons to make sure the...

sorry, it's just a little touchy at the moment. being out of work sucks!

has to be :eek: new place is on street parking, so can't be faffing around taking an engine out

I don't need a thread on my finances :dead:

nope, unemployed :( someone hire me tbh :dapprove: I'm moving up to London next week, so that will change

LMG eyeing up the engine.. 1 in 2 in collection of old piston rings 3 in 4 in and flipped! con rods going on oil pump plastic ..thing on (anti emulsion? :S) end plate on sump on flywheel on new HG head on cams on cam cover on and cams locked Cambelt on and...

OMFG!! :D :D :D Took MKR in for a service and they had these! :D *runs off to build*

anyone got any contacts in Renault UK/France? :D my piston rings are out there... somewhere :(

any moar images of that engine bay?

I've not got an engine to test it on would like to have my loom complete so that I can attach it to the engine before dropping the engine in, makes things a bit easier

cheers :)

I threw that away ages ago :( didn't anticipate ripping it off

orange to pink? white to cream..

fook, wrong section, could a mod move to Engine/Gearbox/running gear please? :D

when pulling my engine loom out, i accidentally pulled off the new bit of loom you can buy for the updated TDC sensor (172) I've got 2 wires on the original loom - orange and white and the loom for the TDC sensor has A (cream) and B (pink) can anyone tell me which way they're meant to go...

as well as owning a mk1 16v, I'm on my third 172 engine build ;)