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That's really strange, I just traded my RB 197 FF in for a Megane sport also. Approx 3 months ago! Loving the meg but miss the fun of the 197! Good to hear from ya! You on meganesport.net? Cheers, Dan.

Down at my local stealership, spotted a LY 197 F1 up for sale - Reg is HJ57 KHP. Caught my eye as it had a stainless exhaust on her n looked sweet! Also carrying a cliosport.net sticker in the back window so just thought I'd post to see if the previous owner is still on here?

As with all the clios, there's a large rubber grommet behind the glove box with the main wiring loom heading through it - this is where I fed my cable. The easiest way to get it through in my opinion is from the footwell side where you should be able to see the actual grommet. I'm a plumber by...

Great stuff! Well I best pop them out then and see what they are! Cheers!

Anyone? lol

Don't think there's a fuse for this, never come across one to be honest. If they're not reacting at all it could be the actual switch/button. I'd pop to a local scrappy and pick one up and try that for the sake of a few notes and 5 mins easy labor?

Does anyone know what bulb(s) these are without me having to take them out/apart? I just fancied upgrading my bulbs to LED's as they output a much more attractive white light. Something like these...

I've changed my sidelights on my Racing Blue 197 to blue/white LED's and it looks way better!!! It's simple but fiddley to do. Remove the light covers at the back of the unit under the bonnet, locate the side light bulbs and tug lightly on the wires and mine just popped out. I swopped the bulbs...

Mav, start from scratch mate like amy mentioned. I do a lot of installs and my best friend is a multimeter - this avoids damaging anything. On clio's I always earth in the boot to the rear seat bolt - it has a hex head and large torx head. I've never had a problem earthing there. Obviously your...

Hey, I've got the same setup in my 197 with the cabasse 6 cd in dash changer. It's really easy to add an ipod input to this headunit - cost me about 50 pence for a lead to plug my iphone in!!!! Basically all you need to do it either buy a pre-made lead off eBay or make one up yourself like I...

Hey Liam, How's it goin?!? I live in Hull and got my cambelt done just off Argyle Street by a really friendly garage called Springhead Motor Company Ltd. They do all the work on my 172 and they're awesome! He's gonna be tuning mine up before long. I haven't seen u around - I used to goto Cott...

I'm about to do mine - think it's called the dog-bone mount? I've got one from k-tec. Ever since I had my cambelt done, when I accelerate hard my engine must catch the chassis making a right noise. I believe this is common?? I'm gonna change the dog bone mount and loosen the top mount and roll...

I had the exact same problem on my 1.2 dynamique before the 172 - I did what the others have mentioned - push and hold the trip computer button as you switch the ignition on and it starts the test procedure. I think then I may have pushed reset. After that mine was fine? Worth a try if you...

Oh and the other good thing is it'll never need replacing! To clean you just need a service kit/re-oiling kit so definitely a worthwhile investment!

Thanks for the replies! Problem 1 - the noise has been confirmed as the climate control sensor above the light - really annoying! Easy to replace tho so gonna order a new one. Problem 2 - the pump appears to be okay? it's squirting out water but I think my washer tanks is full of leaves which...

Hey all, Well the 172's finally here and it's running well apart from a couple of minor problems. Firstly there's a strange noise - it appears to come from under the dash close to the passenger airbag. It's an electrical humming noise and happens as soon as I switch the ignition on and...

Someone further up posted saying it took 2 hours?! So not worth doing?? How much would a water pump set me back? any ideas? I'm up north in Hull.

It really take another two hours to do the head gasket? I thought with the cam belt getting done it'd be convienient to swop it for new? A water pump too - how much would that set me back and are they common to fail?? Cheers. Dan.

Got my 172, mileage coming upto 70k so I'm changing the cam belt. Is it worth paying a little extra and replacing/uprating the head gasket??? I've heard this can be a good time to do it, any advice?? Dan.

Yeah i didn't think 1000 was too bad for my age really. it'd be like 600 if I hadn't lost those nc's! Well I've called the garage today and he's going to get in touch with his mechanics to do all the cambelt work before I pick it up which sounds promising. Will find out more tomorrow and post!

Sorry if it's a bit off topic for this forum - I've tried most of them and they're all around 1200 but I got my current insurer - Churchill to quote me at 1k which I thought was ok. I just hope I get my 3yrs ncb back once this stupid guy claiming against me clears off. That knocks a futher 300...

Thanks for all the advice. I have honestly shopped around, this isn't the first one I've jumped on. I'm in Hull and I've been buying Auto Trader every week but when there is one in there, it's gone even before I call! I've looked at quite a few and this one by far looked the best, drove well and...

I'll be making a call about the cambelt tomorrow then! So what defines an import? If it's a right hand drive? Sorry if that's a stupid question. I've heard imported cars have a lot of problems because they are not set up for the UK? Is this true? Or a rumour? I've got some insurance quotes on...

It might have 69k on the clock but you can't notice, it's in great condition and I've been told this isn't a particularly high mileage anyway. I might've paid a little more for it but I felt more confident at a dealer knowing I have something to fall back on and it's a mint car. I just need to...

Okay, so the alarm/immobilisor thing shouldn't be a problem cos no matter what it should have something there and that shouldn't affect my insurance should it? I can't remember seeing an LED near the gear stick nor anywhere else. The guy who sold me it reckoned 100-150 for a cambelt and I knew...

Well when I went in to buy it, I told the guy the cambelt was my main concern and he called a mechanic and he said it will take 2.2hrs to do the work and £50 worth parts so it's a £150 job max? I stressed it was a concern but he didn't seem to want to get it done for me but I didn't wanna leave...

Hey all, Well today I found a 172 and I've placed a deposit on it whislt I get the rest of the cash together to go collect later next week! I have a few questions you guys should be able to help me with. The car has a FSH, first 50% is renault the rest isn't. The car has just hit 69k and has...

I think that might be the problem - the auto trader ad just says "SH" so not even a FSH which could be a problem. I just wanna make sure I get a decent one first time round rather than a cheaper one which I'll end up spending tonnes on it to make it right! Common sense I know! lol Would it be...

Going to look at this car today possibly, got an hours drive ahead of me to see it tho. It's on auto trader and has been there 2 weeks already and the guy on the phone didn't sound very helpful! I'm a bit worried it's gonna be in a mess, any hints n tips for things I should look out for? Thought...

Well the car is at 4750, I thought it seemed cheap? Maybe suspicious? So what kind of price would I be looking at from renault for the cam belt and a good all round service for peace of mind?