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Rack bushes, top mounts, track rods and ends, ball joints, arb bushes - any of these could be a factor in the car not being as sweet as it once was. Except for the rack and arb bushes, I have changed all of it alongside new genuine cup shocks and eibach prolines. The arb and rack bushes are in...
Perfect response Chip - the reason for me wanting to know a guestimate time is knowing whether the work can be done late afternoon (finishg work early) and hanging around or having to the leave my car there all day and find another method of transport to work.
Just to give you an idea of what it could be, i had a 172 cup back in 2004 and it was pin sharp to drive. I returned to 172 cup ownership 2 years ago and picked up a 30k mile car but it just didnt drive like my old one. Over the last 24 months (having covered 20k miles) I have changed tie rod...
172 cup with decat and acoustic valve removed = 250 miles a week @ £45 fuel. Mix of single and duel carriage way plus stop start city driving. Mine doesn't drop below 38mpg unless I red line it through the gears. Awesome car on fuel for the performance and puts 197/200s to shame
Sounds like you have a phase 1 cat fitted rather than a single box cat found on phase 2 172s. I had a decat fitted on my previous 172 cup and the warning light came on after about a year but I think it was linked to me being forced to use 95 octane rather than 97/98 (super unleaded) on 1...
For me they are bad on fuel as my 197 cup was thirstier than my old 300bhp mk1 Focus RS and that was whether driving around town or on the motorway - it did my head in so much I got rid of the 197 and got a 172 cup again. I couldn't justify the mpg figures for the performance when you can have a...
To change them, use a 10mm socket to remove the 2 nuts that hold the injector rail in and then disconnect the fuel line - from memory you just pull it off the left handside by squeezing the top, don't be alarmed when a little fuel will squirt out (ts pressurized but don't worry). Once this is...
I had an injector break down and the eml flashed on and off before staying on permanently, the engine dropped onto 3 cylinders and sounded like a Scooby - it wouldnt rev clean.
From what I have read previously, the injector that normally 'dies' is the 4th - the one that is on the furthest left...
Just sold a 197 cup. I've owned several RS clios (172 cup, 182 trophy and mk1 v6) and have now gone back to a 172 cup. The reasons I liked the 197:
* Recaro seats are the best seats I've experienced
* The looks of the car are impressive, (for me) especially in white with cup spoiler, the red...
Injector on its way out, my 172 cup started playing up like this with the light flashing now and again when stationary in traffic, then the injector went all together - dropped onto 3 cylinders and sounded like a subaru, engine management light stuck on and the car wouldnt rev clean. Had the AA...
Sounds similar to the injector fault i had a few weeks ago, same fault message I has, number 4 is nearest the driver side. Easy enough to change, just get yourself a new/2nd hand working injector or complete working rail. 10mm long socket and extension is all that you need to change it.
I had these issues 2 weeks ago, management light flashing and then stuck on, car wouldn't rev clean, huge misfire with it sounding like a Subaru. I looked on here and was 99% certain it was an injector fault - I have AA home start so called them out to use their fault reader which showed a fault...
There doesnt appear to be many brands available for the 172 (im guessing because the 182 is easier to produce), a quick google search brings up janspeed items and i see that ktec do their own for about £120 - is there anywhere else?
On my old 172 cup, Charlie prospeed made one and inserted a...
I got 95% contribution when the box went on my 197 cup, even managed to get another 2.5% from my local dealer in Cardiff - the car was 2 months out of warranty, I got the car through an independant garage but it had FRSH with 23k miles.
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