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Hi Paul, few pics of mine for you
outside it has been de badged, tailtate smoothed, de locked passenger side, spoiler added and lowered on 17's (looking for smaller wheels before anyone shouts):rasp: I know there not to everyones taste
Thanks
TC
its a love hate thing really
love the car the looks drive power etc
but hate the fact something always needs doing to it, still wouldn't be without it though
TC
do you do alot of short trips?
an eggy smell can be caused by sulphur collected in the cat as it doesn't get chance to burn up on the shorter journeys. may explain the smell
I had no choice in the matter, mates named mine mona,
number plate in M*** ONA fits the car perfectly as it keeps braking............. and i keep moaning about it bit I'd never get rid
keep the faith!!
if the road is dry, cold weather and a warm engine is the perfect combination
i see a noticable difference,
even if you run the cold air con to the air feed there be no difference as air con saps power from the engine anyway? nice idea though, maybe rig something up with dry ice
things like this are totally un funny, thats why i go shopping at 3am
just had a full re spray on my valver and the day i picked it up, went to work (bingo hall) parked up and sone old dude in a cav smacked his door into mine, saw it throught the window went out to have a word and all i got was...
Bonnet stays mounted to the scuttle panel ill be taking off though. plus its easier, hate back to front bonnets lol anyone sensing my hatred of the engine :p :quiet: love the car just dont like working on it lol
Aye garage sounds best best ,but we already paid for the filter and oil so be waste...
the pliars type removal thing sounds good may look into set then, other than that aye slam panel and bonnet off to get the rad out way meh :( gay engine
Its at an odd angle to get screw driver in etc. and the length id need would probably mean not much room to turn but savagery may be the way lol
And i couldnt get the oil filter removal bit in i have, its a socket type metal one so quite bulk and hard to posistion with such little room, you...
Again working on my girlfriends Clio 16v 1995 and WTF were renault thinking when squashing that filter there lol
Any tips on getting it out easy? can barley get my hand in so cant get a good hand grip to take it off by hand.
My therory was taking radiator off and moving it forward to get hand...
hi,
I've been having a look around and there is cover missing from the back of my drivers side head light, it seems dry but could this be causing my problems?
any ideas on where i should start to look? help appreciated
tc
Heya got an issue that just started tonight, driving at night with main beam on and the dash lights all go off apart from main beam green light left side the dash. park up and get outside and the sidelights & tail lights are all out.
brake lights, main beam and indicators work fine.... if i...
Will give it go 2morra if the part arrives, cheers lunner, sadly bodging it with puncture kit wont work its a clean cut all way around. plus id feel guilty doing that lol
its a 1995 1.8 16v i belive its a phase 1? (sorry saxo guy here)
If its just grease then it would make sense why its not pouring out then good good :) so back to replacing it, easy enough and whats the part? bad experience with garages so dont get very far trying to point out bits on there...
Yes the gear selctor, is it not lubricated at all? its not pissing oil .Just if its been run around a lot (ie running hot) it just dribbles one or two drops thats all
Hey ppl my girlfriends (this is her account sorry lol ) clios leaking slight bit of oil, tracked it down to a mauled rubber boot thats 100% split on the gear linkage gearbox side.
Obvious questions are... is this an easy job? mate has our haynes manual so cant check. wondering if it needs the...
hello, I'm having my engine re built and am having trouble finding cam followers,
Found a guy on e bay ( a company ) but forgot his name but he's not listed anymore who sold the for £70 a set
Does anyone know a good cheap place I can get them from? Trying to keep things as cheap as possible...