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i havnt check the fluid level yet but will do it in the light tomorrow. next question is which one is the power steering res? ha! i'll look in the owners manual unless you can tell me off the top of your head.

thanks for the replies chaps!! much appreciated.

is this it?

omg i didnt even put what clio it was, oops.lol its a 2002 172 cup!

clearly i am a bit of a simpleton because i cant find it! i have been told its leaking by a mechanic who wants a load of money to fix it. i have got a part put aside at renault (£63) but have been told by a mate who is a mechanic (but only deals with peugeots) that i might be able to unscrew...

thanks for all the replies. i am a plumber so am fairly hands on but i dont know if i fancy tackling the shocks on my own, even if it is only a couple of nuts. or maybe i should just be brave, i just dont want to risk her having an accident if i do something wrong. she's got no life insurance...

i think the abve prices must include vat because renault have just quoted me £113 all in for the pressure switch and £171 all in for the shocks.

hi guys, my wife has got a 2002 172 clio cup, its done 60k we have just had it serviced by a mobile mechanic who we have used before and he has told us that there is a power steering leak from the pressure switch and that the rear shocks are leaking. he has quoted 124 plus vat t do the...

jobs a good'un!

thanks a lot. my 106gti states semi synthetic in the book, a few people have suggested using fully synthetic in it but i'm not sure if its a good idea. the car will be revving to 8k on cams, tb's etc. what do you think i should use in that? (sorry for asking about a peugeot.lol)

is that what the manual suggests you use?

just borrowed the gf's car to take for a thrash and the oil is a tad on the low side, nothing major but just needs a top up. i dont have the service book etc. to hand and wondered if they take fully or semi synthetic oil? cheers.

thanks. i dont suppose you have a pic handy do you?

i have just bought this part from renault, the part number is 8200351433 has anone cut into the bumper themsleves? i am hoping to fit this to a 172 cup this afternoon as i've just got a piper system with a 3" tailpipe but dont know what to use to cut it (a hot knife maybe?) also has anyone...

optimax (98RON) has cleaning properties, i didnt think BP ultimate (97RON) did.

you need to be mapped on it to see a real gain imo.

all i meant is it cant be exactly right, as every engine is different. different bore size exhausts, different air filters and so on (i appreciate they are minor differences). if you were to run a car with cams, headwork and tb's for example, and you created a a map on a standalone ecu for it...

bolting on a different ecu is not the same as a remap.

thank god for that! cheers for the replies peeps.

hi, my gf has just bought a 172 cup (2002), one of the headlights is out (one of the two bulbs that are on either side. does the headlight have to come out? if so does the bumper have to come off? and how many bolts are there holding the bumper on and where are they located. any help much...

lucky- i can see one of the crazy bikers in one pic, there was a fella on a ducatti when we were at the pgti thrash, it was raining and he was hitting 190+mph. nutter! i reckon i was nearly at the redline in 5th halfway down that straight! lol it is a good place just to lark about, you can...

good work mate. that straight at brunters is loooooooooooooooooong!

a raised rev limit cant be a bad thing though.lol

i'd rather spend £600 and do it properly then cough up over £300 for what is in my eyes a bit of a bodge. i think if anyones on such a tight budget that they cant afford the extra £250 for a proper ECU remap then they shouldnt be trying to mod their engine in the first place. i dont mean to...

sounds a bit odd to me. how can they make a chip just to work with 'sporting exhaust and air intake modification'. there are loads of different exhausts and induction kits and they are all going to affect performance differently (only a minor difference but thats not the point) so how can that...

well i guess it cant be a bad thing if it works, its not ideal though. i drive a 106 (shock horror.lol) but my gf has just bought a 172 cup, so i'm looking into a few minor mods (if she'll let me), although i dont really want hers to be faster than mine!lol

feel free to tell me to shut up if i'm worng but a group N ecu is surely mapped to run with a specific spec (i.e group N cams etc.) so it wouldnt be ideal. even if you have everything the same spec as a group N car, every engine is different so it wouldnt be a spot on map for your application...

i'm sure you've done a good job but it makes it looks a bit 'halfords' stylee. i think you should at least paint the red bit black, then it wont show. i think it would have been better in the fog light hole, thats only my opinion though.

i'd paint the '2.0 16v' badge white if you are going to have white wheels.

sweet!