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commuting and shopping duty only for the 172, it's my daily driver I've got a toy for track days :)

the 172 scraped through it's MOT last w/e as the tyres are on the wear indicators currently it's wearing Exaltos which are ok but nothing special can anyone recommend a tyre, I'm not after a super sticky qualification tyre but something with a reasonable wear/grip level

no point, they only stock service parts :rolleyes: now Swindon parts centre on the other hand....

:eek: it's getting carb cleaned this evening to see what it's like tomorrow

Fred - YHM, ta!

do you work for renault??? :hehe: my throttle body if fine, it's the idle control valve that's knackered

and to add insult to injury the Bosch 4 pin is available from GSF but my 3 pin Magnetti Marelli on is dealer supply only - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ anyone know if carb cleaner will do the trick?

so what's the big lump of metal between the hose from the air filter and the top of the engine/plenum called? in any case, I need the ICV and renault want £280 + the vodka and tonic for it :rolleyes:

I need a idle control valve on the 172 so I popped to the local Eurocar Parts on Saturday morning to find them out of stock. German and Sweedish's shelves are equally bare so with open wallet surgery looming I headed to the main dealer. me - I'd like an idle control valve dealer - sucks air...

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besides as soon as you start sticking milage on the car you knacker it's resale valuehave a look around as there's some real bargains to be had - picked up my 172 last week for £3.5k with FRSH and 65k milesjust done the timing belt service and a few other bits and bobs, will be looking to get...

Just got my 172 back from a timing belt service - £££ - and the throtle idle valve is kapputcan they be taken apart and rebuilt or is it a case of handing over the remaining w/e beer tokens to Eurocar parts?in the unlikely even someone's got one spare I'm more than willing to be their lifelong...

ta al

do you need a masonic handshake to find out what the PH-Quick stickers mean?

Hi all!! I take it Lusty is the site lothario?

gotcha cheers

what's the dealwith the stickers?

can anyone give me the low down on all the types of clio? I keep seeing 172 ff all over the site but I'm not sure what that means ta

hookers? nope

All I'll say for now is that involved a very long w/e in Amsterdam with a few guys off Pistonheads

I did in the end, I was accelerating at the time and only noted when I came off the gas that the throttle was wide open by the time I'd figured that out and after trying and failing to pull back a floor hinged pedal with my foot, I'd added another 20/30mph to my speed

Had that happen to me too - barrelling round the M25 at over 140 isn't much fun (well, not when you don't want to it isn't)

cheers guys! there's an interesting story behind it too... ;)

Car is booked in for a service and cambelt change later this week - :eek: how much do Renault want? the wags £600 to do a cam belt is taking the :censored: IMO. Luckily I've got a good indy who'll do it for 1/3 of that. I'll get my man to have a look at the throttle cable then - no doubt...

can't see the micra, there's a clio in the way ;)

chees again, friendly bunch that you are NW London

chhers for the tip

you want to see rust?? buy an Integrale :cry: ETA - I take it it's a simple job, 2 spanner Haynes manual rating?

cheers guys seeing as it'll be a cheap fix I'll got with a new cable and a bit of lube - oooer!

anyone had this problem? Only happens on a very light throttle and it revs at 2.5k, give it some beans and it revs back to idle Can I lubricate the throttle cable or is it a strip out and replace job? TIA