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Just to let people know I did a oil change and rear pad and disc / bearing change over the weekend. The oil change took me about 30 - 45 minutes, and was a piece of p**s. I also changed the rear discs/bearing and pads and this was also a very easy job, I literally undo the 30mm hub nut and the...

I've just changed my coolant, I've warmed the car up, and the coolant in the expansion tank is not dropping. I've ran it for a good 1/2 hour now. I have this funny feeling I may not have dropped all the old coolant. The hose I undone to drop the coolant is the one on the radiator at the...

I spoke to a guy at renault today and he said I needed 6 litres of the renault type d coolant and 1 litre of antifreeze for my coolant change. I thought it was 7 litres of the renault type d stuff only? I've got 7 litres of this stuff for my coolant change tomorrow, so do I need a litre of...

Does anyone know where I can purchase a set of 30mm rear hub nuts apart from Renault?? (Renault want £2.88 inc vat each, which I think is very expensive) Thanks

I'm going to be changing my coolant soon. These are the steps I’m going to take: 1. Warm engine up (to open thermostat) 2. Remove (unscrew) coolant expansion cap 3. Disconnect lower radiator hose and drain coolant 4. Connect lower radiator hose 5. Open bleed screw...

Painted my calipers and fitted my new wheels: Really impressed with the wheels, I think the black and silver go well. No doubt this will not be to everyone's taste... If anyone is wondering, the splitter is a seat leon cupra r splitter. All comments welcome!!! Darren

I'm going to be changing my disc's at the weekend. When you wind the piston back, how far do you wind it back? all the way until it stops, or just until you can get the new pads and discs? Also, does anyone have a price and part no. for the hub nut, or should I just re-use the same one thats...

Just wondering if anyone has purchased the rear brake disc with abs ring and bearing's from Brake International (part no. BDS6392)? If so, whats the quality like? might purchase some at the weekend... It's only £35.52 + vat for each side (£83.50 for both sides including vat). This seems...

Hi, I've just fitted a Magnex Twin exit cat back exhaust system last weekend. The car is running great, but the exhaust just keeps hitting the heatsheild where the pipe bends over the axle. (to be honest it looks like a bit of a bad design) Is there any places in the northwest that can...

I've just installed a Magnex Twin 3.5" Exhaust on my 172 today, but I've had to remove the heat sheild that covers the hand brake cables because there was no space between the exhaust and the heatsheild and was knocking a rattling quite badly. Will it do any damage not having a heat sheild...

I've seen a set of 16" wheels that I'm interested in and I'm just wondering if they will fit. Here are the details PCD: 4 x 100 (I know this one is right) Offset: 40 C/Bore: 62mm These wheels will be going on a 2003 Clio 172 (mk2) Thanks Daz

Well, I fitted my cupra r splitter today, pretty impressed with it. I refuse to pay £150 for a splitter from renault and I prefer this one to the renault splitter. You can't go wrong for £20 from the seat dealership. Probably not to eveyones taste, but I really like it Daz :)

Well after reading a few of the horror stories about cambelts snapping before they where due, it got me thinking about changing mine early. So I rang renault bolton up today for some prices on parts and labour. You all better be sitting down for this (more the labour prices): Parts Costs...

Hi, Need some help I have a Kenwood KDC-5027 Headunit and I am trying to get my stalk controller working using the Connects2 SRNK003 Cable. I connected this up last night, and could not get the stalk working. My headunit has a remote control wire coming out of the back of it, just...

Hi All Just purchased a Clio 172 last week, fantastic car. I've just got a couple of questions: 1. Renault serviced the car before I picked it up, but I checked the oil level this morning, and they have seemed to have over filled the oil. I would say its between 8 - 9 mm over on the dip...