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Invoice says oil used evolution sxr 5w/40 elf, its really strange as it wasnt any were near as loud before it had the service/cambelt , is this a good oil to be using??
Nick if you could let me know how you get on / whats found wrong with yours i would be very greatfull might point me in the...
Hi guys , just had my cambelt replaced (cars done 61k phase 2 172)by a renault specialist and im sure my tappets seem alot louder now than they did before it was done ?? Is There anything they may have done to cause this as i cant understand it?? car was serviced with fresh oil and filter at the...
Spot on they should know what there doing if theyve had a practice on some one elses last week lol ... Seriously though cant have been to bad for them if there qouting you that kind of money and they will do anouther so soon........
Thats a great price !!! Mines going in on friday an costing me £400 which i thought was a gd price lol ,, Mines being done through renault though so i hope your garage have the correct tools as apparently there are some specialist tools required do change the belt on the 172 engine....
Had a listen at lunch an there doesnt seem to be any kind of buzzing coming from it, perhaps i may re-think it an let the garage sort it just not to keen on paying there high labour rates but if needs must:(
Didnt seem to be many advertised over the last month or so since ive been looking for one, i had to travel a 4 hour round trip to get this one but im definatley happy with my colour choice :cool:
Havent noticed any buzzing sounds but i only picked the car up last night so im not fully familiar with it yet , will have a listen at lunch when i go out in it though... Would this cause the loss of heat through the blowers though??....
Thanks for the nice comments guys, once ive sorted this bloody heating fault im going to be over the moon with it... ive just ordered a meguiars clay kit and am looking forward to getting rid of the odd defects in the paint and getting a lovely wet look shine....
Hi there,
ive just treated myself to a phase 2 172,
Which on the hole im very pleased with, ive had a fair few other performance cars and i rate this quite highly it seems alot of fun :cool: ..
Now im sure some of you are quite experienced with these cars and mines got a very annoying fault...
Hi , ive just treated myself to a phase 2 172, when i veiwed the car i tryed the climate to make sure it was blowing cold, and it wasnt blowing cold at all it was hot, so i told them to rectifiy the fault which they said ok and id have the car... Any how picked the car up last night checked the...
Yer as you say the guy wasnt exactly forth coming with info on the car, he hardly said anything unless he was asked an was also on the phone half the time, the set up didnt give me much faith in the car either as there were smashed up cars in the back of the unit, i was half expecting it to be a...
Funily enough i went to veiw this car today, i live an Aylesbury so its only 30 mins away from h-wyc were the car is located.... I liked it alot but as mentioned the front end had a big scratch low down on the front bumper & had some stone chip marks , 1 of the alloys was marked but on the hole...