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Spoke to him today & the car has been taken into a garage but they cant find a fault!!!!

Yeah cranking for a few seconds then stops. Dont think he has a spare key for it but ill ring him tomorrow and ask him

This is a post on behalf of a friend of mine. His car is a 53 plate 172 cup, He has rung me and asked if i will ask all you friendly lot on here for some advice?? Right the problem is that he had the cam belt done & when he got it back it was miss firing, He changed the plugs & put some...

i was meant to be going to pick up a 172 yesterday off a guy in lemmington spa (about 130 miles from here) rang him on friday night to make sure it was still ok to set off after i finished work on saturday at 12 he said it was fine, Saturday dinner i rang him & got no answer, tried a couple of...

so nothing to really worry about then??

phase 1, just passed its MOT, had both lamba sensors changed aswell,

in one of my previos posts about me getting a 172 some one has said its got down pipe probs and that there was a bad batch ?? dont know if this is directed towards the exact car im going to see or about the 172 in general?? what problems would this cause & what are the symptoms to be looking out...

need help now as im unsure on going looking at it. what symptoms would Downpipe problems be?

this is taken from his advert * 2001 X Plate * Metallic Black * 80,040 Miles * Recent 80,000 Mile Service * Cambelt, Auxiliary Belt, (inc. tensioner) Clutch Replacement and Full Comprehensive Service at 72,000 miles * Air Conditioning Re-gas at 72,000 miles * Booklet of Receipts (from 2001 to...

rang him up & asked if it crunched in any gear at all & he said no not at all & that it goes into the gears ok with no problems at all its just that they are a bit slack.

not mine but you might see a black one knocking around bury soon hopefully

is that in general or just the one im going looking at???????

the car is 2 1/2 hours drive away so if i went i wouldnt really want to go back down for the car

im getting a clio 172 but the guys description said the gear linkage needs tightening up?? how will i know if this is true & its not the gearbox thats knackered?

not too bothered about what power it is as long as its been well looked after

sorry meant Hill power!:o

The clio im meant to be getting has apparently had loads of work done at a place called Hill sport, including Hill Power Stage 1 ECU * Ported and Polished Cylinder Head and Inlet Manifold * High Performance Magnecor 8mm HT Leads and Spark Plugs * Injector Reconditioning and Clean at 72,000 miles...

Been looking for a nice example of a 172 for a few weeks when i came across this one, its a 2001 on a X-plate 80k miles with full history, The fun part is that its been to a place called Hill Power (any one heard of it?) and is now 192 bhp at fly wheel, Agreed to pick it up on saturday so...

well ive got someone coming seeing the mazda and the escort after putting them both on ebay so i just hope they both sell so i can get a 172, tild the people that are interested ill take £2300 for mazda and £700 for the escort cab so i should hopefully be able to get a nice phase 1 clio 172

found a 172 on a X- plate in Scotland thats advertised on Ebay & he might be interested in a swap, but cant get there till sunday & his auction will have ended by then. hope he is still interested even though its a 320 mile round trip!!!!!!

the xr3i and pics of mazda in the ebay link

would throw in a nice mk4 1991 H - plate escort XR3i cabriolet in stunning condition ( never welded) with full RS turbo kit & alloys in a rare blue for the right 172 pics of both cars available if wanted!!

am i allowed to put one up without it being removed?? well ill just try anyway:D http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170257124632&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=007

got the mazda on ebay at the moment, ill be happy to get £3000 for it & go for about an X-plate 172

Hi all i recently went with a friend of mine to pick up his 172 cup, and i must say what an awesome car!! So much that i now want a 172 myself so if anyone on here is getting rid of one & would do a swap for my 51 plate mazda 323 2.0 sport let me know!! cheers everyone:cheers: