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All My Clio 172 failed to start this morning, plenty of fuel all fuses are okay and the alarm and immobiliser doesn't seem to be malfunctioning....I want to check the fuel cut of inertia switch.............Anyone have any idea where this is, The AA are coming out tomorrow to try and fix it or...

Hi last night I had my keys stolen for my Clio 172... This morning I am going to have the immobiliser memory and alarm memory wiped for the missing key.. Next week I am going to have two new doorlocks and ignition barrel and alarm/immobiliser reprogrammed... Its okay, they caught the scum...

Hi today I had a quick glance at the tyres on the front of my 172, they are so bad they are being changed tomorrow double time. Rather than waiting for Exaltos I am going to give Dunlop SP Sport 9000s a try on the front, they are directional. The Pirelli PZeros Ive had on the front have been...

Hello I am having two Exalto 2s fitted on my 172 (195/45/16s) on Saturday at a price of £68.02 including valves. balancing and VAT/ Is anywhere cheaper? , Kwik Fit, wanted £91 per tyre, so much for there Sale.

Hi I have the new road angel...can anyone advise on how i can get the antenna lead and power lead to just drop down the back of the dashboard neatly... the unit will be screen mounted. But i am going to wire in the unit into the back of the Cigar lighter. Tips on neat wire install would be...

Hi my 172 went in for a 24000 mile service with 24500 miles on the clock. The garage think the front brake pads are 90% worn and need replacing...is 24000 miles for brake replacement on a 172 normal? Please advise!!

Hello the front tyres on my 172 are paggered after 11,500 miles... Having Pirelli PZero Neros fitted on the front for a change, the backs still have about 7 mm of tread on the contis so they are fine. just wondering what peoples views are on the Pirelli Neros :D

Hrumph Tonight driving my MKII 172...there was a bang under the bonnet, the smell of what i guess to be steering fluid and zero power steering. Got the car home, now have the arms of Geoff Capes and a phone call to make with Renault tomorrow morning. Has this happened to anyone else on...

I live in the north of england and neither the cup of the 172 would of been sub 7 seconds today to 60 because of the wet roads and the wheel spin :D

Hi On Monday night I put octane booster & Optimax in my Mk II 172....tonight I fitted the green cotton performance air panel in......Tomorrow night I may reset the ECU into learning mode. Not sure if it have more power....but it does feel less laboured and smoother...i will continue to run the...

Hello I have never raced a Mk1 172 are they quicker than Mk2 172s? I know with a full tank of petrol they are 20 kgs lighter than the Mk2 172 and they also get peak power at 6250RPM instead of 6750rpm in Mk2. I have never raced a Mk1...have raced Mk2 Cups beat some, drawn some and lost...

Can anyone tell me how i find and remove the pollen filter on a 172? Need to check this as I don t think renault replaced this on the 12000 service.

Hello my 172 has a whirring noise which can be heard on tick over, it is kind og coming from behind the centre of the dash bored and it whines....any idea what it could be?....I thought it may be a noisey fuel pump....did the tank of 95 ron stuff cause it?

Hi Just been out to put half a tank of optimax in the 172....before starting the car up again, i turned the ignition onto position 1 so the fuel pump could be heard wurring away...switched it off and then back to the 1 position for the fuel pump second time...then started. her up.....maybe the...

Tonight I was on the hoy around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear...In Vine Place there was a very light pea green type Clio...He had the 172 badges on the side at a none Ktec etc exhaust. Big Big alloys, the wrong seats and no washer balls on the front headlights....He had the 172 type body kit with...

Hello on my 172 I have bought a green cotton replacement air element.. I range the insurance firm today and explained I was modifying the standard configuration of the car with this air filter replacement...I explained it was because I would get better fuel econmy plus maybe an extra 4 bhp...

Yesterday my 172 had its 12k service....it went in with a crunching gearbox in 3rd....two mechanics went out in it yesterday afternoon to find the problem, i am sure they had fun. But the car feels smoother and the power is back...its phenominal actually. My only question is, should they of...

JC testing EVO 8 and imprezza now !!

Hello Are people aware that thieving scumbags can contact the DVLA and get your home address from your car registration? Although the data protection act gives you some protection, the DVLA will post out your details within a week of the request going in. My advice is you contact the DVLA...

This morning i drove my 172 to work and all was working fine...it had 1/2 tank of optimax in and seemed perfect. Parked at 8:30am and returned back to the car at 6:30pm....from pulling away it was lumpy , had no performance and seemed to be down on power...there was only one solution....i drove...

At lunchtime I had the pleasure of having a BMW 323CI convertible behind me turning right at a junction to go along a long straight country road near to where i live. We both went for it from the off...Things were fairly even until i got into 3rd gear . by the time I was doing 120 in 5th he was...

Hi with the engine warmed up the gearbox if proving a problem when changing up from 2nd to 3rd gear. When changing up on the gear change light it takes extra effort to put it into third and things seem to grind. This has just started happening today. But 3rd to 4th on the change up light is no...

Hi have many of you tried replacing the paper air element in the 172 with something like a green perfromance air element replacement or something from K&N. I am not talking about a full induction kit...just the thing inside. If you have done this, are the differences noticable. Halfrods -...

Dear cup owners Today I toasted a Cup in my 172 and he was tryinh....the moral of this story is be good at changing gear.....I came up behind him in 5th doing 55.....I dropped to third as the traffic cleared on the A19 dual carriageway...and in third there wasnt much in it....4th went by at...

Curious about Superchips claims of 184BHP by adding a chip upgrade only.

Hello Ive had my 172 since the beginning of December...since Day 1 I have run it mostly on Optimax(98+Ron)...on the odd occassion I have put in small amounts of unleaded (95Ron) and the difference was noticable (Only when no shell garages about). Using Optimax the green change gear light would...

Went to halfords today to buy Zymol Canuba wax polish to do my iceberg silver 172, they didnt have any left...normally I use Auto Glym, but instead I bought Williams F1 canuba wax polish as last resort (probably rebadged Zymol). Got home, washed the car and polished it 3 times wuth the...

This afternoon I spent an hour on the drive way swapping out sidelight and indicator bulbs on my 172. Gone are the nasty weak yellowish side light bulbs, in place are Philips blue vision W5W bulbs which give out a crisp brilliant white light which matches the xenon units....the yellow...

This afternoon I spent an hour on the drive way swapping out sidelight and indicator bulbs on my 172. Gone are the nasty weak yellowish side light bulbs, in place are Philips blue vision W5W bulbs which give out a crisp brilliant white light which matches the xenon units....the yellow...