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Thanks a lot Mick. I have unclipped it from the bulkhead so far. I will jack it up tonight and see what I find. I Just ordered a new hose from Renault it was pricey but safety first.

My Vacuum pipe has collapsed causing the brake pedal to go hard and lose braking. Has anyone fitted a new pipe behind the heatshield and can offer any advice how best to do this? So far I have removed the original pipe up to the point it connects to the servo. I can't actually see where it...

I would also recommend @Dan@SJM. He did my cambelt and dephaser pulley last year. He noticed the water pump was leaking whilst working on the car, so I had that replaced as well. Great service. Car ran so much better afterwards. I would use him again.

Thanks for all your advise guys. I replaced the ball joint(£17 Euro car parts) and CV boot clips(£7 Halfords) at the weekend. Car was in for retest today and passed with nothing more to pay. Happy days.

I know....I know. I really should have things like that sorted before hand but once again it was all a last minute rush getting it booked in. My garage is an absolute pit at the moment so I will have to work outside this weekend. I really should get an MOT done in the spring so I don't have to...

Exactly my thoughts. Maybe I heard them wrong. I assume they are changing the boots for that price, but it still seems expensive even with a balljoint at £20-30.

I checked the CV boots this evening and both the large clips are gone, but the rubber is fine.Common problem looking at threads on here. Anyway the garage has quoted £300 to fix these including doing one bottom balljoint.!!! If I clean up the grease around the CV boot and put a Jubilee clip on...

This is my first post and I apologise that its quite a long one. After the the events of the last few days I felt compelled to let you know my story regarding the MOT. My 182 failed its MOT on high emissions this week Here are the results. CO 8.064% HC 479ppm lambda 0.770 I had...