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In Farnham car park today? It's a filthy mk1 in blue with the rear seats down. I'm embarrassed it was spotted as it look such a mess.

Hi all, I have a Mk1 172 and the drivers electric window mechanism broke on sat. I've had a look and it seems to be the white plastic part that fits onto the window runner that the cable is attached to. Anyone know where I can find seperate parts as the dealer wants silly money for the motor...

Hi all, not been on this site for a few years but good to see it's still going strong. I'm about to re-enter the clio family with Mk1 172 for my wife and have a quick question. The car she's getting has a worn steering wheel and I want to replace it. Can I change the wheel without...

i have a kenwood kdc 8021 head unit that has died. it was working fine then the face flipped down on its own (as if to insert a cd but one is already in it). it is no longer working, no display, noise or anything. i have taken it out to diconect power, pressed the reset button and checked...

my wife has just a got an astra club (98), great car:sleep:. anyway she wants her old sound system in it but it has a display showing temp etc on the dash. i know in my old 172 when i swapped the head unit out i had to get a new conector to make the steering wheel remote and display work...

when i start my car from cold it makes a strange metal / rattle noise. it does it after the starter motor has turned and and as the enging turns for the 1st time, if that makes sense? any ideas please?? its an old 106gti.

car died on me last week so i replaced the battery and it then ran fine for the week. last night it died again with no juice in the battery. as i was parking with low revs and my stereo on i turned the wheel (power steering) and the stereo cut out and my dash lit up (car kept running but there...

my car died on me last night. i stopped after driving for about 20mins, went to start the car and the battery was dead. had to get the wife to come out so i could jump start it. the battery had nothing at all but im not sure if its dead or the alternator has gone and not charging the battery...

well my 172 has gone and i collected my old 106 gti last night. however after about 30mins driving it started to hesitate when you go on and off the throttle and sometimes when driving with lowish revs. it is due a service and is high mileage so im thinking it is just needing new plugs, air...

i sold my 172 and it was picked up last night., sad to see it go.:( fingers crossed i should be getting an old 106gti which i can justify for the 2 mile trip to work, let the modding begin.:)

the sad day has come for me to get rid of my motor as it never gets used due to living really close to work. however i face a dilemma as it has a small dent on the leading edge of the bonnet (caused by a bolt thrown up from a truck). i can either spend the £200 - £300 to sort it plus a few...

just got my 172 back from reno, been with them for 1 and a half days and they had to replace the alternator, alternator belt and iddel (?) pulley. they replaced the alternator belt and iddel (?) pulley 2 months ago aswell. common problem? on the positive side this one was free.

thinking of selling my Mk1 172 and was after some input on a price to sell it for? for details see below: X reg 2001 still with manufacture warranty 37k (just had 36k service) full reno service history odysey blue (not many around) full magnex system needless to say v-good condition...

my mk1 172 has started to make a tapping noise on tickover, sounds a little bit rattley, is that the tappets? has anyone else had this noise? oh well i got through about a month before something else started to go wrong!

my 2001 mk1 172 is at reno today for several faults, ie loose engine mount, ecu that need re-mapping as it was lacking performance and knackered water pump. they are telling me the engine related problems are not covered as i have a non reno exhaust, even the engine mount. have they tried this...

my 172 is in at reno tomorrow (again) for a knackerd engine mount and a strange clicking noise that they seem to think is the water pump on its way out. however this morning on my way to work coming out of a roundabout it just died. it was like i was in a high gear trying to pull off, the...

had to take my car to reno this morning as it has now developed another engine related noise. on tick over i now have a clicking noise to accompany the knocking noise when driving. apparently this could be knackered bearings on the water pump? it will be checked on weds when they try to sort the...

thanks for finding time to meet and confirm the banging noise is the same as you had. fingers crossed i can get renault to fix it and get back to driving over 5k now i know what it is. your car looked good, ill keep my eyes open for you now i know who you are. thanks again.

i got a wicked wedding pressie from my work, a snooper:D (can you tell i work with a load of lads?). has anyone else got one, if so where have you found the best place to mount it? at the moment mine is in the corner of the window on the drivers side and seems to be picking everything up ok.

got my mk1 172 booked on the rollers on friday for a power run. will it be a good one or will it be down on power, place bet now... (its standard except a magnex cat back so expect big power gains;))

motorvation motorsport in dorking, surrey. anyone used them? i get married next sat and have the friday off work so what better to do than put my car on the rollers. would like to go to power engineering but could be cutting it close to get back in time for me rehearsal, big trouble if i miss...

do i remember right that you had a loose engine mount that renault managed to fix for you? i have had a banging under heavy right foot action for some time now and its got really bad so all i can think is that it is the same thing you had. i had my motor at the reno dealer in rogate (not bad...

changing the oil on my car yesterday and i notice my foggy is smashed (sure the misses did it). any idea how much they are to replace? is it a complete unit or can i just replace the lens?

anyone with a 172 / cup had problems with wheel bearings? mine has strated to hummmmm, sounds like the bearing but not 100% sure?:confused: its done 31k.

today we have: M3 Scooby sportswagon with prodive goodies supra twin turbo with huge rims and a zorst the size of the euro tunnel audi tt, twin pipe 330ci ctr z3 (m-sport) xk8 with 19 rims and saving the best till last... ... mk I 172 sport!

was on my home last night when i came across an s3. i came up behind him in the outside lane of a dual carriage way, he saw me and put his foot down to which i naturally responded with an equal amount of heavy right foot action. his eyes were glued to his rear view mirror as we headed towards a...

i got my mkI 172 about 3 months ago and the gear shift indictor light has never worked. I have asked renault about it twice now and they tell me that it was only ever on the early mkIs and not on anything later including mkIIs. can someone please tell me that renault are wrong as when i...

i got a cat back magnex system for my 172 and have noticed some strange bangs when on full throttle (mainly in 2nd), it does not do it all the time though? anyone else had a similar noise? is it running rich and burning off the un-burnt fuel?

i got a new magnex system on sat and it sounds great! really nice burrble at low revs. well pleased.

my 172 is in at renault for the infamous 4k vibration and i have been told the centre section needs replacing (as i was expecting). also my front shock needs replacing as it has a leak? i have been told the exhaust is not covered after 1yr on the warranty but i should get a reduction and the...