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Yes,youre right but the 10W40 oil is thicker at LOW temperatures(warming-up phase).A cold engine is the time when the possible bigend/crankshaft -bearing problems may occur. On a cold engine the thinner and weaker oil film of the 5W50 oil (compared to the 10W40 oil) together with the bigger...

ian172, I,ve read a "Technical Bulletin" that Renault send to their dealers warning them NOT to use synthetic oil with a viscousity index LOWER then 10W-xx. (so NO 5W-xxxxx but 10W-xxxx or 20W-xxxx ) otherwise ,because the F4R-engine has a very high compression ratio (1:11) the big-end...

White16valver, wish me luck.......:)

Aldo, thank you for replying It seems to me that your tyre problems where related to wheel-imbalance caused by a not perfectly centered rim eg. the wheel bolts are not intended to center the rim,their only function is to clamp the rim onto the hub-face.(so only axial forces) the...

"They felt really hard and nasty" Thats exactly the way tyres for a sporty hot hatch should be like !!!!This means loads of steering feel and feedback. I agree that grip in the wet is a week point of the Pilots SXs.But I think this is no problem because in the first place I dont even drive...

youre right,but the problem is that those Pilot SX tyres are discontined and arent available anymore.... In fact,the Pilot SX GT is specially designed for sporty,smaller cars like the Clio RS(172) from tyres-online.co.uk...

rsi turbo, what is the offset of your standard mk1 RSI? Because in fact you are saying that your RSI handles better with a larger offset rim ??? Also did you use the same tyres (apart from size) on the 17" and 18" ??Because I think this creates the difference in handling you discribe...

thanks, Yes,both sets of tyres here brand new No,Im not talking about the amount of grip,this is OK for both tyres.My main concern with both tyres is the way they feel when cornering,very unsecure and very little feedback in the steeringwheel and almost no self-centering effect after the...

Thanks for the replies, Today Ive been experimenting with different tyre-pressures and tyre combinations.These are the results: 1) Presure Front/Rear 2.1 Bar/2.0 Bar :a little more steering feel at low speeds,less bumpy,the steeringwheel feels "firmer" and isnt so light anymore BUT on the...

livio, please read my thread "Handling problems Clio RS" posted today. Are you experiencing the same issues with your tyres?? I replaced the F1s with Pirelli PZero Neros and again had the same handling problems. regards, Marco

Hi, on my clio RS, I recently replaced the standard tyres (195/50/15 Michelin Pilot SX GT) on standard 15" rims ET(offset) 43) with OZ Titans 16" (ET37) and 195/45/16 Goodyear Eagle F1s GSd2. After this tyre conversion the cars handling and steering response have been downgraded to a...