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yea well i have learnt that now lol... my mate came and had a look at it today and told me that the bottom end has gone... is this expensive? how much am i looking at? can i just get a second hand bottom end and replace it with that? any ideas?

i just dont get why it was only tapping at high revs though, i cant have been driving it without oil for long either?! guess i will just have to wait and see wat the garage says. thanks for all your replies, il keep you posted!

no not tried putting oil in it yet as i had to abandon the car and walk home! will try that 2mo, would lack of oil prevent it from starting?

thanks for the quick replies... yea sorry its a 1.8 16v (valver) MK1... phase2 i think?! its done quite high milage on 115k i think and i checked the oil after the light came on and no.. dont think their was much in it although the gauage was on over half? oh and no steam that i saw and...

on my way home last night i was having a bit of a play with a bmw untill i started to hear a knocked/tapping noise at high revs on acceleration then just as i got home the oil light came on and the engine cut out.. it would turn over but wouldnt start?! i am bracing myself for the worst but...

ok kool cheers mate, any idea about which power steering fluid i need?

i went to gsf today for sum gearbox and power steering fluids but he said theirs a few kinds... which ones do i need??

well my mate did it but didnt look too bad although i ended up with no sterring lock for sum reason?!

my mate did my coloumn a while ago, its not too bad, their two screws on the bk of the steering wheel then the bag just unplugs

has anyone got pics of a valver on white wheels.... prefrably standerd 15's???

kool

just done a little search and need to bring this up again... my 16v has developed quite abit of play in the stearing, i was told that it may be the stearing box??? if it is just the coloumn which bit should you get welded and can you get to the this bit fairly easily? any ideas? thanks.

if ur interested i got a set of gmax springs which i never put on my old rt, think they lower between 35 or 40 mill, looking for around 40 quid? or gimme an offer if ur interested?

208. london_racer-mk1 clio 16v ph2 am i the last one??

does anyone know if u can get into the show with a stand pass ticket.. my mate wants to go but no longer wants to drive cos sum arse drove into his car! not too bad luckily!

yea i suppose your right!, i still like my big wheelys though! although i have had a few mid corner scars! lol

anyone got a standerd cat for a 1.8 valver 96reg?

how do u fine the hadeling on yours with 17's on?? i dont think its too bad?!

lol you damn right!! and yea beat the little t***s up with a baseball bat!! their was one thing they didnt get actually... the cd changer! soo unless they still use tapes the head unit is pretty much useless anyway!! lol

ello mate. welcome to you

yea exactly i know that they will never get cought and even if they do they'l just get a telling off!! and yea i know the feeling, i dont really want to get a new system either but i miss my sounds soo much! i still cant get over the fact they took the air freshner aswell though!!

i asked the same question! lol mine is on 17s 60 mill on the bk and just got some 55 mill springs for the front, i have took all my arches out though!

i have always wonderd what that little buton did!! lol

they managed to get in by jamming a screwdriver in the lock and theirs a dent where they pryed it open. only got the standerd alarm on and dont think that went off! suppose i should be thankfull that i still got the car.

yea i hate that feeling of sumone else having been in my car!! anyone got a spare parcel shelf??

came out to my car yesterday after work.. all looked fine till i got in and found all my sound system gone!! sum bas*$rds got in the passenger side and nicked everythin apart from the front speakers... even took the damn air freshner!!! bloody chavs! looks like no music for me on the way to fcs!! :(

not too sure on the offset or width?! i got 35 mill eibachs spring on the fron just orderd sum 55 mill apex, so will it go down another 20 mill??

i have to admit im a chav too!! lol i got red on my naples valver, i rekon u shud go for white if any

hello peeps, just a little question ... i wanna go lower!! its been lowerd 35 mil on eibach spring but still looks a little higher then the back which is lowerd about 60 mil, i have 17's though, just wonderd how low i can go on the front before it will start scrubbing, already took the arches...