182 runs way smoother and easier cold starts after changing the cambelt and déphaser pulley

[freddyyy]

Hi,
I just changed the cambelt auxbelt kit and dephaser pulley on the clio and noticed it now runs way smoother and starts way better when cold. I run 100% e85 and sometimes before it would be somewhat difficult to start but kind of randomly sometimes it would start perfect in 10°C weather and sometimes it would struggle to go after sitting under the hot summer sun.
And it would always run quite rough at idle sounding a bit like a bridgeported rx8. No misfire tho

And now that everything is changed idle is so smooth and coldstarts are easy even when cold.

My mechanic tells me the timing was pretty much spot on although the rest of the auxillary pulleys and tensioners were absolutely knackered there shouldnt be any reason for it to run so much better now would it?
Might just the dephaser pulley be the culprit before (it never sounded like a diesel when hot)

I guess I just wondered if any of you experienced something similar or if you found might have ben the initial problem.

Thanks for reading!

 

[charltjr]

I’d bet the timing was actually out and now it’s ok. It’s too much of a coincidence.

 

[freddyyy]

I’d bet the timing was actually out and now it’s ok. It’s too much of a coincidence.

idk, it made 184hp on the dyno i guess if it was out it would have made much less?