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Done the timing belt, tensioner, dephaser, water pump and aux belt today. Had some issues getting the exhaust pulley nut undone so ended up taking the rocker cover off to get some heat onto the nut. So the rocker cover got re-sealed as well, which is handy because there was a bit of an oil leak...
Gave it a quick clean and then fitted a Joie 360 seat for the baby. Going to be interesting getting him in and out of there.
Think the baby seat might end up in the front seat rather than the rear bench
Just in case anyone has similar symptoms and ends up searching for this in the future, new plugs and leads seem to have fixed it.
Even though the old NGK plugs were about 3 years old and had less than 30k on them the ceramic had cracked on one of them.
Juddering cleared a bit but was...
My 172 Cup is starting to play up. Symptoms are misfire/judder at low rpm and high loads. Think around the 1400-2200rpm area and a decent amount of throttle. Has a bit of a miss when pulling away occasionally too. But most noticeable in 4th and 5th gear.
Idle is steady and as smooth as one of...
Gave the Cup a much needed bath. Was going to give it a proper going over with the machine polisher but patchy rain put paid to that. It really is in need of some paintwork correction.
Ended up using some old Jeffs Werkstat stuff I had kicking about instead.
Fitted some camber bolts yesterday...
Saw this near my work near Wheatley Hall Road at about 4pm today. Looked like a nice example from what I briefly saw and had a cage of some sort fitted.
Anyone on here?
Replaced the mess of a clutch, release bearing and arm that I found when removing the gearbox.
Gearbox has also had new 3rd to 4th selector fork, clutch guide tube, output shaft bearings, large diff bearing, satellite gears inside the diff, selector seal and some other bits.
Whining noise is...
Clio 172 Cup in Mondial Blue
145k
Belts due end of the year
Decat, 2.5inch cat back exhaust, centre silencer and Ktec stealth back box
"Fatty" induction kit. Spark plugs done recently
Speedline Turini wheels refurbed last year, but 2 have some kerbing
New tie rods + ends, balljoints, brake...
If it's on the front you could get both wheels up in the air and then drive it upto 70mph then see if it is from one of the front ones.
Easier to do if you get someone to run it up while you're checking mind.