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To any one living near barnsley area my wifes 16v sport kept refusing to start managed to find problem turns out the key needed to be reprogrammed, so find this place near barnsley called a, Sefton auto electrics guys name is tony sorted key in no time and was very cheap, and hes a nice bloke...

Had the same grief with the wifes clio was the coil pack that caused all the trouble soon as Iswapped for a better one it was fine

Thanks for your input, have to dig deeper Den

hi all my wifes got a 2001 y reg 1.2 16v,with the earlier cabled accelerator pedal,which has been giving her some problems with clean acceleration,can i change the pedal setup to a later model,which has direct conection to the ecu,if so what would i need,a new potentiometer is ninty qiud,which...

Had the same trouble with the wifes 1.2 in the end changed the coil pack three times, not before doing head gasket and cambelt while ill was at it, the previous pack was a dud Den

Finally found out the cause of the dreaded misfire, had to replace coil pack again, this one lasted all of a month, going straight back to where it came from, I did have a second opinion from some garage who came out to have a look, the first words out of his gob head gaskets gone, did explain...

Im at a loss cleaned injectors still misfiring, any one with any suggestions, will be most welcomed ​thanks

help its the usual faults,but im having no luck curing them,so far ive changed plugs coil pack,pre cat sensor,cleaned throttle body,im getting code po314 from my scanner,some one has mention injectors,havent got there yet,these symptoms came on all of a sudden no warning,also talk of a burnt...

Got a 1.2 16 valve with rear drums, is it easy to convert to disc , what would I need, in terms of parts, also whould I gain more from my rear brakes thanks

Thanks for reply, I do have light on dash

New to this forum, my wife just got a y reg clio for silly money , its a 1.2 16 valve, but the front fogs don't work, I've changed bulbs renew ed the earth lead, fuse is fine so is the relay, and they still don't work any ideas ​cheers