Recent content by piggoy

What would people recommend for cleaning the inside of the plenum and manifold? Any special solvents or just good old fashioned elbow grease?

When I come to service my 172 in a couple of months I'm thinking of doing things a little differently. Until now my 172's engine has always been serviced with bog standard replacements, e.g oil, oil filter, airfilter, sparkplugs. The belts have been done at the prescribed intervals. I've never...

Got a few quotes recently for a bonnet respray with wings and bumper blend. Cheapest quote I got was £180 + VAT. The most expensive quote was £450 + VAT! It's definitely worth shopping around.

I've just bumped my wanted thread.

You would think so :S I've rang round every breakers yard in Northants. Not a sausage. Every mk2 ph2 clio they have has had a front end smash. I've been watching second hand OE bonnets on ebay for the last three weeks, all have gone for over £50 and they haven't been local. That's too much money...

Hi guys, My bonnet is rotting from the inside and in need of replacement. Renault stealers have quoted me £180+VAT for a new OE bonnet. Been trying to source a second hand OE bonnet at a reasonable price with no success. On the flip side I've been quoted £50+VAT for a new pattern part bonnet...

As per title of thread. The bonnet on my ph2 172 is in a sorry state due to a combination of stone chips, cold weather and salt spray :dapprove: I'm gonna get it assessed for respray. However it may need complete replacement cos I believe it may be rusting from the inside. If I get one from a...

These are deep scratches in the middle of the disc. It looks rather unlikely to me that they are caused by the normal operation of the pads. I should also mention these are OE discs and pads.

Several months ago I notice that my rear discs were deeply scored, scratched, and very rusty. I presumed it was the pads that had worn down to the metal and were therefore damaging the discs. I replaced both discs and and pads on the rear. The deep scoring has now reappeared, but on my...

Yet another mpg thread lol. I only drive at 70 or less on the motorway because I can get about 42 mpg. People on this forum can accuse you of being a cheap ass for saving fuel and therefore criticise your decision to buy a 1*2 in the first place, but when it comes to motorway driving I just...

Definitely Kev. The K-Tec got sold to someone with partial deafness ;). I remember all your posts from a while back about the noise and embarracement surounding the K-Tec stealth - you echoed all my exact feelings about it. Based on that I thoroughly recommend a Yozza stealth for you - its just...

Point taken :o. I get onto that next time I have the front wheels off.

If you're looking for standard sound - Yozza stealth FTW. I have one and I absolutely love it. It's whisper quiet when you're cruising or tootling round town, so there's no need to feel embarrassed or wear a baseball cap ;). When you open the taps it has a beautiful rasp.

Gray is right. Mine always had a slight weep - by 'weep' I mean the selector shaft area would be damp but no oil would drip into the undertray. Then one day mine developed a proper dripping leak and I nearly lost all the oil in my box without realising :eek:. The only way to fix a proper leak is...

What's wrong with cable ties? I cable tied both mine a while ago cos dark black grease was leaking out of the sides of one and spaying on the insides of the wheel.