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My friends 182 has a really lumpy idle. It cuts out when power steering is used at low speed turns, like the effort of the pas makes it cut out. What could be the problem? On normal speed runs its OK.

Saw you a week ago and thought you were cute. I was in the silver 182 waiting to pull out of Dirleton. Hello! #end of lonely hearts ad# :)

My missus Abarth was washed by her dad a while ago, he left swirls all over the damn thing. I'm left with a murdered paint job that I have to get machined by a pro one day. At least with wax it looks semi decent. Just dont get close...

By did it I mean paid £550 for Renault to do it...

Just did it and it's fine

It was on an R33 GTR Cupman.

Yeah I did seven years. I repeated the first one seven times then I was booted. I spent a further ten years as a supply tutor. My main lesson was cambelt changes on the fly.

Wait, seventeen, not seven. And I'm only six

I spent seven years training as a mechanic at college too. You'd think I'd know all there was to know about this sort of thing. Silly me...

Howd you get it that shiny... this is my effort with a simple wash and wax...

Well in my temporary naivety, what if you oiled the tensioners... or resprung them, whatever they use....

Ah

Haha! My thoughts exactly. But the cogs didn't move a MM. If you can actually cut the length of it there's apparently no need to re-time, or do anything other than take the cam-cover off... Cowboy as anything! But it does make you wonder... I'm also now wondering how many RB26 owners are...

Essentially, they cut the old belt in half along the length of it, then took the outer half off, so the cams didnt move at all. They then slid the new belt on, took off the other half and pushed the new one all the way on... Apparently it negated the need for an expensive belt change... has...

Lovely, perfect. Thank you!