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I havent read all this thread, but i must comment on this and say i think yuour on a bit of a high here. You love the way it doesnt pull to start with? It feels gutless for a 180bhp engine due to long gearing in the first couple of gears, plus, from first to...
Yeah but wont renault charhe me a fortune? Also, a head gasket is £86 from k-tec, im guessing this is an uprated aftermarket jobbie. Would renault want the same for a head gasket?
the p/s pump has nothing to do with the cambelt. Renault have checked it all out and have said they will only foot 30% of the bill which will amount to roughly a few grand because ALL of the valves are bent and it basically needs a rebuild. The mechanic said, if they are neglected in the...
I think ill be going to renault for this. It takes the pi55, i wish i still had my zetec s! It poofed a bit of smoke out, and came to a stop via engine compression! Im hoping its not gone as far as a wrecked piston! :(
Its a great car but sooo fragile!
Dunno yet about engine damage! Fingers crossed i will get away with it. Sods law, i was gonna sell it a few weeks ago, then the power steering pump failed so fixed it, big job, then after 5 miles of driving, the cam belt snapped! WTF. I think mine was built on friday afternoon lOL!
I read the...
Ok as the title says. Whats worse, its only done 50k and has a frsh and just ran out of warranty! Got a timing belt i just need you guys to tell me what are the timing marks if there are any, or what is involved in setting it up as its variable valve timing.
Thanks, Matt
Ok so my power steering pump randomly failed on me on new year's eve. Me and my uncle fixed the problem as it was a pipe that was leaking from the rack to the pump but we thought it might not last and it broke again and fluid was everywhere when it broke again. On the way home it conked out as...