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Morning all I could do with some help interpreting what a live data chart of my o2 sensor is showing me. My 172 is running a little rougher than I would like and I want to rule out a failing o2 sensor. I checked the o2 sensor using torque and a line chart to record. I have included a screen...

Evening all Just put my car back together after having the rear calipers refurbed and rebuilt and I'm having problems with getting the handbrake hold the car. When i reinstalled the calipers I needed to adjust the handbrake from the adjuster located behind the heat shield and that got the...

Hi all I've had this intermittent problem whereby the central locking keeping locking and unlocking/ locking and unlocking at random and the interior lock button sometimes functions sometimes doesn't, I've disconnected the interior switch to see if this was causing the fault but the locking...

Evening all looking for a little help with this problem on my 172cup. I've had this problem for around 6 months now. The symptoms are: car starts fine and idles ok however upon blipping the throttle the revs hold between 1500-2000 rpm before slowly returning to the correct postion. I have also...

Morning all I have all the bits required to remap my 172, I am however a little unsure how best to keep the battery charged whilst the rstuner is re writing the ecu. I have a fairly cheap Halfords battery charger (auto charger doesn't state the charge rates etc not user control variables) and I...

I've had a set of Brembo oem equivalent discs on my car for around a year now and I've had enough of going out for a drive and having to wear off the surface corrosion if the car has been left for anymore than a couple of bloody minutes it sounds terrible and it causes uneven braking on occasion...

A guy at work today said he noticed a little blue smoke mixed in with the white condensation from the exhaust and asked if I had had the value stem oil seals done. I said I hadn't, but could he be right? Are they a common occurrence? I just started the car, it's about 10 degrees now. No smoke...

Hi all I'm trying to remove the rear wiper surround so I can repaint it. I've got the rear arm off/broke it off but I can't figure out how to remove this surround. Any help would be appreciated

So I recently fitted a jvc headunit. However sometimes it reverts back to demo mode and I lose some of my personalised settings. However I don't lose my radio presets nor my Bluetooth settings. I've tried the obvious switching the power wires round to no avail. My thoughts are as follows...

Evening all. I had eibech sportlines fitted to the front of my 172 today by a garage (I couldn't get the top nuts off). My father in law picked the car up and I have just taken it out for a drive. And there's an odd rubbing type noise coming from the front of the car and vibrations that...

Going to replace my front speakers and head unit. I don't want to bother with subs and amps just yet. Most headunits bang out circa 50w per channel so allowing a bit not to over work the speakers anything more than 70w rms would be unused. Furthermore a more powerful speaker would need more...

So Ive had some rear brake lines made up for my 172 cup. When I picked them up the two that run from the caliper to the rear flexi, instead of having a flexi section in them they are just solid. I couldn't understand why the originals had a flexi section so didn't argue when I collected them...

Evening all. I need to replace nearly every bolt on the rear beam of my 172 most were so sseized/corroded that they have to be cut/drilled. The others are so corroded thst I rather not reuse them. After speaking to renault Wolverhampton, it is going to cost a fortune to use oem bolts and I...

So today I was removing my rear seats and as per every bloody bolt I've come across recently it was corroded and and a job to get undo. I was removing the isofix bar at the rear of the seats. one bolt sheared off not too much of a problem I thought I can either drill it out (used to that now...

Taking my rear beam off for refurb and repaint however I'm a little stumped by the bolts that hold the beam mounts onto the chassis, they're the one that has the head of the bolts covered by some metal thingy and are located under the rear passenger bench seat, obviously after 12 years the bolt...

Afternoon. I started dismantling the rear beam of my 172 cup this afternoon to refurb it. some parts are very corroded and are maybe beyond repair particularly around the brake compensator valve area, but im not sure what these bits that I may need are called. so does anyone have any exploded...

Evening all So my 172 failed on the parking brake (amongst other things) the other day. So I need to have a look at it. Unfortunately I have no idea how the parking brake works on these cars. Is the parking brake integrated into the the visable rear discs and calipers or is there a separate...

Hi all just had my 172 cup fail it's mot. Multiple reasons. But the most expensive part seems to be a failure of the rear compesator valve. They say that it's missing a spring? Does it have spring on the 172? They also say it's seized?

Hi all my 172 cup has developed a problem I think from the front brakes but could be wrong. What happens is when going from reverse to forwards there is a clonk and I can't work out what it is. One idea I have had is its from the brake pads I have just replaced the discs and pads I believe I...

Hi I need to replace the rear bumper screws on my 172, the ones the are located just behind the tailgate. I've been searching ebay and google all afternoon but I can't find the correct large head torx screws anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get them from?

Hi all i need some help, I purchased a ktec recessed exhaust a couple of months ago and have finally got round to fitting it this past week. Only problem is I either wasn't sent or have mislaid the instructions of where to make the cut in the rear bumper. It not something I want to guesstimate...

Evening all I've been fitting my ktec recessed exhaust tonight all gone rather well so far. However I've got a slight blow coming from the joint between the cat and new exhaust mount, the part with the metal gasket. My question is will this seal in time/use or do I need to take the joint apart...

Hi all, my first post. I was changing my disc's and pad's today turned into a bit of a mare and the calipers and mounts had to be swapped as well but I digress. When changing one side I noticed that the ring on the cv boot has come off and emptied its grease pretty much everywhere. assuming I...