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So got my clio wheel alignment set up after hitting a pot hole the other day! I was never completely happy with the alignment anyway, but after the pot hole which gave me a flat tyre I decided to get it checked. It handles alot better now, but ive got 1 degree of difference between caster? Is...

Hi all my car idles badly and intermittently cuts out when stopping, there's no fault codes showing, so got no clues there. It's had new plugs and post cat lambda in last 6 month's as they were faulty but didn't cure the cutting out issue. I've seen people say check for air leaks, what's the...

Hi all another rough idle thread... but this is my 2nd 172 and is alot worse than my last one. If I start car cold it idles fine while the ecu keeps the revs above 1k, as soon as the revs drop below 1k as the car settles it idles like it's aggressively cammed, and whole car shakes, when I pull...

Hi all just getting my car ready for mot and noticed that the load compensating valve has a spring on it attached to the axle, I thought on cups these were fitted but not used? Previous mot shows fails for rear brake efficiency so wonder has someone fitted one to make it pass? Should I leave in...

Hi all just bought a 172 cup, and the handling is all over the place. It's standard and will need tracking set up aswell but it's got weird issues. Over rough roads, there's a knock but not so much over big pot holes, so thinking arb bushes? But the main issue is when cornering left it seems...

Hi all, decided to join back up again as I've just bought myself a 172 cup as a daily driver after being sensible and having a Passat 4motion for a while. Got the car reasonably local, 172 cup with 76k and standard needs some work but low miles and pretty good condition -It's got an eml...

Hi all just got myself a 172 with an intermittent misfire, when it is missing it does it at all revs and doesn't clear then randomly will work for a short while, first I checked plugs and looks like some are newer than others but plug 2 was black compared to the others So with it running 1 by 1...

Hi all just bought myself a wee clio 172 to sort out and run over winter while my evos off the road. Will be doing some repairs to it so will be looking for advice, currently got a misfire code reader says cylinder 3 fuel injector, so will swap the injectors around to see if the fault moves, it...