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which part are you stuck with? normal 172/182 i presume. remove os headlight and jack the engine right up for a start

noisy would be your first sympton

ive never bust one on mine and cant remember changing one that often at work either. must be your lead foot. how much are shafts from the main dealer? also consider some shafts in aftersales dont always look the same due to supercessions etc

if its fine in every other gear then the engine is ok so you cant do anything about it

fit a new cable as somone else suggested. they used to fray near the bulkhead gromit

its only got a lucas old style deisal pump so i would imagine its very simliar to the corsa if not the same. is the corsa one a bosch or lucas? doubt your going to gain anything though as your clio aint a turbo like the corsa

what year is this clio?

the tool is just a thin bar with a half inch drive on it. you put a step down on it to 3/8ths to go into the tensioner. you can easily use a 3/8ths power bar instead of the tool. take your front bumper off,unbolt the slam panel,undo the os engine mount and jack up the engine to give more room.

My thought would be - change it now! living on borrowed time there

they might have found a fault with the downstream sensor which wouldnt affect running at all.

my k tec one sounds ok but quality aint great. its about 2-3 years old now. back box started rattling so had to go back under warranty about a year ago and now centre box is doing the same. Stay away from a magnex i had nothing but bother with mine. i will never buy a magnex again.

how bad is the crack? could it be alley welded if the sump is mega bucks

check for split gaitors hence a dry cv joint. renault shafts sometimes when the cv joint has gone make a buzz/humm noise as you slow down on over run. its a very strange noise to explain but had a lot of clio shafts do it. As above as well - knocking/rattling on lock is also a sign.

1.2 16v belt is an absoulute doddle so dont get a garage trying to sting you on a price. yep interval is 72k

yep they use the same pump on a lot of the renault vehicle range

ive always just felt the pump with the belt off. if no signs of a leak and the bearings dont feel rough there is no need to change it really.

which petrol 2.0l is it? normal 2l 16v or the 2l 16v direct injection (ide)

ive hads a k-tec sports cat which is a janspeed for over 3 years and had no trouble with warning lights or passing mot's.

we started fitting one way valves at a main delaer as we were sick of this problem

antifreeze aint going to effect starting. does it turn over and all warning lights go out?

there is a 3/8ths shaped hole in the tensioner arm so you can sprag on the spring and release tension. doddle if engine is out

cheapest thing to replace the head - that wont be cheap. you have only bent some valves and there not that pricey from motor factors. you would need - cambelt kit,alt belt,set of valves at the most,headset and headbolts.

in my experience ive found 172 belts to be good and last to the interval. The only cambelt failures ive seen have been caused by the aux belt shredding and going into the cambelt. Having said that im going to do mine soon (around 60k)

mine fuel light stuck on and it was the instrument panel

ask how many 5 turbo owners have done headgaskets and cylinder liner seals and see if they agree. the 1.7 is a renault which is an f type. used in 5,9,11,19 and 21 in non turbo form. Later used again in 1.8/2.0 in laguna etc. renault must have done a deal with volvo because in exchange...

dont think you could mess with it anyway. its spi so no external regulator

egr completly shuts on acceleration so i doubt its anything to do with that

not all ph1 had the twin cat idea. most of the later ones i seen just had a normal square cat.

i never see the point of 172 engine conversions you might as well buy a 172 the r5 engine is ok if built/tuned properley and is looked after i bet he got that volvo engine for peanuts and it virtually dropped straight in. wouldnt take much time to get the wiring sorted. seems a cheap...

bit drastic lol