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    engine fault code help

    Morning all, After being away with work for 4 months I booked my car in for its mot last Tuesday. After paying a £950 bill to get the car through,I took the car for its first real drive yesterday. About 2 minuted into the journey the engine management light flashed about 10 times. I immediately...
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    Cool spring failure, replacement options/worries

    Morning all, basically my my car failed its mot yesterday for a broken coil spring, so I've asked the garage to replace both fronts. They came back to me saying that the only options are from renault or euro, but they did say that the euro parts were confirmed as being for the cup edition 197...
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    Stupid question....can a 197 radio be tuned to an AM frequency?

    Evening all, very odd question but I tried getting the footy on 5 live during the week and have no idea how on earth you tune in an AM frequency. Always thought with renault head units you simply pressed src, but no joy here. thanks in advance, ry
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    Managed to get the Nimbus scrubbed up!

    Evening all, Having an afternoon off work with some nice Cornish weather it seemed silly not to make the most of it! So the process began of giving the Nimbus a good clean after taking ownership last week. I firstly cleaned the car using the 2bm with Autobrite banana gloss shampoo, clayed...
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    What is the colour of 197 cup wheels for a touch up pen?

    Evening, The alloys are in good enough condition but im just after a touch up pen to fill a few minor marks. They're the anthracite 197 cup wheels but just wondering what may be a close match as it seems silly to refurb the wheels when it's my daily driver on terrible cornish roads! Thanks, Ry
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    Door lock button on handle not working

    Evening all, Just noticed that although the unlock sensor is working fine on the drivers' side door, the lock button doesn;t do anything. The keycard works fine (of which i need another one anyway due to only having a single key) but i've rung Renault to order a new handle but wanted to know...
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    Any good upholsteres in the South West?

    Evening all, Both my recaro's have begun to wear and i want to get them fixed before they get any worse. Was just wondering if anyones got any good suggestions down in the Cornwall area. Thanks, Ry
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    New member from Cornwall

    Hi everyone, Just picked up my 197 in nimbus grey today and thought i'd say hello. Finally cut down on my commute to work so the time was right to have something fun! Hopefully i'll find plenty of help on here for when things rear there ugly head...fingers crossed they wont. Thanks, Ry
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    Air con re-gassed, compressor heard running but still warm, help please

    Hi everyone, Having just picked up my clio 197 i noticed during the test drive that the air con wasn't putting out cold air, so when i collected the keys i went and had the system re-gassed. Now i made sure that the place i took it to would carry out a pressure test first and apparently it held...