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  1. J45ON

    Engine management light

    Spend £25 ish from eBay and buy a code reader save paying a fortune each time for plug ins as it could really be thousands of different things
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    Clutch gone again

    You've answered your own post bud, phone renault uk and just moan at them. The clutch and work must come with some kind of warranty ...
  3. J45ON

    2015 Forum Calendar Pictures

    Here's my submission
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    MOT failure

    Just to clear this up it was the O2 sensor was retested last Monday 20/1/2014 and it passed flying colours ..
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    MOT failure

    My 197 failed its MOT today on emissions. Lambda readings were about 1.435 where the limit is 1.030 so it's quite far out. MOT tester reckons it's pre cat lambda sensor ?? The car is totally standard with a panel filter, no remaps and it's only got 39k on a 56 plate. Anyone else had this problem ?
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    Cold weather = knocking noise

    Can you buy polybushes for this mount ? Press old ones out job and put the new ones in ..???...
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    Intermittent perfromance

    I agree mine does this too .......
  8. J45ON

    Clio 197 - Vague Steering - Fixed

    Had mine done too and it's a different car in the twisties.... Best £150 I've ever spent on the clio
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    boy racers anoying my other half!

    I'm glad it's not just me, here in west Wales you get a lot of goons try it from micras to a convertible merc. As said they are very surprised when you open it out and leave them.... But funny thing is my mrs has a 59 plate clio dci and I get even more in that thing ?... in my ep3 that was...
  10. J45ON

    KTR Induction kit VS ITG Maxogen

    Let me know on the KTR kit. I would really like one just for some much needed noise and don't like the style of the ITG.....
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    Anyone else get RR'ed at FCS?

    Yes I was like 2 cars after you, I turned up just as yours finished. I had my ultra red 197 dyno'ed. standard with k & n panel filter and mine was 181bhp which is what I expected.... It's a rather honest set of rollers .....
  12. J45ON

    Losing brake power

    Hi everyone some help on this would be great. I've recently had new pads and discs on the front, before I had new brakes on front the brake performance was crap turned out pads had seized to piston. Anyway after new pads and discs also flushed system with ap racing 5.1 brake fluid the brakes are...
  13. J45ON

    book time to replace cambelt kit?

    Not 100% sure but I would say 5-6 hours
  14. J45ON

    Cutting out

    Didn't think you needed a new battery but if they changing it under warranty then that great. Does sound like a dirty connection
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    Single click when pulling away

    Sounds like a bush, have a look around for perished bushes
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    How much oil use is excessive?

    I bought my 197 on 28k miles and it was serviced on 31k miles and it didn't use a single drop of oil. Must be a leak somewhere ?? Does it smoke at all on cold start up ??
  17. J45ON

    spark plugs

    I got some of those plugs from eBay. Part numbers were all correct ... Bit of a steal too
  18. J45ON

    Lobglife exhausts

    I had a longlife cat back on my EP3 type R from their Swansea branch. Found them very good, very helpful a little pricey but the quality of the work matched that.
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    Newbie 197

    Cheers guys some positive feedback there.still love the car to bits and managed to get 35mpg today which impressed me...
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    Newbie 197

    Hi everyone, bought a clio 197 couple of weeks ago, Little bit about me: my names jason, im 25 and live in west wales. my previous car was a pre facelift EP3 type R with full bolt on mods with hondata management. After 3 years of ownership I decided to break and sell up. Got a little bit of...