Recent content by sideways danny

Glad you're happy Neil :) Your car looked hard as nails yesterday. Those tyres set it off a treat!

we're doing an inlets and remap offer currently £375 for both, fitted, on an AC equiped 172/182

ah FFS, I reset my password cos it didn't seem to work :(

5.1 litres from dry. Majority of the time they're touching max on the dipstick with 5. You never get every drop out during an oil change 5l and filter and washer plus 1l is £52 delivered :)

Hi All, We have put together an oil change kit using 5L Elf Evolution SXR 5W-40 oil, a genuine Renault oil filter and sump washer. The full retail price on these products should be £55.23 inc delivery For ClioTrophy members this kit is £45 delivered (UK mainland only) Also Available are...

if you use a jack with a large enough saddle there will be no issue, t's only when the weight is focussed on too small an area that you get crushing problems. If you have a small saddle jack, use a piece of wood to spread the load

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Hi All, We have put together an oil change kit using 5L Elf Evolution SXR 5W-40 oil, a genuine Renault oil filter and sump washer. The retail price on these products would be £55.23 inc delivery Special Offer price £39.00 delivered saving £16.23 You can pay by paypal to...

If it starts 2nd time without issue as stated earlier, then it is 1000000% the FPR. I wouldn't bother to change it though, it's such a minor issue

a new fuel pressure regulator should solve the first start problem. It's down to fuel pressure dropping off overnight and it takes an extra prime to get pressure up fully

FLOL, hardly. I make about £1 on a thermostat Simple fact is, if your economy suffers in cold weather from not getting up to temperature properly, then the thermostat isn't working right, and the it's a part that's rarely changed anymore. Not sure why it's disregarded, the technology involved...

you're very much incorrect in the method you're suggesting. All you're testing like that is the alternator output

have a look at my thread here viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9809 explains the effect an old/tired thermostat has. Well worth you checking the lambda sensor operation (NOT a fault code check) you should be hitting close to 40mpg, depending on driving style. less than 35 and you have an issue, unless...

Prices are all rising on Jan 4th. so take advantage of these prices up until christmas Cheers Dan

The drop tester applys a resistive load across the battery, similar to the kind of loads the starter motor would give for example. This allows you to see the strength of the battery rather than just a voltage.