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by morganjake1544
Sun May 15, 2011 2:50 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: timing belt change
Replies: 10
Views: 5446

Re: timing belt change

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by morganjake1544
Sat May 14, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: timing belt change
Replies: 10
Views: 5446

Re: timing belt change

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/52664474.jpg Sorry it's a link not an image but I can't for the life of me get the picture to post the right size :banghead , any help would be appreciated with that for future reference. Anyway, here's page 9 of my service book showing timing belt interv...
by morganjake1544
Fri May 13, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Tyre and MOT Fail Question
Replies: 7
Views: 4241

Re: Tyre and MOT Fail Question

If you've only done 30 miles (presumably your invoice for the car stated the mileage when you bought it so you can prove the fact) then I'd take it back to the garage and ask them to put on a new tyre. It's a bit naughty to sell the car with an illegal tyre and it's not much better to sell a car wit...
by morganjake1544
Fri May 13, 2011 6:16 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Tyre and MOT Fail Question
Replies: 7
Views: 4241

Re: Tyre and MOT Fail Question

The MOT only applies to the day of the MOT, that's to say an MOT examiner cannot foresee what could happen to the car in the next 12 months to the next MOT. It's a snapshot, a moment in time. Another way of putting it is that the MOT is not a guarantee for the following 12 months. If the car had 6 m...
by morganjake1544
Fri May 13, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: timing belt change
Replies: 10
Views: 5446

Re: timing belt change

5 years or 72k is the interval I think. Not a job I'd fancy tackling as you have to get locking pins to lock the timing as well as the issue of access, etc. If you do it wrong it's an engine wrecker. Larger balls than mine required. Buy quality kit online and hand your keycard to a man that can! (No...
by morganjake1544
Tue May 03, 2011 5:09 pm
Forum: Megane CC
Topic: Locking the car with the roof down.
Replies: 26
Views: 13698

Re: Locking the car with the roof down.

Details of all Renault alarms are in a separate black and white leaflet (A5 size) which you should have got with the rest of the bumph in the handbook pack. It's not part of the the main handbook because the alarms are not factory fitted (different countries have different alarms so they can't fit a...
by morganjake1544
Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:00 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Stickies for fuel consumption
Replies: 337
Views: 215904

Re: Stickies for fuel consumption

Went to Scotland for week. Rented a cottage so we took everything with us, two crates of food and drink, usual luggage, cool box, breadmaker (don't ask), kitchen sink, etc. I filled up with fuel before we set off (I normally only ever drag around half a tank) and the poor car looked like it was towi...
by morganjake1544
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:47 am
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Keyless entry buttons will not lock
Replies: 2
Views: 1924

Re: Keyless entry buttons will not lock

Common fault, I've had 3 of my 4 replaced under warranty. i think if you're out of warrant the cost of replacing the sensors is not worth the benefit of of using the buttons imo.
:-(
by morganjake1544
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:40 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: advice please
Replies: 3
Views: 2302

Re: advice please

The first change of ownership at 10 months could indicate that the car was first registered to the garage as a either a demonstrator or a courtesy car. These plans are usually 3 or 6 months but when this period is up and the garage puts new cars on demo plans the 6 month old ones go on the forecourt...
by morganjake1544
Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:39 am
Forum: Megane Sedan
Topic: "MIN." shown in display
Replies: 6
Views: 5097

Re: "MIN." shown in display

This message would not normally come up on it's own. When you start the car the OIL OK message comes on screen for several seconds. While it still says OIL OK press the little black pin which is in the instrument surround, now you should get the |ooooooooooooooooo| display. Maybe your pin is stuck d...
by morganjake1544
Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:58 pm
Forum: Parts and Accessories
Topic: brakes ???
Replies: 2
Views: 1777

Re: brakes ???

No, I haven't used these but I used clickamotorparts via ebay for all 4 discs for mine and they all went on ok.
by morganjake1544
Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Alloy Wheels (17"): 04 Megane 1.9 Dynamique DCI
Replies: 1
Views: 1618

Re: Alloy Wheels (17"): 04 Megane 1.9 Dynamique DCI

If it's the 17" Renault option on a Dynamique it's called a "Nervasport". They crop up on here quite often for sale, alternatively there's always Ebay. Unless you want to pay dealer prices it could be a waiting game.
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by morganjake1544
Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Expenisve? Or good value?!
Replies: 2
Views: 1655

Re: Expenisve? Or good value?!

Hi, if your car's old enough to need a timing belt (5 years) then it's out of warranty so I would stay clear of Renault franchise dealers for all but electronics and ecu's. Since my 1.5dci is now 5 years old I buy good quality parts online and take them to my local garage/MOT station for them to fit...
by morganjake1544
Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:46 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Rear Disc (ABS Ring / Bearing)
Replies: 8
Views: 4977

Re: Rear Disc (ABS Ring / Bearing)

Hi John, Replaced all 4 of my discs, pads, rear bearings and ABS rings last July . Got them from clickamotorspares via ebay for £149 delivered. Good service and the parts went on no problem. (Local garage charged me an hours labour, £52, job done.) I agree with Joe, not doing the bearings at the sam...
by morganjake1544
Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:19 pm
Forum: Problems / Questions
Topic: Humming Noise between 50mph and 70mph
Replies: 17
Views: 9438

Re: Humming Noise between 50mph and 70mph

Does humming only occur when you have a passenger in the car?

If so, turn radio over to a talk only station. If humming persists pull over and eject the passenger from the car.

Same applies for those annoying whistling noises.

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