Recent content by sirek

Hi, I have a slight "issue" with oil vapor being pulled into the air intake; throttle body and throttle flap gets coated in oil and im not quite fond of cleaning it (and i found it really does help keeping it clean) so i dedecided to install an oil catch can. Now the question is: should i...

I got mine with a broken airbox, so i got rid of it along with the acoustic valve, just kept the solenoid and screwed it in in place of the original trumpet holder. Replaced everything with a cone filter and im planning on moving the battery to the boot so i can make a decent cold air intake in...

Bought a brand new one, a bit less than 300€ with a friend in part sales, got a 3 year warranty on it tho And to everyone who reads this, if you hear any ticking from the compressor pulley make sure to check it or you might end up like me, or worse :)

All sorted out, looks like that ac was braking it the whole time, i can feel more torque on the wheels New compressor wasn't cheap tho, might be because i was in a hurry to get it up and running I guess i was really lucky nothing major got smashed :)

Update: mechanic took a look at it and the AC compressor blew up, bits went under the cam belt and it skipped a tooth (maybe more?) But the guy says valves didn't get bent. IlI' replace the compressor and cambelt/water pump now and try running it and see how it goes. I hope it ends up being much...

Im kinda new here, but i've been lurking around for some time. So, i have a '07 Clio 197, and i was driving today and heard a rattling noise on 3-4k rpm, and i dismissed it as a loose cat clamp on the exhaust (recently changed, had similar noise a while ago and it was the clamp), so i kept...