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They could be living in the car.My old service manager had a ka with mice living in it.He even tried running it with a pipe from the exhaust into the car to kill em with no avail.Tough little buggers mice.That car could be a real headache for someone.

You sold the greddy e manage you bought off my mate?

The water pipes look good but that oil line doesnt.Way to close to the downpipe.Will it not reach if you route it underneath? Standard bolts are fine on the downpipe.

Hi Bud,i was in a blue 03 renault laguna heading down wolvershill Rd toward Banwell.I was on my way to Thatchers Cider to top my supplies :).Nice looking Zed and a great colour.

You may only have to remove the cam belt covers to locate the fault.Easily done at home with a few basic tools.

On the back of each lamp adjacent the slam panel will be a thin stalk with an 8mm nut head on the end.

Did you sort that engine noise out or get to the bottom of it?

Its easy to adjust them but you need to know if they are right.Pop down to a friendly test station and bung the tester a few quid to set them up on the beam setter.

You passed me in a Metallic green series 3 twin turbo near Banwell Weston Super Mare.The reg was K70NY*.Clean looking car with aftermarket wheels.

A quick way to rid the lamp of condensation is to leave it on main beam with a rag over the lens.

All body panels are still available i was told earlier this year.Mjp can get them.Hes a trader on here.Will cost a bomb for fitting.One of the worst panels to replace.

The targa drain runs down the screen pillar so it may be the screw has pierced the tube.

Alan,is it may be worth asking Mikey for the M3 owners phone number.It will be needing a new engine by now and the guy will be sick of it so you may get it for a song :D

No Turbos for reliability,Bet thats well reliable now its been drag raced and had nitrous used in anger on it :wack:.Its hardly a sales ploy that.

A connects to c.B Should connect to the plastic inlet pipe for each turbo.

Fingers crossed for you mate :)

^^^totally agree. Leak down tests are way more accurate than compression tests and help to isolate the cause more effectively.As the old pistons have been re used it makes me doubt them.Im also not an advocate of lapped valves on engines with new rings or pistons.They will never seal good enough to withstand the higher combustion pressures.Especially the exhaust valves,They get such a hammering and the seats pit badly i dont see how you could ever lap one back in.The only cure i find is to have the seats and faces re cut.

You running stock pistons with new rings i take it,you inspect the old pistons carefully for cracks?

If it was big ends you almost certainly wouldnt notice it at tickover.By the sounds of it id say it was timing belt area,maybe a slack belt from a collapsed tensioner or similar.Dont panic yet bud im sure its not terminal.

What chip are you running that set up on?

Great minds and all that :D

Before i got my bearing puller i used a sharp chisel each side.This got my dads out years ago on his first zed without any damage.

Oh who let him on here again :nelson::D

Ok bud thats fair enough.Im running these and have fitted these for other people whilst rebuilding their engines and nobodys complained yet.THEY ARE EXACT AMS COPIES as ive seen both.Ive toasted mine whenever i can and i cant say they have let me down yet and my GT525 turbos do seem to spool better.

Dude these are exact copies,they have "AMS" cast into them ;).