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shock ABSORBERS dont affect ride height. There's no question.

They are absorbers, they settle at whatever height the springs 'are at'.

Hence why you dont NEED uprated shocks when you're lowering ...

a cat1 alarm must meet criteria, you may be right about the back up supply.

We're talking about an immoliser here, which cant be Cat1 as its only an imobiliser and not an alarm/imobiliser.

shocks dont affect ride height...

for example, my car sat without shocks for a week, didnt sit any different.

checked all the valves and none of them are bent, and there doesnt seem to be any other damage.

So my question is, is it just a case of getting a new belt, and lining the marks on the belt up then ...

i've removed the inlet manifold, fuel rail and injectors, TB, airbox, etc etc and the inlet valves look ok from what i can see. Still to open up and have a look, but so far things are looking ok.

I ...

was doing around 40, dipped the clutch as soon as the engine clicked and the dials dropped, and switched the engine off and hoped for the best.

so it's just valves really that are likely needing re ...

my cambelt snapped tonight on my D7F (1.2 8v), didnt sound brutal (not like i expected)

really just looking for a list of things to check (never even had the head off of that engine), and things th ...

use a thicker synthetic oil

silkolene pro s 5w40 seems to work wonders.

cheers for the offer chris, had a look today and its definetly the rear n/s wheel cylinder Crying or Very sad

cheers mate!

thanks again

could this also happen from having 6 year old brake fluid? (i've got no idea how old it is, thats why im asking)

cool, cheers mate, i'll have a look!

not trying to be awkward though, but i still dont understand why the brake fluid level would go up, and not down if it was seeping through the seals?

a rear wheel cylinder was replaced two or three weeks ago for the mot though. When that was damaged, it was a different braking experience, they were just poor. Now they bite under slight pedal pressu ...

asked this on cliosport, but thought i'd ask on here aswell.

I've got a 99 1.2 Clio (D7F), non-ABS, and last night braking, approaching a roundabout, my brakes suddenly stopped biting and the pedal ...