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    Loud rattling from top of the engine under low revs

    Hello, K12 with 140,000 km. Timing chain replaced around 100,000. It has started making a loud rattling noise from the top of the engine at low revs. It appears to be from under the rocker box cover. Anyone with any ideas? The car revs fine, and the noise diminishes as revs increase. It also...
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    Heater Blower Resistor - LHD... where is it?

    That was the problem. Blower is now working. We have A/C. GBP 40 new. The part is basically a tiny circuit board with a HUGE heat sink attached. If it needs such a large heat sink (placed in the ventilation ducts) then no wonder they fail. There much be a better design solution. Ebay is full of...
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    Heater Blower Resistor - LHD... where is it?

    Thanks. In fact it is what I thought. The item with the green terminals is the resistor for Climate Control cars. I real b****** to get out on LHD cars (no room). But eventually I did. I ordered a new one. It is a common part with Renault. We shall see if it makes a difference. As it is French...
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    Heater Blower Resistor - LHD... where is it?

    Hi, LHD drive car with climate control... The blower is not working. Any idea where to find the blower resistor? I am assuming it is in the same place as RHD cars? But there is nothing with the same terminal configuration. Maybe this is because all the cars shown online are manual A/C? I...
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    K12 1.4i (2005) Cold start issues- driving me crazy

    So... to confirm... The timing chain (an aftermarket full kit) was changed by the local garage... and... and... That was the problem. Car is now running perfectly. Seems a little quieter though that may be subjective. So they used chains instead of belts to remove the need for a change, and...
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    K12 1.4i (2005) Cold start issues- driving me crazy

    First thanks for all the replies. I only got an email about any replies yesterday, so apologies, I wasn't ignoring. I appreciate the assistance. Re the error codes, I have just obtained a cheap OBDII reader but it doesn't seem to work (on two cars.) Does anyone know of one that works with the...
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    K12 1.4i (2005) Cold start issues- driving me crazy

    Hi, The car would not cold start. It would start go up 1000 revs then die. You could do this a few times. Give it a little throttle and it would hold. It would hunt a little bit at cold idle. Warm start there were no issues. Then things have gotten worse. After starting it needs 2500-3000 revs...
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