F**KING METAL VALVE CAPS

fraid so matey, good ole Renault

Just buy a new sensor, ask Kwik fit to put it in for you (They usually do it for nothing) then disconnect your battery so your ECU resets itself and reconnect, the new sensor should then be picked up.

I did this with mine and it worked, saved me 40 quid.

well ill give it a go cheers mate do you rekon they will av em on the shelf

Another reason for me to get rid of mine i think.

Make sure you put a bit of wd40 on your valves evertime you wash your car.


Wont stick then!



Bloody pain when it does though!

me thinks just lose em alltogether i have still got two of the fuckers to get off yet :evil:

Your probabaly right mate!


Good old plastics!

leef said:

me thinks just lose em alltogether i have still got two of the fuckers to get off yet :evil:

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try putting boiling hot water on then first, then get a 10mm spanner and a pair of grips and just try easeing them of slowly,

i had the same prob with my last 225 wen i had two brake, its worth getting them fixed or putting new sensors on as the are a bloody good tool on the car ( ie good piece of mind wen my ali is driving it ) as you can never drive with a flat or half flat,

also wen you put the new caps back on weather they are plastic or metal, fill the cap up with some vasaline and them put them on, they should never stick then.

cheers mate will try that one to but im deff never gonna put metal ones on agian think i have learnt my lesson. just hope they keep the sensors on the shelf.

im i right in saying your gonna remove the batt when you fitt ma ik ,so this will reset the ecu and pick up the new sensor

yes mate, but not heard about the reset b4 but its coming out any way so you never know it might work.

I got one of these done under warranty at the stealers, it was 9 mth old with about 11,000 miles...



Told them I knew it happens all the time and that it is a design fault, the guy from AA that had just towed me there also put his two pence in.....

already tried that one got a no straight away

just ordered one £32 squid its coming tomorrow thought it was a bit steep but hey its french :lol:

he tried to get me booked in to have it set up i think ill wait though untill the batt comes out see what happens :wink:

leef said:

already tried that one got a no straight away

just ordered one £32 squid its coming tomorrow thought it was a bit steep but hey its french :lol:

he tried to get me booked in to have it set up i think ill wait though untill the batt comes out see what happens :wink:

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you never know it might work, cost me £100 to have one done on my car,

£100 quid :shock: what happened their

Is it not worth contacting customer services if they refuse to fix it???

It depends on how many miles on the car and how old but lets face it all the 225s are still in warranty. :?

i could give it a go its on a 54 plate and done ten k it should be well in warrenty

Mine has had plastic caps on since day 1, never had a problem

it cost me £70 for the sensor and £70 to have it fitted and re programmed but this was almost 2yrs ago now so they come down in price now as its a poxy shit design and the break almost every day.