It's been a while since the meg 225 engine was fitted to my five and i have done pretty much a few years worth of driving with no problems. So it came to cambelt time and a good service before National day. I had no idea if it was possible to change with the engine in situ as its pretty tight in the bay.
I can confirm it can be done using 2 other horrible individuals:
The engine was bounced around the bay to get clearence but as a the belt and tensioners etc are the worst service items to change it wasn't too bad and went quite smoothly. We also changed the water pump as precaution.
Many thanks to Steve Speedy for the tool hire , help and advice and to Andy G for the entertainment!!
It seems to run so hopefully all is well.
Also i had a run out in Andy G's Meg 225 clio 16v and fek me that car is quick!!
Quite a cool day for a sunday and made a change from changing nappies.