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last night heard a tickety noise coming from the engine, thought nothing of it and decided to check it in the morning
This morning it seems to be very rough and loud, and the tickety noise louder aswell
I fear it maybe the cambelt/timing belt on its way out, not using the car till i know, want...
dont know how to over come this but im currently having to use 2 keys to be able to use my car!
One of the keys wont lock or unlock the car using remote locking but will start my car.
The other key locks and unlocks the car just fine but will not start the car, the imobiliser light just flashes...
i have the exact same problem on my 1.2 16v but its missfiring on cyliner 2 ive changed all spark plugs but no change took it to a garage today they said its possibly a fuel injector or at the worst a cracked head
Had signs of oil in the water for ages but no creamy stuff, when i took it to my mechanic ages ago with the oilly stuff he said he wouldnt go as extreme as the head gasket just yet. The cars getting warm the heaters are working fine havent had a compression test done yet.
last night when i moved my car into the garage for the night the car felt horrible very juddery very rough idle and the engine management was flashing. it was almost like it was miss firing but the car absolutly stunk of fuel so i left it as it was till this morning. Changed the spark plugs this...
driving home from my mates house drove past a blue clio v6 coming off the roundabout of a61 heading into dronny, looked spot on real nice ;) wouldnt mind one one day
anyones on here?
was on thursday night btw some time after half 9
its easy to repair i did mine at work haha (im an electrical apprentice training to be an engineer) just simple with solder and soldering iron a magnifing glass helps alot aswell keep a steady hand and try not to burn the circuit board. mines got a few scorch marks on it but nothing serious and...
Think this maybe electrical fault
came to get in my car this morning put key in ingnition turned it and there was nothing all i has was all the lights up on the dash, i was pissed off at the time coz i was late for work slammed door and locked it came back to it 5 min later tried and it started...
As above, just fitted an after market radio/cd player and the clock is always on and so are the blowers. The keys arnt in the ignition at all and they are still on
any ideas?
Recently posted about 2 weeks ago about head gasket going/gone
Well i took it to my mechanic and he told me he wouldnt go as far and extreme as it being the head gasket yet as there was very little "cream" round the oil cap and that area.
He said that the water did look oilly but it looked...
Previously posted about possible head gasket was told by mechanic he wouldnt go that extreme with it bein the head gasket yet.
He did say it may help if o changed the oil and filter to get rid of any moisture or water what is in the engine
What type of oil do i need and filter?
Its a 2001 clio...
After the stat was fitted and the water had settled when the engine hasnt been running the water level was on max but when engine was warm and running the water would rise above maximum was told thats ok and its normal so thought nothing more of it kept checking level and always been same since...
Some days i just use it for work and back which is about a 10 mile run but sometimes go to girlfirends which is usually a 20 mile run from work,
I had a problem where i was loosing water n had a burny smell that turned out to be thermostat n then not had a problem since till i juslt looked...
Found some creamy s**t in oil and oil in the water and like all at the top of the water tank.
I know this possibly means its on its way out or its gone :(
the amount what was there isn't that bad i guess but its still worrying and a horrible feeling when you find it
I phoned garage up so he...
Got some 6x9`s to put into my clio
Whats the best way to wire them up?
Im an electrical apprentice so i know a few things but am not an expert haha
IVe bought some 0.75mm speaker cable to use
Is it possible to connect them up to the speakers which are already in the back
THis would mean...
Had my clio just over a week now not been sure wether to trust the range computer or the gauge
Today my Gauge was just slightly above the red line but my range computer said i had about 90 odd miles left but i bottled it and tried finidng a petrol station with some fuel haha
Put a tenners...