engine

Morning, in the bad rain on Friday , i was driving to my girlfriend it was pouring.. my Clio engine management light came on "flashing" orange and has gone in to limp mode..... any suggestions?

Well i noticed today that my 172 seems to be bit slower at initial pick up when the car is up to temp than it does from cold. not even giving it a thrashing when cold just really noticeable when pulling out of a junction etc Is this fairly normal is something a miss? Standard air intake so...

Roughly how much is a standard bare F4R from Renault?

HI my car has quite alot of ownership history and im unsure on what has mods have been done or made back to standard under the bonnet i admit im quite clueless and just wondering if the yellow engine bay is just painted or is something else??

I've got the check engine light on but have no symptoms for anything no miss fire or lack of power had no issues lately. Any things too check that could be causing it. And also is there any diagnostics I can run and a cable that plugs into the car? (like for VW i have VAG com which I plug into...

I've got the check engine light on but have no symptoms for anything no miss fire or lack of power had no issues lately. Any things too check that could be causing it. Stu

Right I'm struggling to get my engine to time/tension correctly. It's getting rather annoying. The engine is out the car and on a tyre/engine crane. Using genuine Renault tools (pin, horse shoe, sprocket lock) The engine just won't time/tension. With all pullys loose, I've spun it round to...

Will a normal engine cover fit too this

Hi all - Looking at engine mounts and found the Kangoo one on ebay for £25: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-Kangoo-Van-Variant3-Febi-Right-Engine-Mount-Genuine-Replacement-Damper-/331424351861?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d2a6e4675 Is there any reason to avoid these ones and pay double...

Hey. today I changed the Cat to a sports cat (182 cat on a 172 pipe) After I finished the engine light has decided to show it's face right away and won't go off. I did have to force the sensors out of their places quite a bit. I put a known working spare in the post cat lambda slot in hopes I...

I am getting the odd noise when changing gear at high revs, and the gearstick on the car does a bit of a forward/backward wobble when starting up and when lifting off the accelerator. I have checked the dog bone mount under the car and it *looks* perfectly ok, I had a look at this and there are...

Got a unusual one here.. Car has a ported lower inlet manifold and enlarged throttle body. Started getting the car going into safe mode (done this before and fault was throttle body hense the enlarged one) Haven't plug it in to confirm its the throttle body again, I guess'd and went and...

Im new to the forum and i already need your help. I have a 1.2 Renault Clio and after setting off from a set of traffic lights i put it into second and all of a sudden there was a crack noise and a lost all gears, i have had it towed onto my drive but i have just found out that the rear engine...

had it filled up 2 months ago , nearly needs topping up again ..? is it common or a leak ect ?

Decided to open a new thread, got lost in the last one. Bought a ph2 172 about 2 weeks ago. Noticed the following problems - 1 145-150PSI compression across all 4 cylinders. 2 3-6% leak-down across all cylinders. 3 Gets 25 mpg (uk gallons), 95% normal city driving. at 65mph the computer shows...

Funny noise coming from my engine, mainly on a cold start. Would start it up, then after a minute or so starts making this noise. Normally stops when warmed up but not always! https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8hseicip2pl793/2015-03-08%2012.34.52.mp4?dl=0 Cheers guys

Hi, I have a 182 non cup with AC, belts are due so while its in bits I'm planning on doing some other bits to make the car more reliable, and hopefully add another bit of performance. Current milage 58k My thoughts so far; Cambelt kit Dephaser pulley PMS ac delete kit Water pump PAS pump...

Hey guys, I have problems with my renault clio sport 172. The car ran without any problems, I mounted throttle bodies and the ecu typhoon 2 from atpower. After connection, I tried to start the car and I could not. Engine rotates, fuel is injected, it indicates the engine but when I look in the...

Plans are to fit the full megane 225 engine/6 speed box ECU loom clocks basically everything from a megane 225 to keep the costs down of aftermarket management/mapping etc. at the same time hard mount the seat, re do ABS using megane/Peugeot mastercylinder parts for the hydrolic clutch. electric...

Hello I purchased a Clio 172 last year and now it needs the camshaft dephaser pulley, head gasket pretty much everything. I recently found out that it has had another engine replaced in before I purchased the car and I was unaware of this! Now, I have reason to believe it's a cup engine as it...

Car is a Clio 2003 1.2 8V: Basically i noticed my engine temp getting high the other day, keep checking the water and keep topping it up as it seems just to be boiling it, whenever I have just topped it up the temp goes back to a normal level. Also the fan seems to be running for a good 5...

So washed my 172 engine today , developed a heavy misfire straight after , though maybe if got the coil too wet , dried all that and leads , stil missing , removed inlet manifold spark plug wells full of water , again cleaned and dried and refitted . Still misfiring . Anyone else got any...

Hello I've done my bottom end with 84mm wossners and conrods The head is done too Now it's the time to close the engine I can buy 84 and 84.5mm cometic gasket... the 84.5 is too thick and that means loosing some cr, and 84 is spot on. My question is will the 84mm gasket be ok for 84mm bore or...

I now have a spare complete 172 engine that I am considering building up into something a little better than standard and swapping them out. Just using bolt on parts is there a guide or list of parts to give me an idea of what to use and price? It will be running ITB's so thinking Cams would...

Hi all, very new to the forum but have lots of questions that no-one seems to be able to answer! My current car is a Clio 1.4 RT Automatic (1995 M registered), the gearbox is tired at 70k and it's extremely underpowered (slower than a swift 1.0 3 pot to 60 :/ ). I have just taken the car off the...

Had a very low pitched 'whistle' between 2 and 3k revs for the last 24 hours and filled the car with oil this afternoon. On driving back to work (fairly low revs) the car decided to make a noise, continue driving (just) and now sounds rough as nails. The car still starts and idles for a...

Today after a 105 or so mile journey the car was fine, started it up again to pickup someone from the train station. But when I was going to leave, the engine management light came on (Orange in lower right hand corner of dash) and I also noted what sounds like whistling when you apply any...

Guys How much would you be looking at to get a motor rebuilt as new to standard spec ? Nothing updated, just take an old motor and rebuild back up with all new parts by one of the reputable specialists

Can anyone tell me what to torque the torque bar engine mount up to? Had a search but couldn't find it, cars a clio 200. Cheers

as above, at the moment fitting a new engine in with all new cam belt an dephaser, have I got to do anything before I start it up as this is all new to me? Thanks