Clio randomly died! Please help, Urgent, Thanks

[stewart]

Hi, my auntie has a 1997 Clio RN 1.4 Energy Automatic. We bought the car a couple of months ago and have had no problems untill today. She was driving along the road and the engine stopped, just randomly died. My dad and I went along to help her and the car wants to tick over but there is nothing happening. We just chacked the distributor cap and the plugs but can find nothing wrong. Can anyone help please give me some advice?(ps my aunt said something about the "auto" light on the dashboard and i was wondering if that had anything to do with it)

Thanks

Stewart

 

[stewart]

anyone?

 

[Aluco]

Sorry mate not got a clue, best bet would be to get a fault code reader on it maybe ?

 

[Mark One]

pull the HT leads off the plugs. Rest the HT lead on the plug, then move then end away from the plug and see/hear if it's sparking on turnover.

If it's not a spark problem then It'll be a fueling problem probably (super rare)

 

[MATT BLACK]

If its an automatic your in trouble - they run the infamous MB1 box which are renowned for failing. Get it diagnosed on an XR25 Renault computer - prob be the box thats failed or the hydraulic distributor

 

[stewart]

Cheers guys, it may be something simple such as gearbox oil but i just dont know! The cars only a wee runabout but i need to get her back on the road ASAP

 

[White16valver]

Check all your earths (I think there's three main ones in the engine bay) as if they go then not much will happen engine-wise! lol

 

[stewart]

At first i actually thought scrap yard but its too good of a wee car and has had too much work done on it recently!

 

[stewart]

Getting a bit worried now, just found out the "auto" light on the dashboard came on before the car clunked through all 3 gears and came to a halt. Plus we just tied the car to the back of a vectra and towed it in "N" for 4 miles. Is it true though that you can't tow an automatic without damaging it?