Clio 172 RS2
After having the emission light going on/off followed by the engine management fault light a couple of months back.
ECU got read out and faultcodes removed; wiring loom of the fly-by-wire partly renewed.
All was fine untill last tuesday.
Now the F4R really went into limpmode.
Running in the 'emergency loop' so not running above 3.000 r/pm and at times after restart/start throttle was stuck and floating around 2.000 r/pm.
Went home creeping on the highway @ 60 km/h!
Luckily for me just 1 mile.
Went to a local Renault Service Center the other day; diagnosed to be a faulty/broke throttlebody.
Costs new VDO throttlebody EUR 350,-- / UKP 290,-- ex. VAT
Costs installing / setting EUR 150,- / UKP 124,67 ex. VAT
Made up my mind after the quote and just took the Clio RS home after paying the diagnostics costs à UKP 24,56.
Called a befriended Renault mechanic to order a new VDO throttlebody.
Still a setback of EUR 320,- / UKP 266 incl. VAT!
Got the box.:
With the packed throttlebody.:
Quit a large butterfly.:
Assembled with a new seal.:
Took the old one off.:
Unclipped the wireloom connection, 2 jubilee clips of the airbox, 4 bolts on the old throttlebody... 1 bolts on the battery + wire!
New one mounted.:
Cleaned the inners elbow pipe of some oil deposit from the crankcase/carter ventilation.
Mounted all hardware and started her up.
Running smooth like before... but went for a testdrive anyway, to see IF the ECU needed recalibration since a new part was installed. It did not as the old one was a VDO unit anyway and not a MGI unit. So after some selflearning adapting time of the ECU the emission light should go off told the mate.
Happy now and saved some fundings by DIY.
ECU got read out and faultcodes removed; wiring loom of the fly-by-wire partly renewed.
All was fine untill last tuesday.
Now the F4R really went into limpmode.
Running in the 'emergency loop' so not running above 3.000 r/pm and at times after restart/start throttle was stuck and floating around 2.000 r/pm.
Went home creeping on the highway @ 60 km/h!
Luckily for me just 1 mile.
Went to a local Renault Service Center the other day; diagnosed to be a faulty/broke throttlebody.
Costs new VDO throttlebody EUR 350,-- / UKP 290,-- ex. VAT
Costs installing / setting EUR 150,- / UKP 124,67 ex. VAT
Made up my mind after the quote and just took the Clio RS home after paying the diagnostics costs à UKP 24,56.
Called a befriended Renault mechanic to order a new VDO throttlebody.
Still a setback of EUR 320,- / UKP 266 incl. VAT!
Got the box.:
With the packed throttlebody.:
Quit a large butterfly.:
Assembled with a new seal.:
Took the old one off.:
Unclipped the wireloom connection, 2 jubilee clips of the airbox, 4 bolts on the old throttlebody... 1 bolts on the battery + wire!
New one mounted.:
Cleaned the inners elbow pipe of some oil deposit from the crankcase/carter ventilation.
Mounted all hardware and started her up.
Running smooth like before... but went for a testdrive anyway, to see IF the ECU needed recalibration since a new part was installed. It did not as the old one was a VDO unit anyway and not a MGI unit. So after some selflearning adapting time of the ECU the emission light should go off told the mate.
Happy now and saved some fundings by DIY.
