bowen86
ClioSport Club Member
Where do I begin.
1. - Two months before I was due to go on another Euro Trip to Switzerland the gearbox developed a leak from the selector seal.
2. - Two weeks before leaving for Europe I decided to fit EPAS. Had it on a previous 182 and REALLY rated it and wanted it again. @KivsGarage aided in fitting it. I 'helped'.
After fitting EPAS, I had mega issues with where the boss sat on the spline and centering the steering wheel. When I took it for alignment I was being told I needed to leave the boss, but undo the 6 grub screws and move the wheel which didn't sit well with me. Much faffing later and it seems the person who I bought it off may have had the column apart, I didn't even know they came apart. Ughhhhh anyway. 4 alignments in one day and the wheel was straight, the rack was central and the boss was in the correct place. Hooraaahh! Or so I thought.
3. - The day I was leaving for Kent (staying the night there before Le Shuttle) the Clio threw up an "oil - - - -" light on the dash. No problem, I'll do a full oil and filter change on the day I'm leaving at 9am.
3.5 - I pack the car and leave for London. Driving on the motorway and the steering isn't happy. It felt like I was driving on a windy bridge and I needed to make micro adjustments to the steering to keep the wheel stable/straight. Closer I got to London, I noticed going around roundabouts, going right felt fine, turning left felt awful like no PAS. UGHHHHH!
4. - Le Shuttle is booked for 4pm. So I woke up early, checked the car over and thought I'd take it for an alignment. It wasn't quite straight. However it still didn't feel right, so I decided to pull out of the trip.
5.- As I packed the car up at my friend's in Kent, I turned the car over and saw "oil - - - -" again. I added 200ml to turn it off.
Drove home. Unpacked the car. Moved the car in to the garage and "oil - - - -". It took a other 600ml to turn the light off.
I then decided to drop the oil, (waste of adding that 600ml).
There was 3L in it. No external leaks.
5.1L + 200ml + 600ml =5.9L. So it burnt almost 3L in 400miles.
Looking at the oil that came out, it looks like grit with metal shavings in it.
So I'm glad I didn't take the Clio to Europe.
HUGE thanks to @KivsGarage for holding my hand through all of this. Been an absolute legend.
Some random photos from all the above.
1. - Two months before I was due to go on another Euro Trip to Switzerland the gearbox developed a leak from the selector seal.
2. - Two weeks before leaving for Europe I decided to fit EPAS. Had it on a previous 182 and REALLY rated it and wanted it again. @KivsGarage aided in fitting it. I 'helped'.
After fitting EPAS, I had mega issues with where the boss sat on the spline and centering the steering wheel. When I took it for alignment I was being told I needed to leave the boss, but undo the 6 grub screws and move the wheel which didn't sit well with me. Much faffing later and it seems the person who I bought it off may have had the column apart, I didn't even know they came apart. Ughhhhh anyway. 4 alignments in one day and the wheel was straight, the rack was central and the boss was in the correct place. Hooraaahh! Or so I thought.
3. - The day I was leaving for Kent (staying the night there before Le Shuttle) the Clio threw up an "oil - - - -" light on the dash. No problem, I'll do a full oil and filter change on the day I'm leaving at 9am.
3.5 - I pack the car and leave for London. Driving on the motorway and the steering isn't happy. It felt like I was driving on a windy bridge and I needed to make micro adjustments to the steering to keep the wheel stable/straight. Closer I got to London, I noticed going around roundabouts, going right felt fine, turning left felt awful like no PAS. UGHHHHH!
4. - Le Shuttle is booked for 4pm. So I woke up early, checked the car over and thought I'd take it for an alignment. It wasn't quite straight. However it still didn't feel right, so I decided to pull out of the trip.
5.- As I packed the car up at my friend's in Kent, I turned the car over and saw "oil - - - -" again. I added 200ml to turn it off.
Drove home. Unpacked the car. Moved the car in to the garage and "oil - - - -". It took a other 600ml to turn the light off.
I then decided to drop the oil, (waste of adding that 600ml).
There was 3L in it. No external leaks.
5.1L + 200ml + 600ml =5.9L. So it burnt almost 3L in 400miles.
Looking at the oil that came out, it looks like grit with metal shavings in it.
So I'm glad I didn't take the Clio to Europe.
HUGE thanks to @KivsGarage for holding my hand through all of this. Been an absolute legend.
Some random photos from all the above.
