Recent content by SiC

Sold! Really friendly guy and his girlfriend bought it. Directed him to this forum for any help or guidance on it in the future. His first hot hatch, so I told him to go easy and not be like so many of us that stack it on the way back from buying it. 🤣 I will probably be back at some point as...

I enjoy the fixing as well as driving of cars! I didn't intend to buy this needing work and certainly not a belt change, but I won't deny I enjoyed learning how to do it. I've been toiling on whether I want to sell this or stash it. I get in this and enjoy driving it. I then go in my Boxster...

What do we reckon my Clio 172 is worth? Looks like I'm going to have to sell it now 😔 Done 151k but wouldn't have got to that if not looked after. Bumpers are scuffed unfortunately but probably less of an issue as it's higher miles and unlikely people looking for something mint. Never been...

Got the Clio back. Spring, top mount, CV boot and then did the thermostat that I supplied. Apparently was a bit of a ball ache of a job and took quite a lot of phoning around to source parts for. Running like a champ now though. I'll go out for a drive in it a bit and give a good blast around...

Since my last post I've been driving it around. Fuel trims are still quite low but it seems to be running fine after that brief blip out of storage. It's in for an MOT today so the emissions output should let me know if something is amiss. They're also going to do the coolant+thermostat as it...

If I had a car that had been rough running for nearly a decade, I think I would too.

I've read this thread from start to finish. Came up on Google search as mine has just started exhibiting some of the symptoms you've had. One of the things I've noticed you haven't done is a compression test. Get a decent gauge though - the cheap red box Chinese ones are awfully off. Gunson is...

I was pondering about the fuel trims when driving this earlier and when I did the usual scan of the gauges, I remembered that the thermostat needs changing as it's gone on the lazy side and must be opening too soon. Checking with the scan tool, for the gauge to be in the middle, it needs to be...

My chief suspicion right now is the Lambda sensor. £85 for a genuine Bosch from ECP. Problem is, it's right down the back of the engine and you know it'll be a right arse to remove. Especially as I don't think it ever has been and original to the car. Its got an MOT on the 24th, so I might ask...

Injectors came back as 14.7, 14.6, 14.8 and 14.8 Ohms when stone cold after sitting for a day. Spec I think is between 14 and 15 Ohms. Doesn't tell me much about the spray pattern though. However they are ticking evenly when listened to, so unlikely to be gummed up.

What next? There really isn't many sensors on the Clio and hilariously you can disconnect the MAP, intake temperature sensor, O2 sensor and it will still run. No warning lights either. I sprayed some carb cleaner about the manifold to check for leaks but there wasn't anywhere that caused a rev...

Did some fiddling tonight to see if I could pin down this slightly rough idle and the low long term fuel trim. Low long term fuel trim means the ECU is injecting less fuel as it thinks it's running too rich. In this case it is reducing the injection amount by 23.5%. First off was checking the...

Yeah not a bad shout to check. Just ordered a cheap mechanics stethoscope to have a listen if one injector is particularly different to the others.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it is, however I hate playing parts darts and much rather diagnose a problem properly first. Otherwise you can end up replacing parts unnecessarily. If it wasn't such a pain in the arse to do on the Clio, I'd have pulled the plugs. Might still do that, just it's a good half...

Small update. Pulled this out of storage as it needs an MOT this month. However all is not well. Went up a steep hill coming back and it started bucking under heavy load. Felt a bit like misfire but not that severe. Literally just been for a spirited drive and ran fine, with it appearing to...