Recent content by Smartie93

Mine retired from daily duty 3 years ago though I lived in Leicester at the time, based in Carmarthenshire now. at the minute it's in the garage safe from the salt, busy dreaming up new electrical faults I imagine!

Failing SAS seems to be a common problem on the Clio 2 RS. It seems nigh on impossible to even get second hand sensors, and then you're still buying a 17yo part at best. But the Dacia part 479454516R shows a remarkable resemblance to the 182 part 8200058692. Anybody have any experience with...

Just an update if this comes up in the future when someone is searching for it on google. One of the solder joints on one of the windings had failed, on a brand new alternator! Effectively only had 2 of 3 phases, once you started loading up the alternator it would drop from 14v to 12v. Easily...

Can be caused by a lot of things, in my case a dead ECU 👍. But, assuming that all components were fine before the shell swap, I would first go through all the connectors that you've disturbed. Were you careful removing the wiring harness through the bulkhead?

It's quite involved. My pump sits where the standard battery would go. So the battery is now in the boot. You would need to make a bracket to hold the pump as well. I used the standard low pressure return hose and an AN hose for my new high pressure line. I also have a cooling loop from an mx5...

You can always ditch the belt driven hydraulic pump for an electric one. Then you don't mess with the steering ratios, and dont have weird feeling EPAS. I've used one from a 106 gti, but there are plenty of options.

The hammer to get it out of gear is worrying, maybe it is more sinister than the linkage. He was trying to hammer the rusty piece in this photo forward and back, not into the gearbox (up and down)?

I suspect the clamp bolt hasn't been done up for some reason and the linkage has slid apart like you said.

It's definitely part of the gearbox that's broken rather than the linkage? Are you able to post a picture?

Wow! That's impressive. I've just had mine in bits and that's a chunky piece of steel. Did it break at the weld? I've seen a few come up on the Clio sport for sale page on facebook recently if you haven't looked there?

Can you still drive it in said stuck gear? Basically does the clutch still work and the gearbox still spin the wheels? Definitely check the linkage as mentioned above, it's fairly vulnerable on the underside of the car.

Have you owned a 1*2 before? I ask because normal idle for a Clio 2 RS is quite lumpy 👍

That's fair, just try it with the battery first. Don't forget to buy a multimeter 😊

Don't waste your money on a starter yet!

Not necessarily, just chucking jump leads on a dead car won't make it start if the battery is truly fubar. Most jump leads are of poor quality the jaws of which make poor connections that are only designed to help a tired battery. You can, as has been suggested, leave the jump leads on for half...