Nurburgring prep!

harveyxsmith

ClioSport Club Member

  Clio 182

• May 26, 2025

• #1

Evening chaps,

I have a ring trip in the 182 at the end of the June. I did my first ring trip last year in a different car & it’ll be my first long distance trip in the clio - what sort of spares should I be looking to take (other than a spare of everything😂) I’ll be taking the usual oils, spare pads and taking a spare set of wheels. Is there anything common to go and hard to come by (i.e can’t get them within the next day near the ring) that’s worth taking?

Any advice greatly appreciated, as always!

 

gez 172

  Defender 110

• May 26, 2025

• #2

Spark plugs and leads.
Coolant hose repair tape (more so for the journey)
Alternator belt
Cam sensor.

Shoukd have you covered for basic road side mechanics.

 

16v_paddy

ClioSport Club Member

  Valvers & 172 Cup

• May 26, 2025

• #3

I usually take a spare coil pack & throttle body plus some injectors but the plugs, leads & alternator belt are a good shout & I'll deffo be doing that for my next trip

 

Cub.

ClioSport Moderator

  Many fun things

• Tuesday at 4:59 PM

• #4

Some fuses aswell. Particularly if it’s not a cup.

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Tuesday at 5:07 PM

• #5

Crank position sensor.

 

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Doogalman

ClioSport Club Member

  Clio 172 sport

• Saturday at 2:15 PM

• #6

Take a torque wrench to keep check of wheel nuts.
Spare set of brake pads.
A usb plus and spare phone lead for your phone.
A bag of zip ties.
The cars documents.

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Saturday at 2:51 PM

• #7

Make sure you take your V5C, they require it in Europe if you get pulled

Injectors
HT leads
Coil pack
A few wagos and some snips (Renault wiring)

Take some of your power steering fluid out before going on track too. If you get it hot and it comes out of the reservoir and touches the track you're in for a massive reaming out. Zero lube

If your car is already in good shape you should be spot on, just apply mechanical sympathy

 

Flob

ClioSport Club Member

  182, E46 M3, 1000RR

• Saturday at 2:55 PM

• #8

Have you got the standard power steering on it?

 

harveyxsmith

ClioSport Club Member

  Clio 182

• Saturday at 9:14 PM

• #9

Krarl said:

Make sure you take your V5C, they require it in Europe if you get pulled

Injectors
HT leads
Coil pack
A few wagos and some snips (Renault wiring)

Take some of your power steering fluid out before going on track too. If you get it hot and it comes out of the reservoir and touches the track you're in for a massive reaming out. Zero lube

If your car is already in good shape you should be spot on, just apply mechanical sympathy

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Nice one, cheers.

Flob said:

Have you got the standard power steering on it?

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I do mate, yes. How come?

 

Sheila’s’ Wheels’

ClioSport Moderator

  Whichever has fuel

• Saturday at 9:22 PM

• #10

harveyxsmith said:

Nice one, cheers.


I do mate, yes. How come?

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On continual hard use, They like to get the fluid hot and it expands and pisses out of the bottle.

 

harveyxsmith

ClioSport Club Member

  Clio 182

• Saturday at 9:27 PM

• #11

Sheila’s’ Wheels’ said:

On continual hard use, They like to get the fluid hot and it expands and pisses out of the bottle.

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I’ll have to look into it. Is this why the whole EPAS thing is common? I see it mentioned but not looked into it enough to understand what it is.

I won’t be going ten tenths at the ring anyway but done a few trackdays with it now and not noticed any boiling over - might be showing I’m not a particularly quick driver though🤣

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Saturday at 9:55 PM

• #12

Echo the above, Drop the pas fluid level to the minumum level. It will save it chucking it out with heat and damaging the pump.

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Saturday at 10:04 PM

• #13

So take a turkey baster with you 👌

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Saturday at 10:08 PM

• #14

Syringe it out before going. I left mine on minimum all the time after that, didnt cause any issues.

 

Flob

ClioSport Club Member

  182, E46 M3, 1000RR

• Yesterday at 12:02 AM

• #15

Three things to fail on mine.

Alternator
Power steering pump
Single injector

Not uncommon, together with the crank shaft position sensor. If you're driving that far and have the time then just take whatever spares you can

 

Mr Underhill

ClioSport Club Member

• Yesterday at 10:03 AM

• #16

Reducing the fluid level generally works well, and Redline power steering fluid is excellent. You can find it here: Redline Power Steering Fluid.

Currently on offer.

There’s a guide on how to change the power steering fluid as well here: ClioSport Guide.

 

Advikaz

ClioSport Club Member

• Yesterday at 10:14 AM

• #17

Spare car.

 

massiveCoRbyn

ClioSport Club Member

  Several

• Yesterday at 10:30 AM

• #18

If the car is in good condition, I wouldn't worry too much to be honest. If you're going from central-ish UK, it's only a 1,000 mile road trip, so any car in reasonable shape shouldn't struggle with that. Like you say, if you're taking it steady on your laps, you shouldn't do any harm there.

Just take some gaffer tape, cable ties, torque wrench, little tool kit, and spare fluids. You could take some simple spares like a coilpack/leads etc but, if the car is fine normally, the chances of it failing there aren't that high in reality. Brake fluid is definitely worth taking, as that's the first thing to give up on the 'ring in my experience.