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So, French Car Show 2014 tomorrow. A burst of rain in the morning then sunshine. I had to clear up some issues with the Williams, I had a fuel line go bad and leak, so I replaced it...then the other went as well in the same place!! So I got a bunch more braided hose. The stuff is a PITA when...

Me too! It's like having wood, except cooler :D

Yep! TTV indeed well spotted :) The springs are shorter and they are not particularly firmer than OEM so it could be bottoming out...no biggie as I will replace them fairly soon anyway and I actually quite like the roll rather than mental stiffness like my Williams...the Willy has to be really...

So, no replies! I am shocked. More goodness:

Various pieces arrived in the post for the Clio 182 since my last post. I had to get the car MOT'd as well. Sadly the car failed on a very bad blowing exhaust, a broken front spring and the pins that hold the rear pads in not fitted. There was also an advisory on the inner track rods, which can...

Haha! yes, out in Maidstone and I might be again tomorrow too! I like doing things the hard way, and now I know how to use a multimeter, I don't mind doing electrical checks like this :p

Noooo!!! Sold it huh? Well, mine started off feeling a bit slow but after the work I've done so far...read below for a new assessment.

It is on the drivers suspension turret. Very easy to remove. 16mm bolt is all that holds it on I think.

Typically, having now tested the MAP sensor plug and loom all the way back the the ECU plug I cannot find any issue with it! Multimeter test showed no problem from the pins of the MAP sensor blug to the feed to the ECU at all...so perhaps I've just been really unlucky and had two bad MAP...

Quite low then! Interesting. Thanks.

The MAP sensor is under the plastic engine cover, to the left on the oil filler cap. It's a rectangular shape, with a grey/black plug going into it. They are quite cheap to replace, but first try pulling the plug off and starting the car and go for a drive. Ignore the error messages on the dash.

So, another Clio day and another part or two to replace. As many of you know, the interior of most of these cars are showing signs of wear and tear. Steering wheels, trims, door cards etc. Amongst one of the annoying items is the gear knob. Mine was worn out almost completely and as I hate...

Hello everybody. My name is Dan and I have a Clio Williams, which I've owned for about six years. I've had quite a few Renaults since learning to drive in the 90's: Renault Clio RT 3 door (was less than 30k miles) Renault Clio 1.8 16v Mk1 Ph1 in Tungsten (about 30k miles as well) Renault 5...

As it is a 182 you can check for air leaks by taking the air feed off from the airbox to the throttle body and with the engine running put the palm of your hand over the intake to the TB. It should stall. If not, air is getting in from somewhere else and it is just a cast of checking the pipes...

Yea lol I read that too :) I have seen loads of people with this same problem, which I will post up pics of how I correct, hopefully tomorrow :)

Lol yea sheared driveshaft or tripod joint. Has happened to me too.

Car: 2004 Renault Clio 182 FF Cup Pack Symptoms: Low idle Hesitation Poor power delivery Kangerooing Waffle: I picked the car up about 4 weeks ago knowing it needed a dephaser and cambelt change as it sounded like a diesel. Parts and tools ordered. It also had a poor idle and was too low at...

And me...it's nice when people post solutions they found, which seems to be a rare occurrence.

Mine is standard. So it should be 900rpm? 800? How low does it go?

Just so I am clear, I think my idle should be from 950-1000rpm on a typical day with a warm engine, at standstill. Correct?

Ahhh ok, so it was deep in water. Mines only a bit damp from messing about with the washer pumps. I'll look elsewhere first, thanks for the fast reply.

Thank you! I read somewhere a fellow had issues where the bottom pins got wet causing some kind of issue with the FBW throttle cnotrol.

Hai!!!!! I wonder if anyone has a pic of the wiring under the skuttle panel near the washer bottle please? Apparently there is a plug back there that can get wet and cause idle issues. It feeds through to the bulkhead on passenger side. Typically, I had all that apart yesterday fixing stuck...

Bad earth Coolant temp. sensor Random wiring issue

Resurrecting a thread here, apologies, but before I start taking my car to bits again has anyone else had this issue with the wiring behind the washer bottle getting wet and causing a poor idle?

Yay! I'm clevor! Thanks.

Same here. All of the above changed except throttle body and HT leads, which I've cleaned. Compression test came back fine, 1 & 2 were a bit lower at 160ish dry tested, and 195 / 203 wet tested. Replaced injector 4 as it failed resulting in really bad misfire, and pre-cat lambda which has...

Well, going to get the punctured tyre looked at tomorrow and replaced if needed so my track day tyres will be in usable again. Got May 19th to think about so need to get sorted anyway :)

Just what I needed, thanks!