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Ooops no that debris will be sealant from the cam cover seal won't it. Duh

OK guys cracking on with Clio today. Starting to like this car more the more I play with it - the engineering is simple but smart. Ok removed pulley bolts. As it turns out all of the aux belt debris is wrapped around the crank pulley so tightly that it is offering enough friction to undo the...

Thanks Canary - that is much appreciated. Yes of course you are correct about taking the car to a specialist. But my situation is that I've spent all of the big money that I'm going to spend on this car. I'm just having a quick shot at keeping it alive now. If I muck it up then I'll sell it...

Doh! OK just realised as danny said that pulleys need to come off first. OK well I got the cam cover free at least. Now realising my mistake I have bolted it back on roughly. So now I need to removed pulleys.... but how? When I turned the nuts to try to free them the entire cam just turns...

Seriously? Wow I've never seen an engine like that before.

Here is where I am stuck now guys. I cant get the cam cover off. I have tried hitting it up all over the place with soft hammer, but she son't budge. Worried about breaking it if I get any more violent. Any tips please? <a href="" title="001 by Jon Terrell, on Flickr"><img...

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Well it looks like the base cause has been found. Cambelt looks fine, but the cambelt space is packed full of chewed up aux belt. Looks like when the aux belt went a couple of weeks ago it found its way into the cambelt area and messed it all up. Cant see it very well in the photo. <a href=""...

Dang it. Do we have a source for these kind of tools please? As yet not familiar with Renault suppliers.

OK I'm on it.

Hmmm. Tough one. I am worried about working in that cambelt area with my lack of skill. I would be so much more comfortable with lots of space to work with. Much harder for me to c**k things up that way. I have read that special tools are required, which I can believe from having done the aux...

Dam dam dam. DAM! OK breathe....... and exhale..... OK lets plan this. So one way or another, ignoring valves for the minute, I've got to re-do the cambelt, agreed? If so I think I should remove the engine. I don't think I'm going to be able to get to that cambelt area reliably with...

OK here is a pic of the end cams. How does that look? Good news please!!

Great - hopefully speak to you tomorrow

Oh ok - will continue tomorrow as light has just about gone. Don't think I have damaged the alloy rim, didn't go in very far before aborting. What are we look for here by the way? The relation of one cam to the other cam? Thanks

hmm - those black caps are real slags. Do you just shove a screwdriver in and flick them out? It feels like its going to damage them

Understood Sir - I'm on it. Yes well this car has been down for over 2 weeks now and I'm having to use my drift car for getting to work and it is driving me nut! Need clio working :)

Ah - I'm glad you said that. I was half way to getting her out. I got stuck anyway, I can't figure out how she lifts out with gbox attached. Two Deck - any idea how I go about checking the timing please? And what am I checking the timing of? We are past the point of checking ignition timing...

Should I start taking the engine out? I get the feeling that is where this is going...

Ah sorry Mick I just saw your message. Yes agreed. I'll get that info in a min.

If I now remove the cam covers with the engine in the car, do we think that I would be able to see the cam belt and cam pulleys enough to check that they are correctly in time?

I guess I need a method of checking that the valves are moving correctly in time with the crank? Hmmm

Ah - sorry slight change. OK I couldn't figure out how to remove the cam cover. So got a torch and peeped in through the injector port so I could see the intake valves. They seem to be moving up and down quite happily. I think rules out cambelt problem? If the valves are moving, then cams are...

OK guys. Compression check done. good news: 0% error between cylinders bad news: 0Psi on all cylinders... (with trusted tester) Eek! Is that a cambelt gone? I can't believe I bought a car that did only 3 miles before the cambelt went. Also, I've got the history for the car, and the cambelt...

Thanks for the offer Sir, sadly I am 90 mins away in Cambridge. With no car :( I guess the next thing to check is cylinder compression tomorrow if we get a gap in the rain and then summarise.

OK - I guess that I am just checking that it has got SOME compression. Just waiting for our lovely UK weather to stop raining for 5 minutes. Also today - checked that the engine was earthed properly. From head plug housing to battery was 0.5Ohms, so I suppose thats not too bad. Should ensure...

Could you give me an idea of what compression to look for please? I am guessing a working engine should be around 200Psi?

Hi guys - I am new here. I bought my 2004 Clio 182 a few weeks back. It is a 69k miles car with FRSH. I got it cheap with a duff alternator. Replaced alternator and got it going, happy days. I drove the car for the first time properly a week after. I got about 3 miles then the aux belt failed...