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After months of agonising over making the decision, I finally sold my pristine condition 182 yesterday after almost 3 years of ownership from new. It has never let me down and always put a big smile on my face when hammering around. However, the right time had come to sell it. This coming...

Anyone know how to stop the passenger side air vent on the dash from rattling, preferably without removing the dash. Mine is sounding like a boa constrictor! KnightAzul

I tried to drill a hole in the windscreen plastic airvents on the dash and basically achieved a shredded hole. See pic (its the hole to the left!): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/KnightAzul/IMG_0129.jpg How do you drill a neat hole in this plastic? Are there special drill bits...

Anyone know of a glue which will actually stick to the dashboard plastic on a 182. I have tried superglue and a pritt-tabs and it easily pulls off. Is the plastic porous or something? I am trying to fix a GPS antenna with a metal bottom to the dashboard just under the windscreen where the...

Anyone out there who got an original SAT-NAV system, where is the antenna installed? I am thinking to replace my original FM antenna on the roof of my 182 with an multi FM/GPS antenna and was wondering whether the original Renault SAT-NAV antenna would be just the ticket? Thx, KnightAzul

Just did a 1,000 km trip over the weekend and collected half the flies in the country on the front of my 182! After jet some washing, and a little scrubbing with baby-wipes (which I have found to be very effective in the past), I can't get rid of the buggers completely. They seem to have left an...

Anyone know where I can get hold of some standard 182 tweeter plastic connectors (the ones that plug into the side of the tweeter) and the metal shealths that go inside the connector. Reno doesn't sell them and I can't find 'em anywhere! An online shop would be just the ticket. Thx...

After removing the dash on my 182 today I decide to "deinstall" a tweeter bodge job done by my local stereo shop. The had replaced the standard Renault tweeters with some Clarion ones which didn't fit properly. So they just filled the gaps with some black gunk stuff which set the tweeters at...

I have a 182 and followed the guide "How to remove the dashboard in a Clio MK3 / 172 MK2" written by Mark Davis (from the ClioSport website). I have removed all 14 screws: * 3 under silver insert on passenger side * 1 under silver insert on driver side * 2 either side of the dash next to...

Any ideas if you can prise out the silver insert (with the 1-2-3-4-5-R markings) on the gear knob and replace it on a 182. Mine has gotten a few scratches over the years and I would like to replace it without having to rip the gear knob off with a hack-saw. Thx, KnightAzul

I've been a lazy git for the last two years and only cleaned the outside edge of my 182 wheels. How do you get to clean the inside edge then? Is it just a case of lying on the floor and reaching around, or is there some other smart trick??!! KnightAzul

Dunno if this has been said before ... I've been having a few problems with long TTFF with my GPS unit which was down to the 182 heat reflective screen. No real surprises there! The problem for GPS units sitting behind this screen is the cold start procedure to locate the satellites. Once...

I have noticed recently that the stock Renualt brake pads on my 182, after nearly 2 years of use, are a little spongey and don't quite have the stopping power as before. There is no warning light on the panel to show that they are on their way out ... Is this normal at the end of a brake pad's...

I have been tracking down a rattling/cracking sound coming from the boot area for a few months now. I have stripped all of the boot compartment down to the bear minimal. This weekend I made an odd discovery that I am at a loss to explain. The rattling/cracking sound is linked in some way to...

I noticed today that I have small deposits of oil (collecting to form "rivers") in the engine bay of my 182. This is odd as I never have had to top up the oil since buying the car almost 2 year ago. Here are some snaps taken directly above the engine (without the useless plastic cover!)...

I have been chasing down an odd sound on my 182 for some time now. The sound is basically a metallic popping sound (like popcorn) coming from the boot area. Slowly I have been dismantling the boot area, removing plastic bits, etc. to locate the sound. I think that finally today I have found...

When I take off in first I can hear a creaking from the passenger side, seems to be coming from the lower part of the passenger door, or in that vicinty. The harder the acceleration the more pronounced the creak is. Same happens when breaking sharply. Any ideas what it might be? KnightAzul

I was taking a gander underneath my 182 at the rear, and noticed that inbetween the rear bumper and the exhaust are two lumps of black polystyrene about 40 cm long. Of all the things to find! Anyways, my question is: these lumps of polystyrene are "secured" with metal clasps on plastics...

Is there a like-for-like for the front tweeters in a 182 in the Clarion range? SRH205 will be ok? What size are the original tweeters? Thx, KnightAzul

I have a GPS unit (Garmin Nuvi) which comes with a 12v cig lighter charging cable. My question is: is this cable transforming the voltage/current in any way or just passing whatever the cig lighter specs are (12v, ? amps) straight through to the GPS unit? The reason I ask is that I am...

I have replaced all of the standard speakers in my 182 with Clarion like-for-like speakers except for the front dash tweeters. My question is, will I notice an improvement if I replace these tweeters with the Clarion equivalent? Are the bog standard tweeters any good? I was lazy and didn't...

Just got an Alpine CDA-9847R CD / MP3 / WMA RECEIVER installed in my 182 with the Alpine stalk control adapter so that the controls work on the steering stalk. I have noticed that two of the steering stalk controls don't seem to work: * Mute: pressing vol up & down at the same time. The...

I recently invested in a Garmin Nuvi GPS unit which attaches very neatly to the windscreen. The unit also pumps out MP3's (2Gig SD Disk) through a 3.5mm jack. Great! Now I need to connect it somehow to the HU to amp the sound. Been doing some research and it seems that a front aux socket on...

Hi, Recently my 182 has developed an annoying "rattle" in the boot area. It is like a metallic crackling sound coming from beneath the plastic housing which covers where the rear wiper motor is. I pulled off the plastic housing but still can't locate where it is coming from. The crackling...

Hi, Just got my 182 back from Renualt after they replaced the mid section of the exhaust under warranty. It was blowing - I think that the problem is quite common on 182's. Everything is great, however, I have noticed that the famous metallic clicking sound of the exhaust cooling down...

Yep, that old chestnut again! http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=2&TopicID=156725&SearchPagePosition=1&search=KnightAzul&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Author&forum=0&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=Search Well after almost 6 months of hard drivin' my new 182 engine...

Hi All, Put a CD yesterday in the standard 182 CD player head unit and since then I have not been able to eject it! It has worked fine for many months. I have tried everything, all I can get it to do is get the CD to stop by pressing the eject button. I can still play the CD fine, but one CD...

Hi, Ok, so after 20,000 kms with my 182, it would appear that the heat shield has picked up a rattle. Dabbing the accelerator there is a metallic rattle at 2,000 rpm (approx) coming from under the car towards the back. If it is the heat shield does it mean that a screw (or bolt) has come...

Washed my black 182 today in the shade. Its around 35 degrees at the moment over here in Madrid. Anyways, I could not shimmy leather the car quick enough and some water dried in the heat and left water spot marks. How do I get rid of these and can I stop this happening perhaps by mixing...

I recently had my 182 serviced and now from time to time the ESP warning light comes on together with the SERV and stays on. If I switch of the engine off and then back on again the light doesnt come immediately back on. It doesnt happen all the time, infact most of the time it doesnt happen...