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What a legend mine is missing heatshields and I couldn't remember what the 1.2 ones were like as I knew they were different from the 1.6/ RS - Going on the hunt now haha
This is one of my favourite cars on the forum, up there with Brembos 1.4 Si
I remember a test in one of the old car magazines I used to read where they tested a few of the top brands vs a paper filter, if I remember right the paper filter came out on top for power but dropped off much quicker as it got dirty, and Pipercross came out on top of the rest.
I've never seen...
I bet that's it, the cars had a new radiator at some point and the cheapskate has just removed the condenser and chopped the pipes (I've got replacements of course 😂 ) so there's no gas in the system but I did notice the AC pressure sensor was reading something stupid like 20 bar!
will...
Anyone come across this before? As soon as i start the ignition the radiator fan comes on full speed. - Ac is turned off and makes no difference if i turn it on.
Coolant temp appears to be reading correct, starting at ambient temp and working its way up as the engine warms up.
Coolant temp...
get a tool thats like a hair comb that straightens those fins, but given its new then absolutely send it back for a replacement, but if it was already fitted to a car id just straighten them
Yeah there is apparently a reset procedure of disconnecting the battery, reconnecting, turning ignition on for 30 seconds, off for 30 seconds then it relearns over a few driving cycles, but i think it might be internet Chinese whispers as there is no relearn process on the diag machine for the...
The plot thickens.
original throttle body was sticky and clicking thru its motion - replaced it and binned it
the replacement felt nice, but now seems it doesnt want to auto close (sticking at 46% and causing a high revving, when it does finally close it stays slightly open causing a 1500rpm...
Pouring with rain today but i did get some diagnostic time inside the car! (not under the bonnet!)
Im getting an active code that wont clear for Motorised throttle unit control values outside limits. and i can see some historic codes that have cleared and not returned after a few cycles and...
No I don't think I was on those ones! i remember the days where there was meets almost weekly!
There was also a Falkirk meet in front of the, now migrant hotel that's always on the news 😂
Picked it up from the garage, drove perfect the full way home, stalled it outside the house and went to re start it and it done this, turned it off, then started again to film the video, went to get the diagnostic machine, running normally no codes found.
runs perfectly on 4 cylinders when...
Cant see the throttle body when its doing its 4500rpm revving as I cant replicate it, I've tried to dummy an emissions test on the drive but couldn't get it to do it.
the MOT tester said he thought possibly an air leak, ill attack the engine bay with a can of brake cleaner when I've collected...
I've got a problem with my sisters (no!) Twingo 1.2 16v currently, pretty much identical mechanically to a mk2 1.2 16v Clio.
she's owned it for years, gave very little issues, it went for an MOT last month, the test station abandoned the MOT as during emissions it started uncontrollably revving...
Apologies I've not worked on a 172 for years, I done a compression test on a 197 last week and had to remove the throttle body which is why it was fresh on my mind!
Open the throttle or remove the throttle body for your compression test.
The induction noise was the first thing I noticed at idle on my RSI when I lost compression on 2 cylinders.
Thats the boy, it was available on the mk3 clios, but works on the update list in a mk2.
yeah as far as i know no expert menu on the model with the screen on the face, you want the unit without a screen that uses your big screen on top of the dash
Yeah that screen is fine they are all the same, just yours isnt displaying everything. Get yourself an update list CD player and ebay aux cable or Renault TunePoint (read from a usb stick etc) and you are good to go
Do you have the top screen on top of the dashboard with the clock?
if so you will need an update list head unit with no screen, that will have the AUX option in the menu.
If you have the screen above then the wiring is all the same so will work as normal.
You then just plug the "ebay" aux...