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hi,
right i had this replaced at last mot for a secondhand 1 as i wasnt planning on keeping the car,i ended up keeping it longer than expected and its fuked again
basically its started to really vibrate the car now and makes knocking noises.i spoke to a mate of mine and he reckons it is...
help!
ive had this knocking noise coming from my passenger front wheel area for a fair while and the otherday i jacked it up to inspect it and noticed that if i hold the wheel at 9 and 3 oclock and push and pull it,it has about 3-4mm of movement and it feels knotchy?it doesnt do this if i hold...
this has been goin on for far to long and needs sorting!
when i close the s/roof and it pulls down on the rubber it makes a brrrrrrrrrrr noise and vibrates and doesnt seem to seal properly and whisles really badly when i get upto 70mph,seems to also jump when you shut the door
anyone got any...
i have noticed ive got alot of play in the steering on my 16v,i mean you can turn the wheel from 11 oclock to 1 oclock and the wheels wont move!this is starting to get abit scary now especially at high speed,theres also a knocking/rumble when i turn right and feels like something may be moving...
ok i pulled away in my valver tonight and gave it abit of stick in 1st gear and felt something clonk i let off and it felt like the engine was vibrating against something its making a real bad rubbing noise and it seems to have affected the steering/handling of the car,the revs have also...
just recently my powersteering has been making a really loud noise like a cow getting kicked in the head!and there seems to be quite abit of fluid on my inner wing,
anyone know how i can shut it up coz its doing my head in!
damo
ok my mates just got his valver back after having a williams engine fitted at bb tuning
its a standard willy engine with a decat,induction kit and ss backbox,racing clutch,he doesnt know wot bhp its running as bb dint RR it
i spoke to him today and basically he said it was faster than b4 but...
went to bb performance today to drop my mates clio 16v off,hes having the head/cams/chip package,with power boost valve and decat.
hes already got a pipercross IK and a magnex backbox
the car is N reg and has average mileage
if anyone has had this done wot sort of power gain is he looking...
my clio pics are at the top of the gallery under clio 16v
by the way theyve got my surname wrong its MACRO not MARCO i aint italian!
doesnt matter really i spose:D
feel free 2 say wot ya fink of me motor please
damo
right my valver is in for a NON major 66k service tomorra at a NON renault garage
wot sort of price am i looking at roughly and wot will they do?ive never had a service done on a car before
thanks
ok fitted these again today on my valver (the proper way!) and have used new antiroll bar bushes torqued all the NEW bolts up correctly and when it was at usual height and stuff havnt had tracking done yet,just took it out for a test drive and it still dont feel right!!!! i get abit of oversteer...
i replace both of these today with the balljoints wot a b*****d to do!the bloody anti roll bar bushes were more or less welded to the wishbone!
anyway got there in the end and took it out for a test drive and it feels really light on the steering,could the old worn bushes make it stiffer?im...
ive got a 449 sports blue valver and noticed that its got loads of very very fine scratch marks in the lacquer all over,all going the same direction (front to back) maybe caused by cash wash???,not me must be previous owner.
does anyone else have this problem?does anyone know a possible cure...
ok my engine mounts on my 16v are shot wheres the best place to buy these from in terms of quality and price i know theres 1 that has to come from renault but that can wait hehe
ive got 15" prima racing wheels wiv 185/55/15 rubber on my 16v clio
i want to lower it soon and want it to sit nice/look nice BUT dont want to compromise the ride comfort to much as my last car was like driving a pogo stick!
what springs should i get for front?
then is it just a case of...
ive found some of the 17"dimma wheels which i love,does anyone know if these stick out to far to fit on a standard 16v as i know the dimma has wider arches??
am seriously considering getting this fitted to my valver,at mo its standard apart from hp ik and superchip and just fitted a willy gearbox
the cars done 63k.how much would be a sensible amount to put on the engine(so it doesnt blow up!)but still get a reasonable power gain.
thanks
went to a local garage yesterday to get an oil and filter change mainly coz i ve worked on cars in the past and just dont wana get my hands dirty anymore
anyway got down there and he said he couldnt do it as he couldnt get to the filter so he just changed the oil (4 free hehe)he mumbled some...
are there any renault mags out there?
anychance in the future getting a CLIOSPORT MAG?
i know it would take a hell of alot of organising but it would be nice
just noticed ive got a small dent in my roof near the rubber strip they can b removed but they have to get behind them is it possible to pull back the roof lining then put it back
i dont wana fudge it up!