182 Clunk

[martynh]

Noticed a "clunking" noise this morning whilst heading to work, was in traffice moving at about 20-30 mph and noticed the noise when i lift off the accelerator causing the car to jolt slightly.

Seems to be coming from the drivers side near the front.

Any ideas?

 

[jon_r]

YEP DO A SEARCH ON 182 OR 172 SUSPENSION CLUNCK.

 

[jon_r]

sorry caps

 

[MarkCup]

Might be an engine mount also. Ive had two so far, with each one curing the slight knocking immediately (until it broke again ).

 

[CocoPops]

wackojacko also had engine mounts fail on his 172.

 

[martynh]

Cheers for that! Looks like its going into Dealers for a checkup!

 

[wackojacko]

Yes. The one most likely to fail will be the one on the right next to the battery.

However I doubt you will have managed to brake a mount unless you have given your 182 serious abuse. How many miles has it done?

Then again they may not have tightened it up in the first place.

 

[martynh]

Only done about 1200 miles, it isnt very loud and Im trying to remember whether it sounded like it was ahead of me or more underneath the car.

 

[RS182]

I have a similar sound it is almost like a slight popping noise and it doesnt do it every time.

 

[MarkCup]

The noise I was referring to was a very slight metallic sounding "clunk" when coming off the throttle in 1st or 2nd gear, whilst rolling in traffic.

It was there when the car was delivered from new, so it wasnt abuse that broke it. Talking to Mike172sport who actually arranged the replacements for me he had the same problem on his 172. They keep failing until you "get a goodun".

 

[MattyMarsh]

MarkCUP, you say youve had the engine mounts replaced. Is this a 172 or 182?

Im getting the exact same problem on my 172 MK2 but nobody has managed to fix it. Renault did something to the struts (cutting them) but I think they fixed the wrong thing.

You reckon if I get the engine mounts replaced this might work.

Matthew

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Check the nearside gearbox mount to ensure all bolts are tight, all you need to do is to remove the battery and tight the two 13mm bolts and the main bolt in the middle of the mounting.

The one I changed on Markcups car was the osf engine mounting, was ok for a while but has come back as far as Im aware

 

[MattyMarsh]

""Check the nearside gearbox mount......""

Thanks alot. Appreciate the info. Will take a look.

Matthew

 

[wackojacko]

Quote: Originally posted by MattyMarsh on 13 July 2004
im getting the exact same problem on my 172 MK2 but nobody has managed to fix it. Renault did something to the struts (cutting them) but I think they fixed the wrong thing.

Matthew


Lol thats exactly what they did for me, I took the mount actually snapping before they could work out what the problem was even though I had told them repeatedly that it was the battery side engine mount.

 

[dk]

i had exactly this on my 182 from new, the dealer thought it was the exhaust knocking at first and replaced the heat shield, then it was doing it still so it went in again and my exhaust was bowing in the middle which they moved and they tightened and put some grease around the engine mount, which has done the trick and the noise is no more.

 

[MattyMarsh]

wackojacko, what happens when the mount snaps ? Doesnt sound good ?

Is there a fault with the mounts or were they poorly fitted ?

Matthew