Full Fat 182 - Was..
Right i need answers to these questions!!! please
So here goes...
Ive got an 04 182 with both cup packs and 3+ problems
1.) I have the knocking at low revs coming off the power in 1st and 2nd, took it in to Renault and asked them to have a look at the engine mount, they returned and told me both of my strut tops need replacing, and this will take 1.5 hours each, they also said that the engine mount was ok.
What does "replacing or modding" the strut tops involve? Will this affect the cup suspension? Renault were unable to give me a decent answer on this.
MORE IMPORTANT NOW!!!
After a trip from oxford to linconshire and a few hundred miles more my strut tops are really bad, they knock like crazy on rough ground and on left or right lock when steering!
Does this damage anything? tyres, suspension steering? what will fixing them involve and will it mess anything else up after they fix it like tracking or steering? i really need to know ASAP this is the one that needs fixing like last month!
2.) when I pull up for a little while with the engine running I get a little tapping sound, it speeds up and slows down with the revs up to about 3000 then stops for a bit then starts again a little while after, sounds like one of the belts is making the noise.
Renault told me I needed a new ACS Valve and new rubber bushes underneath to dampen the sound. But they couldn’t tell me what the ACS valve was apart from something to do with making charcoal!?!
This is getting to be a real bug now, happens when stopped at lights and all over the shop! also my car is runing like its full of nails and junk instead of Shell Optimanx and this all seems to be after this tapping noise started up...
3.) Exhaust problems, when I pass through the 3000 rev mark my exhaust makes a really bad rasp/burble that’s quite loud, if I go past the 3000 mark and then come off the power and let the car slow down through the range it does it again. Also when the car is warm it makes a similar noise when I change gear at higher revs.
Renault "tested" the car sat in their workshop, and said they couldnt find a problem despite me taking 2 of them out in the car so they could hear it. The exhaust only makes the noise when the car is moving and pressure is going through the exhaust system. Could this be baffles? Or a blowing section? this also adds to the crap running of my car
Please could you help me with this as my once good dealer seems to have gone to the dogs and is of no use to me (and I don’t trust them)
Any help would be grateful ASAP
Any ideas guys? Telford_Mike?? Renault Techs??
Cheers
James
