Hi guys - new to the forum. I've been scanning over many posts the past fews weeks as I've been interested in a few Clio's locally to buy.
Last Saturday took the plunge and paid £780 for a 2002 1.5 DCI Clio, 'Extreme'. Just turned 100k miles and had all belts, pulleys and water pump changed at 96k miles. Looked a great deal - pretty good condition for its age too. I'm a student so just wanted a cheap runaround.
Noticed on the way home that the dreaded coil/engine management light came on at high revs/speeds - and saw from this forum that it's likely a EGR valve/injector problem. Decided to have it fully diagnosed by my local Renault specialist that produced a range of faults, most minor and inexpensive (to be expected with age) but a few bad boys:
Rail pressure fault, and he saw that three injectors were leaking. Said I'd probably need all four replaced. Fuel pump was 'rattling'. A new tyre, suspension coil and a few other bits and bobs.
He quoted me £1200 for new parts, plus labour. Or around £600 for used parts.
Bought it off eBay, paid £480 via PayPal, £300 cash. Contacted the buyer who said none of this was known prior to sale and tough I can't return, so I think I'm pretty stuck as to getting my money back. Only had it 9 days too!
Need some advice as whether to break it, sell it with the faults listed or spend some money getting it running. (I understand it's expensive to FIX, but what about to get it RUNNING well?)
It drives beautifully with no noticeable loss of power - although has been cranking while starting the engine.
Last Saturday took the plunge and paid £780 for a 2002 1.5 DCI Clio, 'Extreme'. Just turned 100k miles and had all belts, pulleys and water pump changed at 96k miles. Looked a great deal - pretty good condition for its age too. I'm a student so just wanted a cheap runaround.
Noticed on the way home that the dreaded coil/engine management light came on at high revs/speeds - and saw from this forum that it's likely a EGR valve/injector problem. Decided to have it fully diagnosed by my local Renault specialist that produced a range of faults, most minor and inexpensive (to be expected with age) but a few bad boys:
Rail pressure fault, and he saw that three injectors were leaking. Said I'd probably need all four replaced. Fuel pump was 'rattling'. A new tyre, suspension coil and a few other bits and bobs.
He quoted me £1200 for new parts, plus labour. Or around £600 for used parts.
Bought it off eBay, paid £480 via PayPal, £300 cash. Contacted the buyer who said none of this was known prior to sale and tough I can't return, so I think I'm pretty stuck as to getting my money back. Only had it 9 days too!
Need some advice as whether to break it, sell it with the faults listed or spend some money getting it running. (I understand it's expensive to FIX, but what about to get it RUNNING well?)
It drives beautifully with no noticeable loss of power - although has been cranking while starting the engine.
