buying a clio sport 172 friday

[Carlos85]

hi,

a friend of mine is buying a clio sport 172 tomorrow and he is asking for a little help on what to look for when buying? common faults etc

any help would be great

cheers

 

[balax]

you wanna make sure the belts have been done, if they havnt your friend will be looking at another 600quidish to get that sorted.172s should have had them done by now so defo worth a checking? do you know what spec it is?

 

[Carlos85]

51 plate with 71k on the clock and its standard

 

[adams172]

My advice (owing to recent experience) would be to check that when the engine is warm, it doesn't sound like a diesel on idle. If it does that'd be a shot dephaser pulley, very expensive job!
See what I mean from YouTube to get an idea of the sound. I'm in this situation myself! £170 for the part, and has to be done with belts / kits

Also - check climate control switches between hot and cold OK (common fault), seat handles work, headlight washers (not so important), and obviously all the standard things you'd check when buying a used car.

 

[olliewebbuk]

Headlight washers can leak, so check those. It's a bumper off job to fix them.

 

[adams172]

Oh check for mounts too, I've seen that they can go on these cars?

 

[Tiger260]

Better still, ask if there is someone on here who knows what to look for who can come with you.
Where are you?

If the service intervals have been adhered to, the cam belt is due so you need to haggle that in if they haven't been done.
If they have been done by "his mate" or "the bloke around the corner", walk....no, run away.

 

[Christopher]

It's not a Clio Sport 172.

 

[chriscummins7]

:lolup:

Beat me to it!

 

[olliewebbuk]

I wanted to say that, but I got hammered for it last time.

You're all a bunch of c***s.

RenaultSport Clio 172.

 

[Carlos85]

THANKS FOR THE HELP EVERYONE

my mate lives in caerpilly (near cardiff) and the car is located in pontypridd.