Hi all, my first post so please be kind
Hope you can help. I've got a 05 plate Clio sport 182 (51k) with what I believe is the F4R engine? Basically it's got a slightly lumpy idle, and 'not quite right'. It 's become more noticeable at idle since I replaced the twisted bottom engine mount with uprated one.
It doesn't mis-fire and still goes like stink when I put my foot down. Occasionally the engine light with flash orange for a while when sitting in traffic but soon goes off. It's been like this for months now so I don't think anything is majorily wrong but it's bugging me. My friend has identical 182 and doesn't seem to have this lumpy idle so I don't think it's just what the 182 does but he hasn't uprated his engine mounts.
I was told by local garage that it could be coils but he wants to charge me 350 to replace them which I can't really justify when the car works ok! I don't think petrol consumption is up either as I'm still getting ~32mpg.
Do you think it could be coil? Does this car take pencil coils as someone else has told me? Can I try buying one coil and substituting one at a time until idle is improved?
Any other ideas guys? Other common faults with these symptoms
Btw - I love this car, I've had it 3 years, without issues (touch wood) and I rag the he'll out of it and it still comes back begging for more! It sill keeps up with most cars on road and is joy to drive - sorry slightly off topic there!
Cheers,
Paul
Hope you can help. I've got a 05 plate Clio sport 182 (51k) with what I believe is the F4R engine? Basically it's got a slightly lumpy idle, and 'not quite right'. It 's become more noticeable at idle since I replaced the twisted bottom engine mount with uprated one.
It doesn't mis-fire and still goes like stink when I put my foot down. Occasionally the engine light with flash orange for a while when sitting in traffic but soon goes off. It's been like this for months now so I don't think anything is majorily wrong but it's bugging me. My friend has identical 182 and doesn't seem to have this lumpy idle so I don't think it's just what the 182 does but he hasn't uprated his engine mounts.
I was told by local garage that it could be coils but he wants to charge me 350 to replace them which I can't really justify when the car works ok! I don't think petrol consumption is up either as I'm still getting ~32mpg.
Do you think it could be coil? Does this car take pencil coils as someone else has told me? Can I try buying one coil and substituting one at a time until idle is improved?
Any other ideas guys? Other common faults with these symptoms
Btw - I love this car, I've had it 3 years, without issues (touch wood) and I rag the he'll out of it and it still comes back begging for more! It sill keeps up with most cars on road and is joy to drive - sorry slightly off topic there!
Cheers,
Paul