Clutch Replacement MK1 1.8 16V

[GTti]

Just thought I'd post a thread up. There are some bargains to be had out there in the current climate.

I bought a 16v Clio for £200 a few weeks back, central locking doesn't work and the clutch/cable was in a bad state. After having a little look and play with the clutch cable I decided it was the clutch itself.

Took it to Mr Clutch (Milton Keynes) for a replacement, they replaced my clutch cable as well the clutch and had a look at a sticky throttle cable. I spend enough time preparing my race GTti to want to work on the Clio!

Cost £239 all in, would have been £189 if it wasn't for the cable. From reading various threads on this forum I'd expected the price to be far greater.

So a run around (Am buying a place to live) with 9 months MOT for £439 isn't a bad result!

 

[cliosportcraig]

Did they fit a renault cable? The aftermarket ones aren't usually up to much cop.

Have fun with it

 

[GTti]

I don't know if it's a genuine one, but it cost £49. I had read that aftermarket cables can lead to issues, the existing one on the car was a Renault one, seemed fairly robust. I guess its more to do with luck as to how long anything lasts!

I never trust garages so I can't be sure it even needed a cable replacement, they suggested there was a 'clip' missing in part of the setup. I never spotted anything like that myself.

I will have a look to see if it looks the same.

 

[EngineerD]

Genuine cables are just under £20 from Renault, sounds like you have been overcharged in that area. What colour is the cable? If it's not black its not genuine, if its black it might be genuine.

 

[Chesh]

Not too bad if that includes labour

 

[GTti]

Don't know, I drove the the car home last night, clutch has a very small biting point but the pedal isn't too hard. Drives fine!

£239 was all in inc parts and labour, they fixed my throttle cable too, I felt some plastic part that goes through the bulkhead was loose.

Think I have a bit of a dodgy idle control valve, may need some cleaning, dips below and stalls sometimes when coming to standstill.

 

[cliosportcraig]

Re-earth the speedo cable behind the clocks, there's 3 wires that come off the speedo cable, earth the black one, this can cure most idle problems

 

[GTti]

Cheers, I'll have a look.