Hello there I am looking for some advice
I have a Clio 182 04 plate with 62,000 on the clock, just had (3 months ago) full £800 service cambelt/ aux belt, MOT etc
I left my car at the airport for 5 days and when I returned I started the car and it sounded like a tractor, the green rev limiter light came on and the engine orange light was flashing, there was a loud knocking sound from the engine so decided to the turn the engine off and call the AA. When he came he checked the oil and it was a quarter of the way towards the notch. He said this was very low put a litre in and started the car, noise went had gone as well as the lights. I had checked the oil 3 weeks previous and it was fine. Would low oil cause this very loud knocking noise? I assume so as it had gone after a litre of oil, any idea why the Clio would use so much oil as it hasn’t done before.
Anyway the diagnostic machine came up with a code 0612 “destructive misfire” the AA man ran his tests said the coils were fine and could only find a 1% misfire according to the machine. He said this was good his Peugeot has a 6% misfire. Didn’t have the spark plugs changed so they may need changing. Also the engine, when you watch it ticking over, doesn’t seem smooth it seems to bump around a bit, is this just the same with all 182?
Also he said the engine was noisy and it was making a ticking noise as the camshaft was warn, he also looked inside the oil filler bit and said the camshaft ( think that's what he called it) was blue, meaning it was warn for the mileage. Is this something to worry about and is it worth fixing?
Also I would like one of these diagnostic machines are they all OBD II compliant and work with all cars, what would you suggest, I have read on here about an RS tuner are these expensive, sorry I should look into this more before asking.
If anyone has any ideas on the above problems I would really appreciate your comments.
Thanks
Welsh
I have a Clio 182 04 plate with 62,000 on the clock, just had (3 months ago) full £800 service cambelt/ aux belt, MOT etc
I left my car at the airport for 5 days and when I returned I started the car and it sounded like a tractor, the green rev limiter light came on and the engine orange light was flashing, there was a loud knocking sound from the engine so decided to the turn the engine off and call the AA. When he came he checked the oil and it was a quarter of the way towards the notch. He said this was very low put a litre in and started the car, noise went had gone as well as the lights. I had checked the oil 3 weeks previous and it was fine. Would low oil cause this very loud knocking noise? I assume so as it had gone after a litre of oil, any idea why the Clio would use so much oil as it hasn’t done before.
Anyway the diagnostic machine came up with a code 0612 “destructive misfire” the AA man ran his tests said the coils were fine and could only find a 1% misfire according to the machine. He said this was good his Peugeot has a 6% misfire. Didn’t have the spark plugs changed so they may need changing. Also the engine, when you watch it ticking over, doesn’t seem smooth it seems to bump around a bit, is this just the same with all 182?
Also he said the engine was noisy and it was making a ticking noise as the camshaft was warn, he also looked inside the oil filler bit and said the camshaft ( think that's what he called it) was blue, meaning it was warn for the mileage. Is this something to worry about and is it worth fixing?
Also I would like one of these diagnostic machines are they all OBD II compliant and work with all cars, what would you suggest, I have read on here about an RS tuner are these expensive, sorry I should look into this more before asking.
If anyone has any ideas on the above problems I would really appreciate your comments.
Thanks
Welsh
