Engine Knock

[kennymoir172]

Hi, wondering if someone could help me, i recently bought a Clio 172 phase 1, my first renault. When I'm giving the car some welly and it breaks traction there is sometimes a knocking noise coming from it, or if the wheels become light like almost airbourne it is doing the same. Could it be a knackered engine mount?
Also is there any well known weak points to these cars? iv heard they are bad for breaking engine mounts and driveshafts? any help is appreciated!

 

[akaboogie]

welcome to owning a...(renault clio 172)....lol..

some will come along with some help soon tho your in the right place. ther some guys on here who really no ther stuff....

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Stop driving it like a bell end! LoL

Weak engine mounts cause the problem you have.

 

[Stava]

Get underneath it and have a look at the lower gearbox mount, you will proabably find that it is shagged.

 

[kennymoir172]

ok thanks for the advice! ill get under it as soon as to have a look! i dont drive like a bell end, just like to nip on! if i wanted to drive slowly i would have bought a 1.2

 

[skene]

Sounds like you need a dCi...

 

[Tigger]

Don't floor it in 1st - yes we've all done it when we first got the car - lol that's how I noticed I needed an upper engine mount and driveshaft when I bought mine so it was "both" symptoms in that case but was sorted under dealer warranty
Not as if it was big mileage either - I bought my car with less than 18k on it!

You won't know for sure until you've had a good look around it & underneath