engine vibration on prefacelift mk2

[J03]

hi guys, my friend has a clio 1.4s, his engines started to vibrate, at first glance it looked like a coilpack problem but am not sure, anyone with experience with prefacelifts? the engine layout is different so i dont know how i would go about changing it..

 

[davebem]

Is it 8v or 16v??

 

[J03]

16v

 

[davebem]

On the 8v you cant miss it, its right in from of the oil filler, on the 16v irc it has individual ones (pencil coils). Its a common problem, they are not too expensive to replace.

 

[J03]

cheers mate ive changed the facelift ones many times but the engine looks completley diff on the pre's

 

[Riley!]

when you say its vibrating do you mean its moving a lot on the mounts and moving gearstick also. Or do you mean its actually got a missfire???

 

[J03]

am not sure from what i can remember the whole cars kinda shaky.. looked at the engine it had some fair movement! dont know much about ph1s but i told him to get a coilpack which is most likely

 

[Riley!]

coilpack is no good unless its actually a missfire, if it was miss firing you would feel it and hear it when driving.

Sounds like a similar situation I had with a 2001 1.2 I had for a short while, that was a fubared engine mount

 

[J03]

ah sheeeetttt he sed he had some problems driving it, il have to drive it and feel for myself

 

[Riley!]

ha at sheeet. Just ask him if its down on power, and if its on idle or when driving?

 

[J03]

lol

yeah he said something about lack of power/response

 

[Riley!]

could well be coil pack in that case then . . .

 

[J03]

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