Getting really pissed off now.

[The Boosh!]

See image as to what my dash looks like 60% of the time.

Basically my cr will be fine, then the engine light comes on. Turn the car off and on and it's fine.

A bit later it will do it again and will be followed by the emissions light.

So it's safe to say the engine light and emissions light go hand in hand.

I have been informed it could be the upper lambda sensor, does this aoun logical? How much would a garage roughly charge to fit this? (1hours labour?)

What are the other likely causes of it?

It's starting to get dangerous now. Halfway past a car (again) I was over taking it came on .

Help appreciated!

 

[Fred@BTM]

its broken

 

[The Boosh!]

Do you reckon? pmsl

 

[Rob]

What happens to the car when the lights come on?

(i.e does it die off, limp mode, nothing?)

Bit more information useful Lukey boy....

 

[The Boosh!]

Yeh it goes into limp mode. Restricts power in each gear etc

 

[djpotter]

Had same prob got diagnostics done this morning it was throttle body

 

[The Boosh!]

Birchdown plugged it in and nothing came up

 

[badgerbite]

have you been messing with the ECU Boosh?

 

[The Boosh!]

Nope it's had a live map done by Paul @ RS tuning by the previous owner. I haven't messed with anything ecu wise

 

[Christopher]

Shed. x

 

[Si]

what's the light at the top right? it doesn't seem like the problem i had (which was upper lambda). although it is similar symptops i guess.

 

[The Boosh!]

Serv and airbag lights are on because I'm running fixed buckets and don't know how to install the resistors lol

 

[FAST_aD13]

fitting the lamba sensor is easy, do it yourself... would take a blind chimp an hour to figure out how to do it - i'm sure you've got more intelligence

Seat resistors is an easy fix too! 5 mins a side tops - can send you the resistors/block connecs if you want? (I presumed you'd sorted this as i never heard back from you)

 

[SkidMarx]

Mine was doing this the other week Luke, was throttle pedal.

Light comes on, 3000k revs max?

 

[The Boosh!]

Already replaced the throttle position sensor dave. Birchdown did it so it's been done right.

Fast, nope still not done it. I'm not really wanting to chop up any wires and fit block connectors. I'd rather pay out £20 for the proper recaro resistors than do that (I'm strange I know)

 

[Aprilia57]

May sound a bit of a silly question but what is the light at the bottom right of the photo, as that light comes on and off on my 172 as well??

 

[Gaz_]

Already replaced the throttle position sensor dave. Birchdown did it so it's been done right.

Fast, nope still not done it. I'm not really wanting to chop up any wires and fit block connectors. I'd rather pay out £20 for the proper recaro resistors than do that (I'm strange I know)

You dont need to cut anything chap!

Hate faults like this. Trouble is, it might throw that code up, but it could be anything. Pedal itself, TB or wiring in between. Give all wires a tug around the the TB & pedal whilst its running? Also make sure wires arent crushed, bared to the engine etc?

 

[dohertsport182]

i have a mac tools obd2 reader thet you can use that if you like m8, could come up with summat different, my management light comes on for so many miles then turns itself off, plugged it in and came up with 02 sensor and 1 other thing gonna get em done asap but light doesn't stay on all the time?? like i sed your welcome to pop down and use it free of charge :approve:

 

[Alastair.]

need to go on clip really mate to get a proper answer

 

[SkidMarx]

Got clip Luke if you want it checking over.

 

[The Boosh!]

Dave would really appreciate that. I got a handheld ecu reader that I can use to switch off the emissions light but it says there is no stored faults.

When you next free mate? X

 

[The Boosh!]

i have a mac tools obd2 reader thet you can use that if you like m8, could come up with summat different, my management light comes on for so many miles then turns itself off, plugged it in and came up with 02 sensor and 1 other thing gonna get em done asap but light doesn't stay on all the time?? like i sed your welcome to pop down and use it free of charge :approve:

Thanks for the offer mate, but il see if dave can find anything first as he's a proper Renault tech

 

[SkidMarx]

Should be able to sort it tomorrow mate?? Im popping in to put the car on a ramp anyway so il get the clip while im there.

Clip can do so much more than a code reader, parameters and live data can be usefull.

 

[dohertsport182]

no worries im not to far waway so if ya change ya mind jus let me know dude, good luck with it either way, hope its gonna get ya to the FCS m8

 

[The Boosh!]

Should be able to sort it tomorrow mate?? Im popping in to put the car on a ramp anyway so il get the clip while im there.

Clip can do so much more than a code reader, parameters and live data can be usefull.

Pm me your mobile number mellors il give you a ring later tonight? X

no worries im not to far waway so if ya change ya mind jus let me know dude, good luck with it either way, hope its gonna get ya to the FCS m8

thanks again buddy

 

[Josh@Renparts]

If you want to 'borrow' a TB or Pedal or anything you can.

 

[.GAZ.]

Luke, its turned against you since you became a mod.

 

[The Boosh!]

If you want to 'borrow' a TB or Pedal or anything you can.

Thanks for that josh il give you a ring should I bees to!

Luke, its turned against you since you became a mod.

tell me about it it "knows"

 

[Da]

Swap lambdas mate, the rear one doesn't do anything anyway. This will elliminate the upstream one if it doesn't change.

 

[JCC]

Have you given the throttle body a clean out recently? My 1.2 started this carryon, throttle body off and a good wipe down with carb cleaner and it stopped it.

 

[alex-avfc]

Same as JCC, I had this 'carry on' (lol ) on my 1.2 16v...won't rev past like 3k when it goes into limp mode? Occurs intermittently?

A wierd thing I noticed was once I stopped using Supermarket fuel it never came back whilst I owned it. Not saying that was the cause/solution to the problem, just an observation I made...I also had my spark plugs changed to genuine Renault ones.

It seems to be a common problem across the Clio range, I've heard it could be a wiring loom issue?

 

[The Boosh!]

Yeh boys cleaned the TB out a fee months back with wd40 and some wet and dry to get the s**t off. Dave is plugging me in tomorrow so il hopefully have some indication.

Daz I tried to take the lambda off but I couldn't hence why I'd have to take it to a garage.

 

[Jenfafa]

its about to blow up in your face.

 

[Da]

Why couldn't you mate? Warm the engine up a bit beforehand.

Surely GrayMotorsport could sort you out?

 

[The Boosh!]

Yeh gray will gimme a hand. He has gearbox probs ATM though so my lambdas are the least of his worries

 

[Da]

Shame you're so far away dude

 

[badgerbite]

as most have said it could be lambda...but I don't think that is the cause of the xmas light display on yer dash. Get the ECU checked out, debug or replaced it.

 

[The Boosh!]

For anyone whos interested id pretty much say its fixed

Bongy plugged it into the clip thing and it came up with a throttle pedal fault. Luckily he had one laying around, so swapped them over and its not come on yet

Cheers for your help mate x

 

[SkidMarx]

Fixed? Awesome

 

[The Boosh!]

Yeh matE didn't come on once. Il keep you update but it's looking good!