got a problem...

[Doyle]

...warning light on car came on today whn i was going to work, it didnt let me go about 1,000 revs and when ur doing 60 and the cars decides to slow down without ur control its rather scary!

cant take a picture of the light but...

that is what it looks like.

any ideas would be appreciated!

thanks

Paul

 

[pulsartoa172thanxtoa182]

the light in the top pic came on in my 172 and i was told it would be the t.d.c sensor . maybe worth checking m8 just to rule it out

 

[Doyle]

okmate will do but do you know what t.d.c. stands for?

a few guys at work said that it was a deisel light.

i was like'' if it a desiel light then why the f**k is it on in my PETROL car u retards!!!''

they didnt speak to me after that.

lol

seriouslt though.... T.D.C.?

 

[Peperami]

Go to renault, same happened in mine, they need to replace the tdc sensor.

Tell them that though, cos first time i took mine in they replaced both o2 sensors instead, it did the 1000revs thing on way home, and was back in garage next morning!

 

[Dink]

Top dead centre iirc

 

[Doyle]

Go to renault, same happened in mine, they need to replace the tdc sensor.

Tell them that though, cos first time i took mine in they replaced both o2 sensors instead, it did the 1000revs thing on way home, and was back in garage next morning!

how much did it cost? and where can i get one as rennault isnt a option.

 

[Doyle]

a friend of mine googled it and got a hit from carsurvey.org

"HI, I have owned a clio 1.2 16v 52 reg for about a year now and have been very happy with the car apart from...

I have a rattle from the sunroof this is due to the poor design of the handle.

2. it was miss firing after about 2 months of driving this was cured by a new set off sparkplugs.

I have recently had a problem of the orange light with the 2 coils and a graph lighting on the dashboard when I dip the clutch and the engine is at idle speed. Don't let renault tell you it's a tdc sensor or coil packk its not, all that's wrong with it is water vapour has got on to the air flow meter through the air intake (maybe running the car in the car wash etc...) being a hands on type of bloke I took off the air box and intake manifold pipes and cleaned it all with WD40 and re-assembled. started the car never had any more trouble with it since. I would just like to point out, at the back of the engine there is a black metal box that's supposed to be tamper proof this rattles off after 15000 miles and rubs the wires to bear metal and causes majour e.c.u fault just check ures for this. apart from that the cars great very nippy and looks miles better than a corsa."


So i'll try that.

also seen this: http://forum.parkers.co.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19616

renault tend to screw around too much and i like to stay the hell away from them.

give me your opinions on these please?

Paul