hmm car is running funny

[manicmonkey]

When i started my car (51 172 ph2) after work today it was idling up and down between 1100 and 1300, and the car was shaking a bit. Then when i rev'd it up to about 2k it did the same up and down idling and the car shook even more! It sorted itself out by time i got home so a guess the electronics could have got wet from the rain?

Also, when i got home i noticed the exhaust was goin 'putt-putt' like it was hiccuping. Im runnin on 95octane, this couldnt be the problem could it?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[thedoc]

I know of them running rough when 1st started up, but not at the end of the journey..

 

[Alan]

Idle control valve, oxygen sensor or coil pack....

 

[manicmonkey]

is that just for the idle, or for the exhaust thing to?

I need to get a haynes manual, i dont really wana take it to garage cos i dont have any money!

cheers

 

[yellow182jon]

check that the cat is tightly fixed as can break lose

 

[Josh@Renparts]

sounds like a coil personally from what your hearing from the exhaust. but that usually cuases noticable power decrease.

 

[manicmonkey]

Ive only had the car a week, and its pretty fast too me, so i probably wont notice

The exhaust had a coughing/popping sound, with the air being pushed out in lumps!

Just need to get the renault warrenty transfered over, cheers for the help

 

[manicmonkey]

Waiting for my warrenty to come through the post, and have noticed more symptoms of the problem. when the engine is cold, it hesitates about 2k revs. If i put my foot down, it'll 'creep' past the 2-2.5k, and rev freely above that

does that sound like the coil pack or oxygen sensor? can either damage the car if not fixed immediately?

Cheers

 

[Jays172]

Mine does that too, hesitates at around 2k, then frees up higher up the revs, only when first started and cold though, wich I take as normal as i've had it with previous cars

 

[Martin]

funny how...like a clown?

 

[manicmonkey]

funny like your uncle who never leaves home, drinks whiskey with a vimto chaser, and calls himself 'sir bob the grand old duke of slough' :S

 

[Martin]

touche lol

 

[The Bear]

My exhaust has always coughed and spluttered slightly on tickover, even after a Prospeed upgrade, but the revs on mine are nice and stable. Just a characteristic of the engine I was told.

 

[M40 CUP]

My clio 182 cup is coughing/popping sound, and there is air being pushed out in lumps also the power seems down every so often, this only started a wile after changing my exhaust to the k-tec performane exhaust, also once in a blue moon when starting the car up a fan sound starts when excelarating and lifting off (feels realy jerky on a toch of the excelarater) but is not the fan! whats going on? is it the coil?

 

[Clio 1.216v Dynamique]

Might be the spark plug leads, Mine did this and juddered and it was them causing the prob

 

[M40 CUP]

just had it serviced b4 it started happening and they changed the ignition leeds

 

[M40 CUP]

My clio 182 cup is coughing/popping sound, and there is air being pushed out in lumps also the power seems down every so often, this only started a wile after changing my exhaust to the k-tec performane exhaust, also once in a blue moon when starting the car up a fan sound starts when excelarating and lifting off (feels realy jerky on a toch of the excelarater) but is not the fan! whats going on? is it the coil?

 

[Clio 1.216v Dynamique]

Sounds rough, Hope you get it sorted kidda

 

[M40 CUP]

Me 2

 

[KarKiller]

Do all the exhausts "cough" on 182/172s? I've got problems with mine anyway but I thought they just did that?

 

[M40 CUP]

well it dident do it on my last clio sport 172 and when i got this 182 it was fine as well but then the purformance droped and now it coughs

 

[KarKiller]

well it dident do it on my last clio sport 172 and when i got this 182 it was fine as well but then the purformance droped and now it coughs

Sounds like mine. Taking it to get it looked at cos its quite a noticable power loss. No idea whats causing it tho. Exhaust sounds noisier than I remember so maybe the problems there.

 

[M40 CUP]

Well I had my car surviced then when I got it back a few days later it was purforming slower, I had the ignition leeds changed and the spark plugs, I think its sumit to do with that as it dident whant to start 1st time that only hapend once! I dont see that the coil would go! I also fill her up with 98 ron optimax as it tiks over better! Need 2 now whats going on as it is anoying!