I´ve blown a clio 1.6 16V gearbox (and a couple of months later I´ve blown the engine...). I´me getting now a 2003 172 and I am worried about the gearbox. Many people had problems with the 172 gearbox and many other people talked about doble clutching and some other stuff they did to shift quick and not blowing the gearbox. PLEASE HELP ME TO KEEP MY FUTURE GEARBOX IN ONE PIECE !...
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You´ve been lucky then ... I serviced the car very often I kept my 16V in the best conditions possible and the box exploded...
RenaultSport clio 172 mk2
defo 1st into 2nd that kills gearboxes. i had mine blow up last week on my 172 pulling away from a junction!!
Also dont slam it into gear like that black roman pierce character did in that film 2 fast 2 furious. Was his intention purely to see how quickly he could wreck the gear box on that spider?
Leon Cupra R 225
if you drive pretty smooth i dont think you have much chance of chewing your box tbh, unless your running silly power.
i bet yozza hasnt been through that many boxes, given there were issues at first due to shitty boxes but that thing gets driven hard but he is a smooth driver so less gearbox strain by heel and toeing as well
i bet yozza hasnt been through that many boxes, given there were issues at first due to shitty boxes but that thing gets driven hard but he is a smooth driver so less gearbox strain by heel and toeing as well
RenaultSport clio 172 mk2
maybe m8 but its a true description . lol
yoz is on his 3rd box (which is actually his second box rebuilt by our specialist)
his first box did 80K including hard track work (on OE clutch)
second box was from a breakers, 3rd gear synchro went (engine was running 225bhp) that last 5K before the engine and box were pulled for full rebuilds on both (Helix paddle clutch)
engine now on 205bhp @wheels and our rebuilt box is fine, no problems (alcon paddle clutch)
car uses standard gear stick, linkage, box and mounts
his first box did 80K including hard track work (on OE clutch)
second box was from a breakers, 3rd gear synchro went (engine was running 225bhp) that last 5K before the engine and box were pulled for full rebuilds on both (Helix paddle clutch)
engine now on 205bhp @wheels and our rebuilt box is fine, no problems (alcon paddle clutch)
car uses standard gear stick, linkage, box and mounts
Yoz... a smooth driver? are you kidding me!? guys a fcuking lunatic, it's balls to the wire flat out with Yoz! pmsl
missmy257bhp r5/ got evo6
very true my cup loved the traffic light gp for a bit but the box did not
it started crunching in every gear luckly this was before the warranty ran out and renault put a whole new box in
he's not the most mechanically sympathetic person i know LOL! and i have to bloody fix it if he breaks it!
the blue car doesn't get hammered in first, its never needed
3rd is the most common failure, the gearlinkage is what caused the last box to fail, if its not alinged properly it f**k the box up a treat
1.6 16v clio priv
Just blown a 1.6 16v gearbox. Do tell what did you do after this to blow the engine.
I would like to avoid repeating this trend
I would like to avoid repeating this trend
The veredict was that the cam belt passed a couple of teeth, nobody knows why. The belt pulleys and all that stuff had only 30.000km, I didn´t overrev or anything. I was in a very cold night in the middle of nowere (in an neverending Argentinian road), I was in fifth gear flat out at 200 and something ... and then the engine lost a bit of power (barely noticeable) and started to sound like one cylinder is not firering wright. I thought I had a obstructed inyector. As I was in the middle of nowere at 6 am I kept going ... and when I was a couple of kilometers from my destination I slowed down and the engine broke down...
My advise: A cam, a heavy foot, and a long straight road is not a good combination... at least on a 1,6 16V...
1.6 16v clio priv
that sounds a bit bad. Apparently the tensioners are a bit dodgey maybe thats what killed yours
Gaz_
ClioSport Club Member
Extreme mode
no, i reckon driving style. I have NEVER blown a car or gearbox..... (so far lol
). Thats 2 novas (1.2, 1.4) , punto sporting (satandard), punto turbo (170 bhp) and the cup to date............like i've said previously, they were all driven hard once warm, its all about being sympatheic towards the box imo
Perhaps I'm putting my neck in a noose here, but I road rally my 172, it has 97K on it, and the box is as sweet as a nut (famous last words...?)
