long journey home... cars broken..

[jamescolli]

:lolup:rofl

 

[gtruk]

Give the guy soem credit, he could of used a sock or some tights. (tights I have seen used at santapod)

 

[J03]

lol someone i knows got tights in there

 

[Marky_]

fpmsl at the photoshops!

 

[realnumber 1]

One of the funniest threads I've read in a while. Just a shame that cloth couldn't of hung on by a thread

 

[DanD182]

One of the funniest threads I've read in a while. Just a shame that cloth couldn't of hung on by a thread

LMAO

Chessiest one liner yet!!! :lolup::lolup:

 

[Kiev85]

this is what i mean by where the cloth is...

...

what kind of cloth did you use??

it looks like an auld sock..?

thats a very foolish thing to do to your engine...hope its not fucked

 

[christian rea]

coil pack coil pack coil pack!

 

[J03]

tried to get into the engine... my mate unbolt the head of the engine trying to getin to it, unfortunatly we couldnt find the throttle thing, the butterfly... we dont know where it is!

some pictures

can someone please kindly shed some light to as where it is? the engines impossible to get into at the back and i risk unpluggind the ECU out too... i noticed that the black box is still there just the covers been removed so i couldnt take the b*****d other half of the black box off...

 

[lemonnobby]

The throttle body is on the underneath of that plastic inlet maifold there easy to get off. the rag is possibly stuck in there and when u switched it off it didnt close and the injection system reads it everytime thus this is very the idle might be low/stuck

 

[J03]

yes yes!! thats exactly what my car is doing revving/idling around 1500 revs... where is it did you say? can you tell me abit more specifically and where abouts?

 

[J03]

bumpoo

 

[lemonnobby]

See the black inlet manifold ontop of your engine (where the 1.2 engine cover should be) you have to lift that off and your throttle body is there.

 

[J03]

thanks matey i un did all the bolts today but i cant seem to yank it off... it was coming off but didnt come off completley... i dont know whats holding it!

 

[David Ramsey]

I just lagged meself.

My mate used a sock while he cleaned his air filter before. Got a phone call about 5 minutes after he left asking for tools to remove his sock from the inlet manifold. Not even a new one neither, he'd been wearing it all day

 

[gtruk]

On the sports you really dont take the cam cover off as it causes untold pain with the cam followers etc...cant say if this is the case on the 1.2 or not as its a little different. See the picture ive attached. Basically you need to get to the Throttle Body. This looks like this:

That valve that appears closed it probably stuck with your cloth. You need to concentrate on this area marked with red circles.

 

[J03]

thanks very much mate, so basically its near the induction? or is it underneath the inlet manifold once removed? ive been trying to take it apart but we cant seem to take the manifold/plenum off...

how do you remove the coils? i think the wires are stopping me from removing it.

 

[mini-valver]

Buy a Haynes manual with the money you saved from buying a filter

 

[J03]

lol i already have a filter but i washed it but then i cba to wait for it to dry so i had a cloth over it... its still in the garage

 

[christian rea]

your lazyness has cost you then ,lol bummer

 

[J03]

ha its already cost me already! well i hope not... dont want it ending up in the garage if i can do it myself.. can someone answer my question please?

 

[RichCup]

Only just seen this, FMPSL!

Have you used white cloth, sprayed it but and ended up getting some paint on the engine?

Best of luck though! Sounds like it's probably wedged in the TB

 

[J03]

yeah mate, the spray was basically a dirt trap spray... sticks to grease and that... yeah its most likley to be wedged there, i just need confirmation where its directly located as people saying its there and there...

 

[J03]

bump?

 

[gtruk]

TB is BEFORE the inlet manifold. When you push your peddle the TB opens up and lets air into the inlet manifold. So you really shouldnt be taking that off. Just get to the throttle body which should be very close to where the air filter connects to, and when i say close i mean inches. Simple FOLLOW where the air would of gone from where the cloth first was and you will get the TB, whioch should be visible once the black casing is removed. Are you local to bedfordshire?

 

[J03]

:bump:

 

[gtruk]

why bump? the answer is there.

 

[J03]

sorry i bumped when the page wasnt refreshed at 1 min after your post lol thanks you very much

 

[J03]

no am not local mate, btw is the TB at the back where the ECU wires are?? bear in mind this is a 1.2 engine we're talking about. people say its near the inlet manifold, then its near the induction/air filter area... am so confused

 

[f0xy]

The pic with the arrows shows it perfectly......

The air goes into the filter/cloth, then left down a pipe towards the throttle body. You can see how far down the throttle body is height/position wise on the back of the engine by looking at the level/height the pipe is at thats leading to it.

IIRC to get to the throttle body, you have to take that back cover off, which is attached to the inlets.... the black square thing, then the throttle body will be under there.

The air goes through the throttle body, then upwards into the inlets on these engines i think, so that HAS to come off to make the throttle body visable.

 

[gtruk]

see here

 

[gtruk]

Try sticking a wire coat hanger down there with a hook? U might be able to yank it out?

 

[J03]

thanks for the replies, ive looked inside theres nothing in there but another hole.. we couldnt completley remove the plenum because the coilpack wires were holding it down, but as far as we could tell it wasnt in that chambre, the TB wasnt in there too...

 

[J03]

i found a small guide but its not detailed enough for me to find where it is!

http://www.retro-renault.com/forums...hr-customer-car-mike-fs-mk2-clio-1-2-16v.html

 

[f0xy]

only way you'l be able to investigate it further is by unplugging the coils, undoing the inlet and lifting it off, then go from there.....

 

[Christopher]

Agh!

Unplug your leads, take the inlet off and Robert's your Father's Brother.

What's so hard? :S

 

[J03]

here?

 

[J03]

Agh!

Unplug your leads, take the inlet off and Robert's your Father's Brother.

What's so hard? :S

how do i remove the leads?!!?!? there jammed in well tight! is there a special way to remove them/??

 

[f0xy]

yes the TB is where your arrow is, maybe a tag further right, on the back of the engine block...

 

[J03]

whaat! how do you get to the back?