MK2 PH1 1.2 8v Clio Grande - Tidy up project

[Akay]

Love it, are they Speedline Chronos? I had a set on my 172 many moons ago. Had the wheels up until last year on my MR2 Mk3, sold them to a guy with a Civic Saloon. Hadnt seen any sets that werent Peugeot/Ford fitment.

 

[Martin_172]

Love it, are they Speedline Chronos? I had a set on my 172 many moons ago. Had the wheels up until last year on my MR2 Mk3, sold them to a guy with a Civic Saloon. Hadnt seen any sets that werent Peugeot/Ford fitment.

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yeah thats the ones!

 

[Martin_172]

Rad had seen better days, got a brand new genuine one,.new old stock for £40! Bargain

 

[Martin_172]

Fitted a ph1 172 shifter today, I also had the blue boot for it but tbh I prefer the povo grey one!

 

[Martin_172]

I've been doing a lot of miles with work and I sold my Daily driver and its replacement was delayed so the RSI went into daily usage for a couple of weeks, While I'm not that fussed about what people think, I did feel I was a bit old for arriving at work with gold wheels, And Ali G's wheels at that!! so it went into stealth mode...

Everyone who knows the car kept asking, where the gold wheels!?!?! so back by popular demand today now its not being used daily

Daily driver is here, and is going back in for a Clutch Pack already - Ill start another thread for that one!

 

[Martin_172]

Summers here so she's back out! Going for an MOT next week then once that's done I've got a set of dci 100 rear stubs/calipers etc to fit rear discs.

The pioneer head unit had died, it had got wet last winter when the centre scuttle drain blocked and has been a little temperamental since, I'm not a fan of modern pioneer stuff but it was nice to see the build quality on the new replacement was much better even though it looks almost identical, buttons feel brilliant in comparison

Wee oil and filter change ready for the summer, Cheers @Brigsy for the recommendation on the sealey filler! (Im sure it was your project thread i seen it!)

Back together!

 

[Martin_172]

Had the car out for a run to blast out the cobwebs before its MOT and it was clear it was down on power, sounded very odd, then i started getting a flashing orange EML. Plugged it in and it wasn't logging any fault codes at all which was odd, messed about swapped a few sensors i had spare that i knew were good, no change.

Remebered when i first fitted the engine (its done 170k!) that Cyl 1 was showing 150psi where the rest were 170s

Out came the old heart breaker again...

Engine will be out at the weekend and ill strip it down for a look! I might rebuild it, I've never done an engine build before so its probably a good engine to learn on. But i have found out that a 2014 Dacia Duster uses the same non VVT K4M as this so i can probably get a low ish milage replacement for it!

I did think towards the tail end of last summer it wasn't feeling quite as fast as it used to but its never been a "fast" car so i did assume the novelty was just wearing off!

 

[Brigsy]

Bit of a pain but its done pretty well at 170k.

Stick a low miler in if easily available.

 

[Martin_172]

This thing has been sitting for a year! - I originally got a replacement engine from Renparts for £150 but it was pumped so got a refund and told to "dispose of it" - My camera down the plug hole showed loads of pitting on the cylinder walls, which when i then checked the failed engine in the car - it was exactly the same on the 2 cylinders with no compression! I then couldn't find another engine and almost a year passed when another showed up on eBay - £180 - This one arrived and looked mint down all 4 cyinders, ideal! - However its sat for 6 months waiting on me getting time to do the job.

I had 2 weeks off work so decided this weekend was the one, Funny enough i put in a £220 autodoc order, all fluids, plugs, belt kit, thermostat, gaskets, etc etc etc - It turned up last week so i stuck it in the boot of the car only to find when i opened it i had ordered it all last year, the exact same brands for each part (OCD for you ) So I've got plenty for the next service

Be glad to get this out the garage having worked around it for 6 months...

Ran out of light last night

Out with the old this morning...

In with the new by lunchtime...

Plenty there for the scrap man now!

Quick wash for the first time this year

Finally get that MOT i was talking about last year!

 

[Brigsy]

Great looking ph1. Good to hear you got it sorted in the end

 

[Martin_172]

Great looking ph1. Good to hear you got it sorted in the end

Think ive been too long out of a 2.0 16v, been messing about with those 1.2 things and took this round the block and it felt like a rocket

 

[BREMBO]

That looks class. Good effort on the quick turn around dropping the engine in!