Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
My car doesn't knock, probably because I torque my stuff properly with the impact gun👀👀
f**king neanderthal with your ugga dugga. 😂My car doesn't knock, probably because I torque my stuff properly with the impact gun👀👀
Hes running bilsteins so he will hope not 😂It's not the bottom of th spring snapped off and rattling in the shock cup?
When it does this, have you ever whacked the UCH to try and get it going??This morning on the way to work I stopped off for petrol and the bloody thing took ages to start again. I finished work at 6 pm and again it refused to start. I summoned the AA via the app and was told 2 hours so I cancelled them and summoned the wife who sent her dad to pick me up who took nearly as long as the AA would have. The f**king thing needs to stop pushing its luck when it's got a full tank, shame the fire station is over the road from work as I doubt it would have enough time to do any real damage. Looks like I need to learn electrical stuff now.
I did look for a stick last night so I could go all Basil Fawlty on it but there's no such thing as trees in deepest Rotherham. And I don't know where the UCH is, but I'm willing to give it a smack. 🔨When it does this, have you ever whacked the UCH to try and get it going??
I had exactly this and a new (secondhand) UCH literally solved all my woes.
It's in the boot mate. HTH.I did look for a stick last night so I could go all Basil Fawlty on it but there's no such thing as trees in deepest Rotherham. And I don't know where the UCH is, but I'm willing to give it a smack. 🔨
On Tuesday I took the wife's car to work and summoned the AA again to see to mine. For the first time ever an actual AA man arrived instead of a recovery wagon. A quick look around and a waggle of the loom above the starter and it fired up first turn of the key. As he was a rather old rotund short chap he was unable to reach the starter to check the wiring and determine exactly where the problem is but he did tell me about a common wiring issue on 1.2 clios which was of no significance at all and then he suggested I buy a new starter motor. Now I'm not a mechanic or an electrician but I'm pretty sure that as the car starts instantly when the starter gets a signal and a wiggle of the loom seems to restore that signal if it doesn't work then the starter motor isn't at fault. When the weather picks up I'll check the connector to the solenoid is sound and the earth and see how it goes then.
This 👆A mate of mine had nothing but problems with a spade connector on his starter motor, it kept coming off.
Was fine after that was sorted.
Yours is probably a similar issue.
I had that issue too on one of my old 182's. You should be able to get your hand down between the exhaust manifold (middle two pipes) and feel around for the spade connector. Pull it off and use pliers to squeeze the spade connector a bit so it makes better contact and is less likely to come off in future .A mate of mine had nothing but problems with a spade connector on his starter motor, it kept coming off.
Was fine after that was sorted.
Yours is probably a similar issue.
Pretty sure I saw you this morning in Sherburn. Your car was working and not being pushed.View attachment 1581919
Just to prove that it does work and can get me to places. It was mucky again by the time we got there.
And it refused to start when I wanted to got home too 🙄. Bit of wiggling sorted it though. So glad I wasn't in a field full of car enthusiasts at the time. 🤦
I had that issue too on one of my old 182's. You should be able to get your hand down between the exhaust manifold (middle two pipes) and feel around for the spade connector. Pull it off and use pliers to squeeze the spade connector a bit so it makes better contact and is less likely to come off in future .
Fixed the starting, or lack off starting problem. It was caused by the exciter wire being loose on the spade connector. Probably because when I had the starter off I'd cleaned all the corrosion off it 🤦♂️. When it was pushed fully on it was loose but sliding it off slightly it became tighter and the car started fine. I managed to get at it with some pliers and gave it a little squeeze to tighten it up and the cars been fine since. I went to look at a clio 200 that was near work so I've driven all my usual bumpy roads and it started fine afterwards, I had to wiggle the wires 4 out of 5 days leaving work last week! 🤞That's the end of it now.
Errm 😏At least it's fixed now so you can fall back in love with it and wash your mouth of that bloody Clio 200 😂
Not yet.Have you bought a 200?
He's not got the mineralsTrack car so you can give @Tubbs Vice s good schlap at CSF!
You're right. I have been browsing RX7's though. 🤔He's not got the minerals
Dunno mate. I think it's more work than I can be bothered with to sort myself atm. Might be sold as is and throw the money at the 200.Do you think its the clutch release bearing?