New to cliosport.net and wantin to no the common problems on a 182

[jaysmith]

Hi new to clio sport and im wantin to upgrade to a 182 only reason for 182 is i like the racing blue and liquid yellow coulers
im just wanting to know the common problems on a 182 and also if anyone has any tips of what to look at on a 182 when buying one if that makes sense lol
thanks guys

 

[jaysmith]

o also im 20 today so insurance is killer for me on these so wondering if anyone could tell me any cheap insures thanks

 

[Revels]

Welcome to ClioSport, jaysmith

 

[Slammed172]

I won't be a cnut and tell you to search, but there are a lot of threads asking this..

Make sure cambelt and aux belt has been done by a well known specialist or Renault. If not I wouldn't buy it, IMO.

Dephaser being fooked, sounds like a taxi.

Steering wheel melted (not really a problem).

 

[jaysmith]

thankyou

 

[Bluebeard]

Hi JAy, welcome to the club.

If you do a search, there are 000's of threads on here answering your questions.

There are no common faults as such, just the usual used car checks...

Make sure you HPI the car with a proper check, make sure the cambelt and full kit has been done within the last 5 years or 72,000 miles and make sure its been done by someone who knows how to use the proper renault locking tools.

Spare keys are expensive so its nice to have two with the car.

Check for accident damage as they are a chave racers favourite.

 

[jaysmith]

whats imo mean lol

 

[aucky]

In My Opinion

 

[Knuckles]

Hi and welcome,

The exhaust hangars tend to perish so the exhaust will droop usually to the left, simple enough fix though


The easiest way to check for a front ender/respray is to look for these black tabs (above the license plate to the left of this pic)

 

[Oggy997]

Steering wheel will melt.

Exhaust will disintegrate.

I'm sure 70% have lambda, tdc sensor, coil pack issues in their life time.

 

[Oggy997]

Also, have a read here

 

[jaysmith]

thanks for replys guys also check this out http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3870617.htm ) whats tdc short for lol

 

[JacK_90]

thanks for replys guys also check this out http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3870617.htm ) whats tdc short for lol

welcome to cliosport jaysmith

i have seen this on pistonheads a while ago, imo i have looked into supercharging the clio and for a superchargerkit you can pay upto 4k for it. the price itsself for the car is overpriced, as i am pretty sure you can do it cheaper

 

[Owen92]

Tdc is top dead centre. Where the piston reaches the top of its stroke.

 

[jaysmith]

ahritey an i think it is overpriced aswel lol i rely wanted wanted to put a r26r in my blue clio but after i read of al the hassle im just guna look for rb sport instead lol

 

[jaysmith]

also how du the steering wheels melt :S lol

 

[Knuckles]

They all do, it's a very common thing on the 1*2s sadly

 

[jaysmith]

im new to this so dont laugh lol but does 1*2 stand for 1.2? lol

 

[Wick]

Nope 172 or 182 - * substitutes either variant Hi BTW

Edit - BTW = By the way

 

[Typhoon]

Welcome!

If you are only 20, google;

Co op young drivers insurance.

It will be dirt cheap, but they do fit a box in your car, only so if you have a crash, they can see if you were speeding at the time and wont have to pay you.

 

[jaysmith]

thanks agen guys would they no if i ripped the box out? lol

 

[jaysmith]

id want to actualy drive the car tho thats the only issue lol

 

[Russ_16v]

Iv got nothing else to add as everyone has pretty much said everything, so il just say Hi