One messed up clio!

[AndyFielder]

Hello all,

sorry for my lack of forum participation recently.

my clio is not in a goos way!

drove it round to my drive the other day, gave it a nice clean so it was looking a bit healthyer.

Started it up to move it back to where i park it..
wouldnt start. Dad thought i flooded it so i started it on full throttle, not any power atall.

Popped the bonnet, my induction kit, bolted to the top of the throttle body was a bit loose.. one of the vlots had come very loose and fallen in.

CRAP

I have now removed the inlent manifold. Can see the offending item jamming open a valve. Tryed removing it with pliers, but it wasnt happening.

OFF WITH ITS HEAD

Now i have taken off the exhaust mani, and the head. My next mission is to take the cam shaft out.

Wasnt up for that last night, so instead i now have a shiny polished rocker cover!!

Going to clean up the inlet mani and clean up the rotten casting on its inside and around the valves on the head.

(The price of thes adventure keeps growing! New valve, may need a new piston, if this one (has some marking) fails, and if im not lucky will need some new valve guides... grone)

To top all this off, my only experience of car mechanics was lowering my car and servicing it.

so with my trusted haynes manual its becomming a good project (tho i would rather be driving it around)

Andy

 

[Wightman]

gutted .summat simler happend to me. on my 04 plate. i put a k n air filter on and the band it sits on came loose and got stuck in the frotle.

good look with your new project as i would call it

 

[Nathe16v]

well at least its an experience for u...

hope everything goes ok with it n doesnt cost u much to repair...

 

[AndyFielder]

striped it all down, pulled out the bolt. It looks like the valve is ok, im going to risk it for the price of a head gasket.

currently i have only payed for the gasket set. Spark plugs, head bolts, oil and coolent i still have to buy.

Whals it was all appart, got the inlet manifold looking like new and defunked the head.

Have put the inlet manifold back on. Waiting on the spark plugs, so i can easily put them in and not risk bending my shiny new heat shield for the exhaust.

The rocker cover polishing is going very will just have the little awquard bits to see to. Will post pics when im done!

Oh, if anyone has or knows where i can get a new a new induction kit mounting bracket i would be very grateful!

Andy

 

[Leeshez]

What an adventure lol