Paint marks on engine? Due yo belt change....?

[Austin-182]

Ive notices an X marked on my engine and sure this is to do with belt change however, i bought my car 2 year ago on 24k and sure belts have never bewn changed? The car would of only been 3 year old and was bought at a renault dealer...

 

[Gt rob]

Mines got marks everywhere, I'm sure it's from the renaultsport factory in dieppe

 

[Austin-182]

Yea i was thinking the same, belts havnt been changed, its all service history and no mention of belts

 

[Sheila’s’ Wheels’]

My 200 (4 weeks old maybe?) has yellow paint all over the engine.

Don't trust anyone!

 

[Gt rob]

It engine is idividually built at dieppe, itl only be on renaultsport models too, got mine at 33,000 and it had White n yellow splodges in the engine bay

 

[DrR]

Engines are not built at Dieppe, well there not on the 200s, so assume the 182s where the same.

It's a quality check (lol) the factory workers will mark parts as parts of the checks.

 

[Austin-182]

Maybe they got bored and decided to play nouts and crosses on peoples engines

 

[Gt rob]

Was it just cup engines at dieppe? Got a french car mag somewhere with the pics of them being built there

 

[DrR]

If thats the mag i'm thiking about i'm in it

They attach the gear boxs, loom (I think) driveshafts etc, but the engines are built somewhere else, there was pallets of them in the factory.

 

[Sheila’s’ Wheels’]

If thats the mag i'm thiking about i'm in it

They attach the gear boxs, loom (I think) driveshafts etc, but the engines are built somewhere else, there was pallets of them in the factory.

I can't believe I never met you on that trip.

Possibly because I was drunk for 80% of the trip...

 

[DrR]

lol Likewise, I have no idea who you were TBH.

 

[Gt rob]

Are them splodges on 1.2s and dci's as well then?

 

[Tom@JMS]

Breakers yards use the yellow paint to mark parts of an engine that shouldn't be split - more than likely a second hand engine :quiet: