Removed the rattly 172 engine cover..

[sjtb]

Was so fed up with god awful shake rattle and roll noise @ low revs (when just pulling off from standstill for example) Unscrewed the engine cover (I guessed it might be this!) and stuck it indoors! Rattle is now much quieter! Anyone know if theres any bad side effects of doing this? Like is it a rain cover or summat! or just sposed to look pretty!?

Cheers! Si.!

 

[rt172]

The Cups come without one and Ive removed mine (prefer the look without bits of plastic stuck to it). It wont cause any harm!

 

[172gal]

Any pics of what we are talking about???

 

[sjtb]

Cool, thanks Rhys. 172gal, its just the big plastic cover, which i believe you have to remove anyway to put oil in! havent got pix, soz!

Si.

 

[Rich-D]

Quote: Originally posted by 172gal on 10 October 2003


Any pics of what we are talking about???

Here you go >>>

http://www.cliosport.net/gallery/clio172/arjun4.jpg

Its the big plastic engine cover thats colour coded in this case!



Now heres one thats removed, like the Cup >>>

http://www.cliosport.net/gallery/clio172/maurits4.jpg



HTH

 

[Ad]

Does anyone know how you can go about painting that cover??? Looks well cool. Is normal paint????

 

[viceroy]

I removed mine because it lost two of the screws keeping it attached....also fixed that I assumed was the 4k rattle.

Im not gonna paint the cover (now that its off), rather polish the metal, and paint the Renaultsport bit in the right colours

 

[Viv172]

Looks way better with, sort off naked without...mine dont rattle tho, if it did Id take it off....

 

[swelch]

less weight = faster - whip a few more bits off and you can keep up with a CUP.......LOL !

 

[172gal]

Ah thanks for the pic!

Im definitley going to paint mine, that red looks lovely. Is that ak_uks car? Think ive seen that one in the gallery before.

 

[RobFenn]

Bit of a dodgy colour match there..

 

[Scudetto]

i painted the renaultsport bit on mine in red.

g

 

[RobFenn]

Whos a clever boy then!

 

[Scudetto]

well, i dont like to brag.

g

 

[RobFenn]

lol! Well you did better than me, i cant paint, tried doing mine and it had drip marks even after my 10th attempt!

Any tips? Mines a little crappy plastic thing..do i need to put primer on it first?

-Rob

 

[Scudetto]

Rob, i dont know about the plastic cover. I went to halfords, found heat resistant red paint for engines and used a smallish brush to apply it. gave it two coats, no primer, just a rub down first. I have steady hands (its the rest of me that shakes like a bastardo) and it looks ok. No matter how hard i tried, it never spelt Alfa Romeo, alas, just renoSport. Ah well.

g

 

[Chad]

Quote: Originally posted by RobFenn on 10 October 2003


lol! Well you did better than me, i cant paint, tried doing mine and it had drip marks even after my 10th attempt!

Any tips? Mines a little crappy plastic thing..do i need to put primer on it first?

-Rob

I think primer might be a good idea.

 

[RobFenn]

Cheers Mr G! before i just used a spray can so ill give that a go + primer.

Maybe mine will turn out like this!!

http://www.triumph.no/members/nils/images/final_engine.jpg

 

[Scudetto]

dont hold you breath mate. Mine didnt.

g

(Vroooom, vrooooooooooom, vrooooooOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM).

 

[edde]

The covers there as some sort of noise reduction isnt it?

Thats why the cup doesnt get it as removing it saves weight and cost. (also its another thing Renault dont have to worry about forgetting to fit or rattling)

EDD

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by sjtb on 10 October 2003


Cool, thanks Rhys. 172gal, its just the big plastic cover, which i believe you have to remove anyway to put oil in! havent got pix, soz!

Si.

No you dont, I just had to put oil in mine last week there is a little flap that you can pull off.