Rescuing my 182

[Beasley Clio182]

Also forgot to mention , I've bought some new vinyl carbon wrap to do the front and rear badges properly unlike they are at the moment ! They look awful !! Lol so that's a job for soon , and I've also received a letter from R-uk about this bonnet recall things that's everyone has been having ! Luckily for me , renault is next door to my work lol so it'll get dropped of this week and keep it updated

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Again another quick update no photos this time , took the car to renault today after booking in for the bonnet hinge recall check , dropped it off and got a phone call , it's had to have a new catch , (don't know if they all did or not ?) so happy days renault replacing stuff for free !!
even got a courtesy mini valet for my hassles ! And even better I didn't get a phone call to say they had locked the keys in with the alarm ! Lol was half expecting it even after explaining how to get in and out ! All good

Hopefully in the next few weeks it'll be detailed was supposed to be tomoz but unsure on weather ! Also on the cards is new steering rack bushes ! Not cheap at £50 but they really need changing ! Photos of both soon !!

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Another quick update ! After much stressing this week I've decided to buy a aux belt kit , the belt was replaced on the car cambelt time but the last few days I keep seeing tensioners letting go and killing engines :S they said my tensioner was fine but I'm not one to skimp when it comes to that so it's on order for Friday !
Luckily I get staff discount at renault as well now so it's cheap ish ill get photos and exact price later on ! It's around £50-55 + the dreaded ! (Tensioner on its own was £130 odd apparently :S
May sell the old tensioner and belt as there's nothing wrong I just worry about these things !

Photos to follow !

The other reason I'm updating this So often is cause I'm crap at keeping receipts , so if I ever sell the car I can always use this as a list of stuff I've ploughed into the car ! Lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

New shiney bits have landed ! I've also got some carbon fiber vinyl wrap for the from and rear diamonds , not sure if it'll look any good but for £1.19 of fleebay I can always rip it off

need to fit them now , spoke to gaffer just need to bring it in now ! Also have a new joiner to the Clio club ! Lol my sister and her fella have ungraded from his C2 VTS to a 54 reg black gold 182 !

Clio fwiend lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

I haven't fitted my aux tensioner yet I need to get hold of the special tool that's needed for the tensioner ! Soon though !

I have however spent more money on more goodies !

i went to fetch breakfast Sunday just gone and noticed a funny noise on the steering :/ so got the car up and had a look under Monday afternoon , I thought it was steering rack bushes but there's not a great deal of play although they look like they have moved a little :/ so ill be having a new set of these !

I rang renault and was told there's 4 different types of steering rack :/ and the TRW rack is the only one that's different , but because the bushes are less that £30 each they can't be sent back if they are wrong ! So in going to double check on the part numbers before ordering

But I believe the main course if the noise is actually the anti roll bar , its moved over to the left and is hitting on the subframe , again not a lot of play but if its moving about it needs sorting !
So on to renault , this time fairly straightforward , ordered all the ARB bushes both inner and outer , came to £28 for the lot ! Bargin !

They are going on Saturday

I have also bought all the stuff to wire in the LED footwell lights ! It was two 30cm strip lights and the wiring up to the interior light , bits came to £4.98 for everything lol I may upgrade to 40cm lights later , but they are £11 odd each so see how these go first!!

I have bought a carbon vinyl wrap for my front and rear diamonds , but then decided against it , so I've got a a4 piece of carbon wrap for something I'm not quite sure off yet !

Hopefully have it sorted soon ! Spending a lot of money on this Clio now lol ! Keep the opinions coming please love to hear people's feedback !

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Got the camera out in the snow !

Still can't decide to go with anthracite turinis , anthracite 182 alloys or just refurb them to original silver ? Anybody ??

 

[.LiamC.]

Original silver for me, although I'm biased

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Original silver for me, although I'm biased

Haha ! Well I keep thinking of going anthracite , but I quite like the silver !

Im really unsure :/

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Today my new ''mist type" washer jets have landed and unlike me I decided to go and do it on the road lol !

They work a treat , and ill get a photo of them on ! I refilled the washers and tried them working okay although the filter to the pump could do with a clean, ill have a look see what they are like to get out I also bought 2 pairs of washer jets because I'm a muppet ! So might have a spare set for sale if anybodies interested lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

An update on the titty with pictures!
Well with it being Good Friday , work was quiet and my boss being the top bloke he is said bring it in ! Don't have tell me twice haha !

Thought , ahh anti roll bar bushes in the back of the car ill throw them on how hard can it be , it's only 4 bolts ! I've NEVER been so wrong in my entire mechanically life !

Any person who has the mis-fortune of ever doing them will vouch for just how much of a fist clenching rage of a job ! They just DONT fit !
I'd opted for the genuine renault ones, glad I didn't go for poly bushes ! I didn't drop the subframe as I tried doing without and after much levering, pinching and p1ssing in the wind they were out and in !

What a pig of a job ! Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy lol ! But they are on and as you can see from some of the photos they were more than due !

Many strange knocking noise has gone for now so see how it gets on! You can also feel the difference when driving ! Maybe it's psychological but it feels tighter !

Also big thank you to Tony Hunter who told me how to find the rack ID , I have a SID rack or something similar , can't remember the exact , but as soon as I saw it was on the blower to renault , new rack bushes land Wednesday , so they will be on soon! ! £42 inc vat winner !

And last of all , new washer jets fitted , the 'mist' type

sorry about the crap photo quality it's iPhone at its best ! And again the car is FILTHY ! I'm ashamed but haven't had time clean her !

And a close up of the knackered ARB bush , you can see how it's been sitting all on one side !

thanks for looking any comments welcome
Dean

 

[Beasley Clio182]

I also forgot , I've mentioned before that the blowers felt HAM shank ! Well I took the pollen filter out and blew it out with a air line blower ! Didnt seam overly clogged a little dirty at the most , but blew it clean and banged it back in , blowers now seam ace ! You can feel them now when they are blowing in the cabin ! So happy with that ! Going to order a new pollen , only reason I cleaned it was it was 5 to 5 haha !

 

[Mark_W]

Glad to see another that gets stuck in and does jobs as they need doing lol, so far ive had my 182 9k and ive put a reconned box in it as my original shat itself at the end of my street, 2 clutches ( The first one broke :/ ), handbrake cables, new rack, new PAS pump, water pump, cambelt, aux belt and cant be arsed with the rest lol Theres not a lot i havent done to it, but give me a shout to how you get on with your aux belt, ive done 2 now and think theyre a nightmare ! lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Glad to see another that gets stuck in and does jobs as they need doing lol, so far ive had my 182 9k and ive put a reconned box in it as my original shat itself at the end of my street, 2 clutches ( The first one broke :/ ), handbrake cables, new rack, new PAS pump, water pump, cambelt, aux belt and cant be arsed with the rest lol Theres not a lot i havent done to it, but give me a shout to how you get on with your aux belt, ive done 2 now and think theyre a nightmare ! lol

Sounds like you have the same luck as me lol or is it French cars haha? None the less , yeah mate I just get throwing bits at it recently but I love the car and have had some fun in it ! Seams a shame to just chuck such a good car on the heap !!

Bet your master of getting the gearbox out of yours now

haha yeah it's the next thing that needs to go on, runs okay but peace of mind to me really! How did you get on with the tools on the aux kit? Or did you use the jubilee clip ?? Fancying fitting mine then ? Lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Right then today's tasks were easy !!

I fitted my new locking wheel nuts as the car never came with any! Random I know and it's been fine till now but I never want to risk it ! So happy days all a ten second job !

I attempted to wire in the LED footwell lights ! Didnt go to plan and I connected them up to test them and the LED didnt dim fully :/ and also when connected the interior light didnt work ! I suspect it's dragging all the power or something !

So before I got to far in I bought some tools home as it was a little to late at work ! Job for the bank holiday I guess!

Also washed the titty !

My mates civic made an appearance too !

Love that car when it's clean hopefully the LEDS will be in tomorrow ! Going to get a perminant live and earth them through the door switch , they won't dim but should work with the door open and off shut ! anybody know a perminant live close ? I will use the radio but don't wanna cut into the ign barrel !

 

[Matthew]

Silvervisions!

A fiver off eBay and jobs-a-good-un!

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Silvervisions!

A fiver off eBay and jobs-a-good-un!

Been thinking about a set of those ! They clear up the front end quite a bit ! Might have to invest ! Anybody have a link ? Lol don't wanna get the wrong fitment !

 

[jenic]

I just got 2 pair of these through the post:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160649118317?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

One was DOA but it was replaced FOC next day by the seller.

 

[Beasley Clio182]

I just got 2 pair of these through the post:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160649118317?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

One was DOA but it was replaced FOC next day by the seller.

Nice one mate appreciate that ! I spose them things do happen and can't say fairer than that !

Ill get a set on order soon

 

[Beasley Clio182]

BLOODY WASHER JETS ARE LEAKING AGAIN thought it was the other day as the passenger side stopped working a little , thought nout of it ! Sure I saw a puddle when I pulled off the other day , but looked outside this morning ! ( first day in about 1 month it hasn't rained or snowed ) and there's a wet puddle under the passenger side washer jet anybody know the warranty on fitted parts from renault?

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Just realised its headlight washers not the ones I've just replaced lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Had a go at wiring in the LED footlights today , found a permanent live from the CD player , wired that down to the lights , i also wired the earth from the switchable earth on the pin switch on the door , , they didnt work

So i threw a big paddy and threw my tools in the back of the car and stormed off because quite frankly i dont have the patience lol !!

I got a live there but the earth wasnt working and because its all been soldered in i decided to leave it till i have more time and patience !

I HATE WIRING!!

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Just a quick one , spoken to the renault parts bloke today about my headlamp washer jet , I've explained I've fitted it , and it's leaking , he said all OE parts come with a years warranty (happy days news to me) but it has to diagnose by a renault tech , so got through to service and it's booked in for them to have a look on the 12th (next Friday )

Not really rocket science that its leaking but they have there policies which is fair enough! So hopefully new washer jet soon ! I know they are only £14 odd but hey why pay for anything twice !

Looks like my car has been doing a wee where ever I park it lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

FINALLY I have steering rack bushes

They have landed , just need to bolt them up ! Look fairly straight forward to fit but I said that about the Anti roll bar bushes , and look what a job I had with them haha

Hopefully have them on pretty soon

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Hi people more work on the titty , the rack bushes needed doing so Saturday off translated to working again haha

I knew they weren't good , but I didn't realise just how knackered they were ! I knew the steering on the 182 felt different to my phase 2 172!


So after research on here and looking I got a idea of what was needed!


Looked a very straight forward job , 4 bolts holding the rack down ! Pahaha silly me !! Should have know better ! The two on the bottom located through the sub frame to the bottom of the bolts , and the two top ones hold power steering pipes down , then the two top bolts underneath them locate at the back but NOT through the frame :/ they hold the rack down but not in the same way :S what's wrong with two bolts eh? Lol


Well some photos of the old bushes ! They were completely fubar'd ! And on the drive back I can say it's defiantly tighten up the front end it's steers loads better ! Although I'm not completely sure the passenger side bush sat correctly ! But it's all tighten down looks fine , and it looks right place as the other is defiantly right postion and they look close! But I ran out of time so ill see how it goes !


Photos of the old bushes on the car and off


You can see where the rack has been moving a little bit for the clean shaft at the side !

Drivers Side bush - I thought it was supposed to be that shape ! Nope !

Bushes

Close ups

As you can tell they were about due !


Hopefully that will end my spending of a little bit ! Well I doubt it ! Renault Friday for these washers see how it goes eh?


Comments & opinions welcome please

 

[realnumber 1]

You've put a lot of effort into this. Still just needs a cup spoiler. They're expensive but you'll get most if not all your money back when you come to sell if you get one in the right colour to start with...

 

[Beasley Clio182]

You've put a lot of effort into this. Still just needs a cup spoiler. They're expensive but you'll get most if not all your money back when you come to sell if you get one in the right colour to start with...

Cheers mate really starting to get where I want with the car ! If I know something needs doing I can't leave it ! Haha

As for the cup spoiler I agree completely ! It really needs one ! My sisters fella has one on his 182 and it makes a big difference , I'm just waiting for the right one to crop up and like you say the right colour they all seam to be blue or black ! I can get it sprayed cheap but making my life easy would be nice

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[realnumber 1]

Just keep your eye out on the for sale section. I lost £10 on my spoiler over 3 years so well worth it.

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Just keep your eye out on the for sale section. I lost £10 on my spoiler over 3 years so well worth it.

I'll defiantly keep my ears and eyes open for one that crops up ! Still got things to do , I'd like a cup spoiler , RS tuner , wheels refurbed , front end sprayed (save that for when I do the spoiler , 2 birds)

Ive also just invested in the Silvervision bulbs for the front indicators aswell ! Just can't leave something can I ? Haha

 

[fez]

great little car , straighten that front plate

 

[Beasley Clio182]

great little car , straighten that front plate

haha thanks mate

and I never noticed that ! I'm on it now ....... Lol I've got some new sticky pads at work ! Job for Monday defiantly !

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Seen as I'm also using the project thread as a record of things I've replaced ! ( being a mechanic people assume you neglect cars , and because I don't have receipts because everything is bought at trade ! )

Ill also be updating other things I've done in the past !

Ive just been cleaning my boot out and found a few parts I'd forgot I'd fit haha

Just before I decatted the Titty , I kept getting a MIL light flashing at me , never stayed on constantly just flashed , when you turned the car off it went off and stayed off for a week maybe two !

This first started happening at the car wash, I thought t maybe just a little water running into a sensor under the bonnet, but on my work I had it appear again ! Lacked a little power too !

That night I took a friend pub (also a very competent mechanic ) he commented saying the car ran rough , my Missus always complained but I just said they do ! Likes I'd been told they run rough on idle !

He was adamant there was the smallest misfire possible , so I said ill have a gander , the next Saturday went up his garage and robbed his diag comp to read why the MIL was flashing , I put it down to the huge holes I had in the rotten exhaust system !

Read the codes I'd got a few lambda codes ( ) and a coil pack one ! (Smart arse) lol so I decided I aren't fault finding , I priced up a new Renault coil pack , leads and spark plugs!

They weren't overly expensive around £60 for the lot iirc , replaced the lot , and ran like a dream , it didnt really run rough on idle , a very little but not a lot , and seamed to pull a lot better , I guess because it was like that when I bought it , I never noticed the lack of power and the idle I thought was normal !

Put that down to experience this time lol

 

[Beasley Clio182]

And got some photos of the Clio with a crafty Meg 225 and my mates type R for a change

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Silvervisions!

A fiver off eBay and jobs-a-good-un!

They are on

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Little update !

New bulbs have landed got them off ebay with the link £2.99 jobs a good un!

Got in from work and did it again straight out to the car ! Two second job !

Some photos

Before

And new fitted

I'm happy looks LOADS better in my opinion, going to order some for the rears !
Does anyone know if are they the same bulbs as the front ?

Also I've been a little sad and ordered a new I-phone case

Lol

Thanks for looking comments welcome as always

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Rear bulbs now ordered as well ! Tidy up the rear end ! I have a LED light in the numberplate but going to replace the lamp as well it tends to flicker bright and dim sometimes !

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Another parcel the mothers getting annoyed haha !!

Rear bulbs have landed today , onces again out in the street , just as easy this time didn't bring any tools from work and i didnt need any lol first time i was greatful for Renaults sh*te build quality !

Before

After

Excuse the slightly wonky photo ! And the dirty car !!

Filled up the washers and worked the a bit so the headlight washers leak again , booked into Renault for them to look and find the leak !

Also keeping my eyes peeled for a Cup spoiler and a RS tuner !

 

[Beasley Clio182]

Well small update , car went to renault yesterday left it with them for the headlamp washers to be checked !

They rang me about 3 o clock , and confirmed the headlight washers leaking lol good news is I get a new one FREE OF CHRAGE lol even though they are only £7 , saves pay twice , and better yet they have to fit it so saves me getting my hands dirty !

Was slightly concerned as I asked them to price up fitted the AUX belt tensioner , as I haven't got the time, on the phone the bloke said, 'yours is the 3.0 litre right ?' Haha Erm no or the engine would be in the back ! Haha :/ other than that banging !

So they are going to ring me and arrange a date to go and have it fitted !

They were very reluctant to agree on a price on the aux tensioner they just kept fobbing it off guess they don't want to do it ! Prob because I said I knew the book time and they don't wanna do it for that ! Lol oh well !

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Had a go at wiring in the LED footlights today , found a permanent live from the CD player , wired that down to the lights , i also wired the earth from the switchable earth on the pin switch on the door , , they didnt work So i threw a big paddy and threw my tools in the back of the car and stormed off because quite frankly i dont have the patience lol !! I got a live there but the earth wasnt working and because its all been soldered in i decided to leave it till i have more time and patience ! I HATE WIRING!!

​I've made a guide in the guides section!

 

[Beasley Clio182]

​I've made a guide in the guides section!

​MO had a gander through wasnt awear you needed the switch ! Ill be doing it when I get more time cheers for the guide though

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

​MO had a gander through wasnt awear you needed the switch ! Ill be doing it when I get more time cheers for the guide though

No problem, switch isn't necessary, I just added it in so I could switch them off if I wanted too!