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Shift light???
- Thread starter tomhunt85
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182 inside
sounds like your bouncing off the limiter. it's a warning light really
01 Renaultsport Clio 172
I think the lad means during acceleration but well before he gets to the limiter. Surely noone is that stupid to ask if it was happening whilst bouncing off the limmiter!
DrR
ClioSport Club Member
VW Golf GTD
:S Read what I wrote again.
Thanks for the bashing about over revving people but it is flickering at as little as 2k revs, no wheelspin, no moronic driving, just accelerating normally.
As for the 'shift light' comment who really cares what you call it, you all understood what I was refering to.
Thanks Sam Clio16v, AstoN and xzibit for the helpful/constructive comments. I think it's dodgy wiring too just wanted somebody else to back that up for me and that it wasn't a known problem.
As for the 'shift light' comment who really cares what you call it, you all understood what I was refering to.
Thanks Sam Clio16v, AstoN and xzibit for the helpful/constructive comments. I think it's dodgy wiring too just wanted somebody else to back that up for me and that it wasn't a known problem.
I would also like to point out that 'over rev light' is also wrong cat 171. If you get your Renault spec sheet or price guide out it is actually an 'Optimum Gear Change Indicator'. I think Shift Light is closer to the mark. ;-)
Any useful suggestions as to what could be causing the problem anyone?
Any useful suggestions as to what could be causing the problem anyone?
Yeah the 182 handbook says it's an over revving warning light and that you should change gear. I think they changed the description somewhen.
Elise S1 B&C 140
Yeah i dont take my car to the 'light' however it has a good few hundred revs aftert he light before it hits the limiter, therefore this would indicate it to be a shift light. Otherwise if it was an over rev i would think it would be set at the limiter, the limiter is set at the limit for a reason - its the safe limit.
I may be wrong but thats my $2
Briefly - if you have the car re-mapped and the rev limit raised, does this raise the light with it, if not and thats the over rev then there would be no point raising the limiter??
I may be wrong but thats my $2
Briefly - if you have the car re-mapped and the rev limit raised, does this raise the light with it, if not and thats the over rev then there would be no point raising the limiter??
Yeah i dont take my car to the 'light' however it has a good few hundred revs aftert he light before it hits the limiter, therefore this would indicate it to be a shift light. Otherwise if it was an over rev i would think it would be set at the limiter, the limiter is set at the limit for a reason - its the safe limit.
I may be wrong but thats my $2
Briefly - if you have the car re-mapped and the rev limit raised, does this raise the light with it, if not and thats the over rev then there would be no point raising the limiter??
I think you lose the cold 6500 limiter and the shift light doesnt change
I think peak power is made at about 6600? ussualy rev to 7000 myself
Elise S1 B&C 140
Yeah i dont take my car to the 'light' however it has a good few hundred revs aftert he light before it hits the limiter, therefore this would indicate it to be a shift light. Otherwise if it was an over rev i would think it would be set at the limiter, the limiter is set at the limit for a reason - its the safe limit.
I may be wrong but thats my $2
Briefly - if you have the car re-mapped and the rev limit raised, does this raise the light with it, if not and thats the over rev then there would be no point raising the limiter??
I think you lose the cold 6500 limiter and the shift light doesnt change
I think peak power is made at about 6600? ussualy rev to 7000 myself
Im sure the fastchip map moves the limit out to 7800rm?? i think mine would rattle itself to bits at that lol
My info is coming from the 1st Jan 2004 Price Guide and it is listed under the 172 Cup and 182 as an 'Optimum Gear Change Indicator' but I really couldn't care what it's called it doesn't really change what it does.
The problem in all truth hasn't happened since starting this thread, so I'm just gonna push the little niggly thing to the back of my mind, pretend it never happened and ignore it if it does come back. Lol.
The problem in all truth hasn't happened since starting this thread, so I'm just gonna push the little niggly thing to the back of my mind, pretend it never happened and ignore it if it does come back. Lol.
I'd ring Renault and ask but being an ex employee I know that my dog would know more about what it could be and he would be better at making up an excuse to do 20hrs worth of diagnostic work.
No the sales side were perfect ;-)
As a member of staff I was screwed by the service department on more than one occasion, more fool me I suppose.
Not sure about the 182's but the mk1 172's are down as having a 'Optimum Gear Change Indicator' which to me sounds more like Renault saying its a shift light than a over reving light.
In anycase as already said, depending on what you use your car for, usually when mapped the cars rev limit is raised well above factory set figures so the light works on what you want it to be ......
In anycase as already said, depending on what you use your car for, usually when mapped the cars rev limit is raised well above factory set figures so the light works on what you want it to be ......
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Lol @ Renault describing it as an optimum gear change indicator.
Lol @ Renault describing it as an optimum gear change indicator.
What do you mean please elaborate?
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Lol @ Renault describing it as an optimum gear change indicator.
What do you mean please elaborate?
Optimum gear change should indicate the best time to change gear for better fuel efficiency. BMW use it in their Efficient Dynamics, you pull through the revs, when it reaches suitable mpg for the next gear at say 2,500 revs it brings up a light to indicate a shift up/down is required to get better fuel efficiency. Some how i cant see shifting my 182 at 7,000rpm in every gear will be very efficient. Completely wrong use of wording. Gear change warning light would be more apt.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Unless the ph1 172 does indeed indicate the best time to change gears like the bmw efficient dynamics of course, unless its describing the same function of the 182 in which case it certainly isnt an optimum gear change inducicator by any means.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Well obviously its not for fuel economy no, hence the point of my post in them calling it "optimum gear change" when blatently its not. Its not much in way of performance either, cant see hitting the rev limiter in every gear helping performance much.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
if you shift when the light comes on then you wont hit the limiter
It depends what you class as optimum its quite vague but in the this case i believe they are relating to performance.
Even so taking it to the edge of the rev range doesnt always conclude to maximum performance does it? The point im getting across is however they have worded it, its blatently wrong.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Also in my 182 when the gear change light comes on im usually well into bouncing off the limiter so i dont know where you get that the light comes on before from.
Elise S1 B&C 140
Mine comes on approx 300rpm before the limiter - thats on a 172 may be different on a 182