some help needed for a newbie.....

[baz20021]

hi to all, ive only recently joined these forums and to be honest ive obly recent bought a clio 4 weeks ago, but here goes....

ive bought a clio sport 172, 2001 x reg and has done 63000 miles, now for some reason it keeps over revving?? i originally took it to renault who thought it was the throttle spring and they have replaced that got my car back (with a dent in the door - thanks renault) and still the same problem.ive taken it to another garage whom i know well but they dont know the exact problem either and are going to change the throttle cable today on my recommendation. After posting on the parkers website somebody on thier has told me the f'fly by wire' needs adjusting, anybody know if this is true??

it over reves as im pulling up to trafiic and whilst im driving it gets stuck at 2500 - 3000 rpm, has anybody else had this problem?

 

[Griff]

"Fly by wire" throttle was on Mk2 172's. Yours has a physical cable throttle.

As for the problem I can't help with that but I'm sure someone will have the answer for you.

 

[al]

Have Renault had in on the computer for diagnostic?

 

[baz20021]

yes, apparently but they couldnt see any problems. its really bugging me as the car is becomning unbearable to drive.

 

[al]

Could well be a snag in the cable then.

 

[baz20021]

i presumed right then hopefully, i'll let everyone know how i get on later once its been done, then if anyobody elese ever wants to know what it is hopefully we'll have the answer! thanks baz

 

[KarKiller]

Shocking to take your car and get the door dented! Had the same thing happen to me last week. Had it fixed now but they were arsy with me as if I was trying it on! Are they going to do a repair?

 

[patty]

wilkommen... to the unreliable world of reno ownership

 

[Kiev85]

my mates saxo done this...ahem..

the battery connections wer rusted...and the alternator couldnt re-charge the battery....

thats what happens when you have a bonnet vent, huge amount of ICE...and a saxo

 

[baz20021]

right, have now had the throttle cable replaced and still the same flipping problem, dont believe it!!!!! well annoyed . anybody else with any other suggestions??

and to the guy who asked if renault are going to do the repair to the door they dented- i dont think i could trust renault again to be honest - bunch of idiots.

 

[DynamiqueDebz]

If you had an older car, I would have said that maybe the lever on the carb where the throttle cable attaches could be bent or sticking,(happened on my old renault 11) on these newer computerised things I haven't got a clue where the darn cable ends up. When I first looked under the bonnet of my Clio I said, wtf, where the f**k, and why the f**k have they done that? (Garage job all the way for me these days). lol

 

[RobertCL]

I'm sure I've seen a few threads on here about this problem but I can't remember what the fix was - have you tried searching around a bit?

EDIT:

like here http://cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=134992