something came loose at 110

[renaultsport83]

i was on the motorway the other day and i heard this rattling noise from the engine, i stopped and saw this huge lump of metal was loose in my engine bay, it was some kind of cover, its right at the back of the bay, anyone??



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right at the back

 

[Phil 99]

exhaust manifold?

 

[Lunner]

tbh if the exhaust manifold came loose you would know about it, plus how wold it you have several torqued up boilts holding it on.

Cant really see the pic tbh mate

 

[BenR]

Cant see anything.

Probably a heat shield, if the manifold came off you would deafen anything within 100 meters and then pass out from the CO

 

[renaultsport83]

no it was a small black box covering some electrics?

 

[Lunner]

Yeah i would say heat shield, or manifold cover, dunno if the mk2 has one of these

 

[renaultsport83]

just think what this would do to someones windscreen at 110!!! its a horible thought.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Ah, nothing much to worry about, they come loose a lot.

All it is is the ecu security cover, most of the time they rattle like buggery best thing to do is remove it.

But if you wana pop it back on you can

 

[renaultsport83]

yeah i just left it loose, i heard people have had trouble geting them off? seems like i got lucky!

 

[JAY172]

as mike said it will be the metal ecu cover that sits over the left computer connector.the computer is bolted to the inlet manifold at the back of the engine.there is a clip on a threaded bar that probably hasnt been wound back when the cover was last removed.

 

[Fred@BTM]

happened too mine, cable tie sorted it

 

[Dan Page]

on mine it shorted the wires out an et cuttin my car out an givin me the immobiliser light on the dash. is it a black shaped box open on one end?

anyways renault sorted it for me but id get it on properly so it doesnt rub through the wirin loom!

 

[JAY172]

Thats the one. It has a hook/clip on a threaded bar that hooks into the cover. You wind the bar using a wheel with holes in it until the hook/clip moves along the bar and releases from the cover. The cover then pulls off. To refit it you wind the hook/clip back to its original position. You then push the cover back on and it will push past the hook/clip and lock in place.

 

[Dan Page]

i dunno to be honest mate, i know my car wouldnt run with it on. so i took it off an drove to renault. they had to change the loom and then fixed it back on. i int tried takin it off all i know is its on solid now so left it as it is!

 

[JAY172]

Yes there was a recall about the cover. You had to fit additional wire protection to the loom to stop the cover rubbing through it.

 

[maff]

my renault garage chucked it in the bin after it came off and ate through the connectors at the back of the engine! iv had no problems since

 

[bigmaddaz]

mate....same thing happened to mine about 2 months ago.... black box came off and I didnt look at it fgor a while and the box cut through my wires so the car kept cutting out like it was stalling but it was cos wires were cut...took it to renault they replaced the broken wires and secured the box back on !



Daz