What The Hell Were Renault Thinking When Designing The 182 Engine Bay?

[Russ.]

Just been to check my oil etc...

Seriously what were they thinking? Jesus its hard get your arm down to grab the dipstick, but what’s worse than that is checking...let alone topping up your break fluid.
I had the remove the engine cover, see the brake fluid is hidden low which made checking difficult, i ended up shining a torch on it after cleaning the reservoir up, realise it was below minimum and ended up trying to find a funnel to allow me to top the bloody stuff up lol.

Barmy....rant over

Other than that...what a machine

 

[Pistol Pete]

yep, know what ya saying, i make sure the engines cool before i go there, you only burn ya arm once.

 

[Alastair.]

if ur brake fluid is that low, then ur pads may be about to go metal to metal, should never really top brake fluid up as the level will go back up when u have new pads

 

[Russ.]

car does need new rear disks and pads, infact i have them sitting hear waiting to be fitted. Front's dont need doing but ive ordered brembo max front disks and just waiting for my renault front pads to arrive.

ill just bleed some fluid of before changing the pads, its no meither...it just didnt like seeing the fluid level below min. it upset me lol

 

[Laura]

well the bay was designed for a little engine really and then the spooned a massive one in not really much to change things about lol

 

[Stuart182]

well the bay was designed for a little engine really and then the spooned a massive one in not really much to change things about lol

Well said!

Its pretty difficult to move around in there but im not complaining!

 

[DrR]

You should try replacing a lower radiator hose in that bay or a clutch cable, Complete c***s of a job those.

 

[Jay Payne]

ha ha, did my clutch cable last week (akward) and throttle cable today (not so bad)

aux belt on a ff is a bit of a squeeze too

 

[DrR]

It's the clip that goes from inside the car to the engine bay, took me over an hour to get that off. Same with the clips that go on the heater matrix, they where the hardest part.

 

[Jay Payne]

spring clips?

When i was at ford we had a special tool for doing those, was an absolute doddle.

Hope u put a jubilee clip on instead

 

[DrR]

No the two black clips that connect the hose to the heater matrix, two pipes that head from engine bay to inside the car.

Yeah Jubilee clips on the radiator now, woo.

 

[Jay Payne]

hows the cg?

 

[Fletcher]

I can't say it really bothers me much, i've taken my engine cover off my 172.

 

[DrR]

hows the cg?

Will get it's first use on Thursday on a north wales run, woo!

I can't say it really bothers me much, i've taken my engine cover off my 172.

It's a pain in the arse when you have a car that breaks everytime you turn the ignition key.

 

[Dash]

If it makes you feel better buy a v6

 

[Ian_182]

As said.Small engine bay and big engine.

 

[karlos100]

looks like im takin the cams outa mine to do the oil leak.....no hang on i have people who work for me to do the job for me! ahh bliss

 

[Matteh]

I'm loving the 172 engine

much smaller than the mk1 F7 series

I've got loads of room in comparison

 

[Scaggeh]

Changed my pads at the weekend and me and my dad spent ages lookin for the brake fluid reservoir. That'll teach me to check CS guides next time Got my b*****d arm stuck while checkin the oil too, watch got stuck!

 

[Jay Payne]

Saw a guy at Halfords today changing a bulb on his. Pmsl..... he was really struggling

 

[Spark]

ye think clio bulbs are hard to change, try changing a meganes. either in through wheel arch by act of contortion or take the bumper off

 

[Jay Payne]

I think clios are a piece of piss actualy. Done much worse, dont know why people struggle so much

 

[Darren S]

You should try replacing a lower radiator hose in that bay or a clutch cable, Complete c**ts of a job those.

Do you think it would be a bit easier if we sat on the same side of the car as the French intended? One of the reasons why I want to go Jap next - at least their cars were designed from the ground-up to be right-hand drive!

D.

 

[bmh.01]

I'm doing my cam/aux belt+tensioners in a few weeks, should be good for a laugh!

 

[Neil G]

Bit tight in the RS engine bay but some cars are definately much worse....at least you can see the engine, dipstick and oil filter, mosy new cars are covered in plastic.

 

[Mark One]

I'm loving the 172 engine

much smaller than the mk1 F7 series

I've got loads of room in comparison

My thoughts exactly, When lowering a F7P/R into a Mk1, the room on the left is probably about an inch and the room at the Gbox end is probably about an inch and a half maybe. It's tight as a nun's chuff

 

[Timmay]

gotta love reno design