whats goin on with my 182???

[karlos100]

First of all ive owned it for 2 month. Its a 54 plate 182 with 24k. been lovingly looked after as it pretty much mint. now i get it its started holding back when cold,rattle fom exhaust,rattles have appeared inside,knock from o/s/f when in traffic on and off throttle,massive oil leak from cam cover.i feel like its fallin apart. never had this trouble with me astra van!!!! i love it but it doesnt love me back!!

 

[Rich_16v]

They all hold back when cold thats normal

Rattling exhaust will be the rear back box supports £22 each from renault, they never last long

Knock and oil leak need looking at

 

[karlos100]

oil leak=cam cover. not doin it yet until cam belt due. knock o/s/f must be a drive shaft. not worried about it. never felt the hold back until recent tho. mind you still beat that nob out of the dartford toll booth in his beema. ha ha sucker!!

 

[Rich_16v]

Could be a ball joint

 

[cg172]

If you're getting a hesitation under accelleration, it could *possibly* be water getting into the fuse box in the engine bay... Had a similar problem on the old Dynamique...

 

[SkidMarx]

The holding back does happen on a lot of em but a set of plugs and wipe all the crap out of the throttle body could help

 

[Mark5290]

Its started holding back when cold and massive oil leak from cam cover.

As said the holding back when cold is most likely going to be the inbuilt inhibitor in the ecu to limit the revs when cold, it should only do it for a minute or so, if you let your engine warm up for a few mins before setting off, it probably won't do it.

The oil leak is most likely from the cam cover, quite a few people on here have had their cam covers re-sealed under warranty, but your warranty is up by now i would think.

A dealer quick fix was to remove the cam cover bolts one at a time and put loctite under the bolt head/flange to seal it to the cam cover, as oil was coming up the bolt hole and covering the top of the cam cover, but it also leaks between the joint of the cam cover and head just above the inlet/exhaust ports at the front of the engine.