Whats high mileage on a clio?

[Chris2007]

Just woundering what i high mileage for a 1.2 clio is really? because ive just reached 52000 and im starting to have little problems like SERV little staying on and my car kept cutting out the other day and last night i was on the motorway and it started to loose power so i turned it off and on not sure if it was to do with the really wet weather or what! but anyways what sort of mileage is where its concidered high for a 1.2 like how many more miles before i start getting bigger problems etc..

If that makes sense lol

Chris

 

[_Alex_D_]

Coil packs are often bad on 1.2s.

If got a 172 on 110k so I'd say engines are good for a lot more the 50ks

 

[Daniel]

I took in part ex a driving school car once, a 1.2 8v clio. It had 160,000 miles on it!!

Theres loads of life left in yours mate.

 

[Bjorn]

3 years or 60K miles lol

 

[Djw Dave]

Martins old 1.2 16v was good till 130000 when he got it and then drove teh tits off it till it blew!!

 

[Martin_172]

Martins old 1.2 16v was good till 130000 when he got it and then drove teh tits off it till it blew!!

haha! i got it at 115k or there abouts, hammered f**k out it untill 140k by this time the waterpump was gone, useless and then the cambelt went, not sure if the waterpump seazed or something causing this?

£150 later i stuck another 1.2 16v lump with 50k in it from a 2001 car and it was fine when i sold it! still see it about every day!

second engine was no where near as quick as the first one!

 

[Djw John]

I was close then!

 

[Martin_172]

yeah lol, if i had just replaced the pump and belt it would have been fine and still going today i bet! it needed a rocker cover gasket too but other than that it was perfect! never had 1 mechanical failure apart from coilpack and a cv joint braking and destroying the box (had steel wheels on for winter and was doing burnouts for a laugh so my fault lol) other than that not 1 fault in its 3yrs and 140k!

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

Just woundering what i high mileage for a 1.2 clio is really? because ive just reached 52000 and im starting to have little problems like SERV little staying on and my car kept cutting out the other day and last night i was on the motorway and it started to loose power so i turned it off and on not sure if it was to do with the really wet weather or what! but anyways what sort of mileage is where its concidered high for a 1.2 like how many more miles before i start getting bigger problems etc..

If that makes sense lol

Chris

Lol please dont tell me that u did this whilst u were still rolling down the motorway?? lol

 

[Mells]

There was a runner on ebay with 225k on it. That was a 1.2 8v.

 

[H182]

Sold my 1.2 16v with 66k and didn't have any problems.

 

[Erica]

Cilo Trophy is 55 reg and is on 39,000 and still getting better and better

 

[Mark One]

I'd say mileage is only half the story. It's how the car has done the miles that counts really

 

[Arron Pearce]

my car has done 137k however im on my second engine. the middle mount of my exhaust is just hanging off, iv got strange knockin noice when i turn whilst i put my foot down. i got a sun roof that rattles like s**t! part from that its going pretty well! oh it idles rather low 2, feels like its gonna stall

 

[Arron Pearce]

oh coil packs are s**t on 1.2's if u get the revs drop i would buy a new coil pack. that cures it

 

[Michael172]

after 85k its fucked.

small petrol engines arent much good after 100k tbh/.


btw, look at your wiring loom at the back of the engine, see the black box, and take it off to see if it has been rubbing into the wires, if it had tape it up. problem solved. Arron is chatting s**t, it cost a fortune to get that done. I had the same problem, found the ect cover wedgeb down the back of my engine, along with my engine cover which was down the front and was burned from the radiator. Had it untill 53k iirc.

 

[TomTom]

Depends how its looked after, the car and the engine that is, I've seen cars with 20k on in worse condition that one with 100k on and 3/4 years older.

 

[Michael172]

Yer theres that as well .........

 

[MarkRS]

after 85k its f**ked.

small petrol engines arent much good after 100k tbh/.

What a load of rubbish, especially on newer cars of the last 10 years or so.
A 1998 fiesta 1.25 16v or clio 1.4 16v(2000) shape will go on for well over 100k if you just service it right.. Its only really the old naff engines like fords 1.1/1.3 hcs (40 years old design)that used to be rough and worn out by anything near 100k.

 

[Fletcher]

3 years or 60K miles lol

lol.

my mk2 172 is now on over 85,000 miles and going strong [touches wood]

 

[Gee Cup]

Could you not just strip the engine down and build it back up and make it last a lot longer?

 

[Stuart182]

I got in a clio today that had done 180,000k!!!!!!! And it still worked