320touring Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Went up to Clio Stu's last night to get the door handles and oil sensor issues fixed. Driver's door handle needed a new clip and new rod that actuates the lock - both were plenty rusty. That didn't take long. The passenger side required similar, but whilst riveting the clip on, the handle snapped. New handle/rod/clip then. You can see the clip arrangement here.. Old New (clip came off this handle and was fitted to mine) You can see they are a pretty flimsy design.. Onto the oil light issue then. A decision was taken to replace both the oil level and oil pressure sensors. A relatively straightforward job. The oil/stop light has yet to re-materialise, so fingers crossed. I then hung about and helped remove an engine About 10.50pm, I decided to head home. a new record for the Clio reset button. (As operated by @Jim Bell ) Drove 3 mins to the bottom of his road, and the clamp for the cat converter failed, so exhaust was completely separated. Had to go back, put it on the ramp and replace the clamp. And so it goes! cort16, Coprolalia, Jim Bell and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cort16 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 On the plus side you were in the right place for a Clio exhaust malfunction. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Lord that sounds good. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Busy old weekend for this.. On Saturday it had a good 320 mile round trip up north. Claimed 40.2mpg. @Tickman joined me for the jaunt and a most pleasant trip was had. Then on Sunday, I was off to Forrestburn for another shot of slinging it up the hill. It wasn't super busy so I managed to blag a fair few runs, and get plenty of helpful advice off some veterans. Smol french cars flock together That 106 sounded fucking GLORIOUS. So do birds of a feather The blue one has a bazillion upgrades, sounds ace and upheld the theory that the more Clios there are the lower the reliability percentage would be.😁 It was driven in, parked up for 30 mins and then wouldn't start sue to a flat battery🤣 My GPS recorder was not working consistently, but I did manage to update the track map to have more checkpoints, so it was a bit more accurate. Despite not recording properly all the time, I managed a 57.54 second run. The 1.33 was the sighting lap ( slow, steady and sensible) The 1.41 was me giving the blue Clio owner a lift to the hairpin marshal station to take his turn. All in all, almost 400miles covered at almost 37.1mpg indicated. I used just over a full 10gallon tank (I lobbed 10L on the way to the hill to avoid running out) All in all FUGGIN BRILLIANT Tepper, Tickman, Jenson Velcro and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 After the fun of blasting up the hill, I decided to treat this to an oil change @185026 miles. One of these filters is for a slow revving 2.0 2v/cyl lump making 129bhp. The other is for a high revving 2.0 4v/cyl engine making 182bhp. Can you guess which is which? That's right. The tiny one is for the Clio. It's the same filter and location as on @loserone' 1.6 diesel express. #HERITAGE As I am always super organised, I managed to cobble together 3.5L of 5w30 and 1L of 5w40. Either way it sounds happier and the dephaser is a bit quieter.. Later on in the week or got to pretend to be a Kangoo - 2.4m of wood in the car, and the boot shuts. Practical lil fuckers. rainagain, dome, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, 320touring said: It's the same filter and location as on @loserone' 1.6 diesel express. #HERITAGE It's literally how I chose my last two purchases, since I accidentally bought one of those which didn't fit the Duster Tickman and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Great * News! Got in the Clio for the first time driving it since coming back from New Zealand. The Burd had used it last week, no issues. Lumpy start from cold ( it does that). 300m down the road, flashing EML. Cyl 3 misfire. Went home and got another car. Clios, gotta love them Coprolalia, Dyslexic Viking, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 Been in the huff with this for a while😂 I resolved to get it sorted during the Xmas break, so duly ordered up 4 injectors. It takes about 10mins to pull the injectors out and get the new ones swapped on. Mainly due to the large volume of practice I have had.. Old ones out New ones in The next thing on the list was freeing off the rear brakes as they had stuck on after sitting for 2 months. The mud provided little resistance, so I forced the car out onto the tarmac and rolled it back and forth. Took it out a test drive. Only things left to fix for an MOT are Back brakes - free off fully and get handbrake working. Headlights - need polishing SERV/ABS/TC light on the dash - likely the steering angle sensor. Plus, obviously, whatever Clio Stu finds...😂 rainagain, Dyslexic Viking, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 21/08/2023 at 19:45, 320touring said: Smol french cars flock together That wee 106 is local to me! Think it belongs to the fella who has the garage in the village. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Took this for an MOT on Wed last week. Bastard, especially as I've done the rear brakes - looks like the pivot at the handbrake lever is the issue. Got it to the unit today, and had a quick look Exhaust "leak" The pipe out the cat has rusted through - fitting a new cat would resolve, except... The downpipe to cat joint looks ropey too. This uses flanges, so would need to fit a new one to the downpipe,as there is NO WAY I'm attempting to pull the downpipe off! Additionally, the cat would need the Lambda removed, so I would expect that to be ruined and need a new one. The sill doesn't look the worst for welding No doubt that will develop into a bigger job! Lastly, some good news: The caliper retaining bolts and the Flexi all loosened off no bother. I'm away to price up bits.. Tickman, Dyslexic Viking, Supernaut and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Bloody hell! I know this isn't the quietest Clio but surely you would have noticed the exhaust getting a tad* louder. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 10 minutes ago, Supernaut said: Bloody hell! I know this isn't the quietest Clio but surely you would have noticed the exhaust getting a tad* louder. It started to blow on the way to the MOT and failed on the ramp. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 back on this today after procurement of new bits. First up, a new caliper and pads (and caliper carrier bracket) for the front left. All good! Time for the new Car and Lambda sensor .. @jaypee modelling what £170 buys you And fitted Brilliant, great stuff. That's the Cat and front brake sorted. Clio Stu has done the steering angle sensor and the rear brakes. Only welding to go... Think I'll fire it up and see how it sounds/check for any blows... Ok, time to fire up the scanner. And do some test driving. On start the lights stayed off, but came on when braking. Code reading pointed to a brake light switch issue. Removed the switch and exercised it - got brake lights and the dash lights stayed off. Result. New brake light switch has been ordered. With the rear brakes having been rebuilt I was hoping some adjustment/checking the pivot that the cables go into would get me a functional handbrake... As you can see, it went well* The cable is siezed - so the inner cable doesn't return fully. This meant that : 1. The handbrake lever on the caliper was not actuating correctly - so the handbrake was shite. 2. The cable stopped the lever returning correctly. Hence the caliper would stay partially on. time to get the cable out. We really* enjoyed that! A new one will be ordered. Last thing to look at was the welding needed on the driver's side rear. After an initial prod with a screwdriver.. That's a distinct lack of inner and mid sill. Handily* next to the axle mount and the plastic fuel tank. We packed up and went home. Dyslexic Viking, Skizzer, grogee and 8 others 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Eek Fire Sorted jaypee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Got the hand brake cable mechanism stripped down on this today. It got cleaned up, greased and refitted. Now have a balanced handbrake functioning on both wheels. Will get it in for an MOT after I am back my holidays beko1987, Sunny Jim and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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