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Massive oil consumption from my 76k miles 172 Cup has led to an expert diagnosis of probable terminal damage, and a suggestion that replacing the engine is more cost effective than digging around to find out what's wrong. Just wondering what other people's experiences have been with this. Seems...

Hi everyone, my 05 clio 182 60k is having trouble starting, it starts but occasionally it dies instantly. To add to this recently the engine has cut out whilst driving a number of times, I have noticed this to happen when braking and engaging the clutch the revs just drop and the engine cuts...

I'm asking in this forum as people are more likely to use h&t. Do you experience a slight delay from depressing the throttle to the revs starting to rise? My car has a delay of around half a second, it feels excessive. 182 - so throttle by wire, is this the cause or is it my car?

Are these still available new?

I've dropped a bolt into the square cavity to the left of the engine mount in the attached photo. It hasn't dropped out and I can't see where it would fall through, if at all. I've removed the charcoal/vapour canister - nothing. Removed wheel arch liners - nothing. Removed the two long oblong...

Hi about to order new top engine mount is this ok,for the 172 cup Thanks http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361161582041?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

172 sport Mk2 ph1 yr2000...do i have to fit same engine model and year.. without the fitting hastles preferably. Eg can a 2003 mk2 ph1 fit? Or any Cup? Urg Cheers!

As above. Tried draining a 172 f4r that I'm overhauling and it filled an 8 litre drain pan completely. Pretty green mistake I know, but I never checked the proper amount of oil it's supposed to hold. Anyone know the exact number and any consequences over the over fill?

Hi, I have a 2000 Clio with a D7F engine and I have bought a new auxiliary belt which I am trying to replace. The problem is that the new belt is slight larger than the one in the car already. I believe tightening the tensioner pulley will take up the slack but I can't see how to tighten it...

Hi all, have noticed recently if I accelerate in any gear and then lift off I get a rattling type noise coming from what sounds like the drivers side of the car at the front. It isn't constant, only happens when lifting off at 2k revs and above. Pretty sure it isn't anything exhaust related as...

Hi all, After searching the forums and having a few different suggestions I thought I would start a new thread to see where I should start first. I was driving my car and out of the blue the limp mode light came on and started revving on its own. It became undrivable so I pulled over and when...

Hey guys Basically Im going to swap my 155,000 mile engine for a lower mileage due to the fact my engine has had its day and the shell is to good to throw away. I'm guessing this should be a straight swap just pull the old one out and drop the new one in. The next question is some of the...

My engined seized on a trackday recently and I was left with a stark choice - scrap the 182 I'd had for two months or seek a replacement engine. I decided to do the latter and found and bought a 172 engine from a thoroughly decent chap on here. It's been fitted and runs fine but I've been told...

Will it fit ok ? any issues with doing this at all ? Thanks

Hi guys, my engine in my 2001 Clio 172 is fooked, now i ca get my hands on a 182 engine. Is it possible to change only the bare engine without changing ECU etc? Many thanks for yoy replies!

Just stripped off the upper and lower inlets and the fuel rail gaurd ready for cleaning and painting! Looking for ideas/inspiration on inlet colours and engine cover colours (or leave engine cover off?!) Looking to tidy the whole engine bay so.... Show me what you've got!

Hey guys. Just bought myself a 172 :) I'll give a timeline of any relevant issues and then hopefully we can narrow it down to find a solution. 53 plate 69k miles, FSH with Cambelts/dephaser etc done 13k /2 years ago. Test drive was fine. Driving home I noticed that the Cruise Control doesn't...

I need to swap the 3 black ones around in my 172 to try and diagnise why my car won't start, but I can't see how to get the relays out? I've pulled straight up but they don't budge? Is there a clip or something holding them in? Am I missing something? Thanks

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clio-RS-SPORT-182-trophy-complete-engine-wiring-loom-throttle-body-2-0-16v-mk2-/252032036069?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aae47ace5 Quote from ad: 'One of the rarest of engines ever to come on the used market' ..... 😂

Im having my car stage 3 turbo'd in the next week and need to upgrade my standard engine mounts. What I need help with is picking some. Ideally I dont want vibrations going through the car if at all possible. Any suggestions?

Hi , got a 172 ph2 for about 5 months now, noticed a few problems but no clue where to start : Very unsmooth exhaust note at idle. Loud for half a second, quite for half a second. Never heard another car running like this. Stock backbox, no cat. If I keep it under 1000rpm in any gear, I get a...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone could help. Basically my exhaust split from the manifold and cat while driving which caused the engine management to start flashing, which is expected. So I've change the spring bolt exhaust kit and the exhaust is now fine, not blowing at all. But the...

On my 172-1 inhave fitted the complete engine mount kit from ktec: http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=3734&appid=2 I also have purple powerflexed the dogbone mount fitted. Is there a mount, or anything else, i can upgrade to prevent the engine and gearbox from moving (from each...

Hi all. Used to surf on this forum a lot for helpful advice, so decided to become a full member! Hence complete Newby in need of advise: Got a 2004 182 cup that has been converted to a rally car. Blew up (literally) the bottom block of my engine during the last rally and am now in the market...

It's on M3 Cutters, up for £5,500 Ono. Needs brakes and tyres, will upload a screenshot for anyone not on Cutters.

I wanna get into the nooks and crannies etc of my engine as well as trying to make it look a bit neater! best pic of my engine bay i have so far

Ok, hey all it's a shame my first real post is coming from a bad experience and this this could be a long story, so I'll try and condense it as much as possible. I bought a 172 approx 2 months ago pretty cheap as it was due a belt and also the clutch was slipping. Gearbox would sometimes grind...

Hello all! My mate has just bought a 182 from, I assume a pikey, because it's pretty rats... But it's for the track so he's not too bothered. He's found on inspection, two breather pipes that have been blocked off for some unknown reason. Could anyone tell me what they're for so I can either...

howsit gents, right, innitially thought that this was my altinator however after removing the aux belt the noise persists which leads me to believe its one of the cambelt pullies... or is it something more sinister :confused: did the belts 2 years and 40000 km ago, does enyone know what the...

I'm in need of some help with my kill switch for my Hill sprint 172. At the moment I have the positive from the battery going into the kill switch then into a junction box in the engine bay for the engine electric. The problem is when you turn off the kill switch it kills the ignition but the...