182/172 /CUP owners please....

[Ang]

i know this has been written about before ....but does anyone still have the kangeroo effect when they first start their car up......even after the run in period.....ive done nearly 10,000 miles now and it does it every morning and every evening.....am loathed to take to the dealer for them to break....has got more frequent recently, wasnt as bad when i first had it.

 

[Tom]

let it warm up.

 

[blink172]

Kangeroo? You mean where it hesitates when cold or restarting after its been left for a little while when hot?

Think its the car protecting it self from damage, so you cant rag it from cold

 

[jon_r]

Yep it does it for a while each morning. Its just the cold start program.

 

[Tom]

i found that since ive had the exhaust its less noticable.

 

[JillyB]

Yes, for about 5 minutes until it warms up.

 

[Lee]

Mines not too bad really. My 172 was horrendous.

 

[Ang]

bloody thing....i am a good girl i do let it warm up before i play....but i do look a bit of a muppet at the traffic lights outside work sometimes......kangerooing across the road......

 

[Pete_br]

yep still does it

 

[Turkish]

its just the cold start program on the ecu so the car passes emmissions, runs as lean as possible so until the car is up to temp it wont be as smooth. learn some throttle control and stop maoning

 

[Ang]

LOL !.......doesnt matter what i do with my feet...it still does it !......

....oh well it doesnt last long i suppose.....temp gets up really quickly...much quicker than any other car ive owned

 

[Nik]

Yep, always had this with my 172.

Interestingly it seems to have gone away since I put the RSport ECU in. Presumably this is a little less concerned with emissions and doesnt run so lean when cold?

 

[Griff]

I never get any symptoms like this in my Cup. Granted its not as eager first thing in the morning but its not lumpy or hesitant at all.

 

[Dean]

yep

 

[Cup-pa]

Yep, happens every morning with my cup... nothing to worry about.

 

[CHRIS172CUP]

Only when really cold I find.

 

[Gareth]

yep, mine is a fookin nightmare. 5-10 minute wait until warmed up. Every morning and night.

 

[leeds_182]

Does it with my 182 but i never seemed to have any problems with my 172. Embarassed myself trying to boot out of the work car park a couple of times but have now learnt from my mistakes!!!

 

[lincswhite]

takes about 5 mins to warm up, dont rag it till the temp gauge gets nice and level on the dial ,as for the kangaroo effect i would put that down to the drivers foot control on accelerator and clutch

 

[Toypop]

No problems with mine but then I never try to give it a welly full when its cold.

It starts fine and isnt lumpy.

Perhaps if I put my foot down when it is cold I might notice it but then I would have to be a bit of a pratt to do that.

If it is not running properly even when driving it gently then I would take it to the dealer and get it sorted.

 

[godders182]

clutch seems a bit snatch (is that a real word?) for the first half mile in the morning, but thats all i can grumble about in the morning!!!!!

 

[Ang]

...just for the record....i dont boot it when its cold ....and i can control the clutch etc.....it just does it anyway.....

 

[MikeC]

pah, ive never had this problem!

 

[sn00p]

Quote: Originally posted by Tom on 22 October 2004
i found that since ive had the exhaust its less noticable.


It came without an exhaust?! Renault are really slipping....

 

[Pete]

Quote: Originally posted by MikeC on 22 October 2004

pah, ive never had this problem!

Me either, only problem I have is it bogging down when cold, but it never kangaroos (queue for it it to start on mine)!

 

[Weeman]

Mine does it all the time, even when its standing still, when Toms in the passenger seat.

 

[covkid]

This happens to my 172 ... i posted about it last week. I thought it was a problem with my motor and booked it into reno (nov 5th was the earliest they could look at it). Surely they must know the car does this, when i rang them they said they would have to have the car in to check it!! Shows you just how rubbish sutton park coventry are imo.

 

[FiXX]

my 172 did it but my 182 dosent at all

 

[Ang]

thanks for all the info guy and gals.... ....glad im not the only kangeroo in the country.......boooiiinnnngggg !!!!

 

[MarkCup]

Never experienced this in my Cup either, but I have also had an R-Sport ECU from (almost) new.

 

[Toogood]

Im glad I found this website and read this thread, ive not collected my mk1 172 yet but when I requested the test drive and started the engine it was quite stuttery and when i pulled away i could tell it was kangarooin so drove it slow for the first 5 min, now I no its normal and ill let it heat up every morning before driving away



Cheers everyone

Stephen

 

[182 sport]

Only thing I notice in the morning when starting her up,is for the 1st five minutes the accelerator is like an on/off switch,but apart from that nothing

 

[cliokid182]

Glad i found this lol normally i dont really notice anything but y'day driving to work fookin hell lol was kangarooin all up the road, must have looked proper funny, i was worried something might be up!!

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Proper thread resurrection that mate!

 

[Lawro]

Proper thread resurrection that mate!

This! Over 8 years old ha!

 

[-Danman-]

Best bump I've ever seen lmao.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Atleast he used the search function lol

 

[cliokid182]

Lol, well i havent ever seen anyone on here mention it, so thought id do some searching

 

[Tin cup]

Good to see they did it from new haha

 

[martynzs]

I was under the impression they all drive like a bag of shite for the first 5 minutes?

I always, without fail let it do its warm up procedure before setting off, dont go anywhere near 5k until the needles in the middle and give it 30+ seconds to wind down if ive driven it hard (more advisable in turbo cars, but good practice)