ive had my 172 for 4 month now and last month i noticed an oil leak that seemed to get worse pretty quickly. I booked the car into the local Renault dealer just before xmas but couldnt get it straight in cos they were v busy!! Anyway, on the way to drop the car at the garage last week the car suddenly died - no warning - just cut out. When I pulled up at the side of the road all my oil was very quickly abandoning its rightful place in the engine!
I got the car towed to the garage where they diagnosed that the dephaser unit (I presume thats how its spelt) had 'fallen apart' - result same as the timing belt snapping - belt valves, knackered cylinder head the works - and a £2500 bill to boot!!!
First thing Im told that this dephaser unit controls the variable valve timing and is bolted to the end of the camshaft - does anyone know any more about it?
The car is only 9 month out of warranty and 2month before I bought it it'd been into a dealers after the timing belt snapped causing much the same damage - all done under Renault warranty.
After a few phone calls by the dealers and myself to Renault customer services, they agreed to pay 70% of the bill due to the fact that the car is only 9 month out of warranty and has only done 26K with full dealer service history etc.
Are these problems common?
I got the car towed to the garage where they diagnosed that the dephaser unit (I presume thats how its spelt) had 'fallen apart' - result same as the timing belt snapping - belt valves, knackered cylinder head the works - and a £2500 bill to boot!!!
First thing Im told that this dephaser unit controls the variable valve timing and is bolted to the end of the camshaft - does anyone know any more about it?
The car is only 9 month out of warranty and 2month before I bought it it'd been into a dealers after the timing belt snapped causing much the same damage - all done under Renault warranty.
After a few phone calls by the dealers and myself to Renault customer services, they agreed to pay 70% of the bill due to the fact that the car is only 9 month out of warranty and has only done 26K with full dealer service history etc.
Are these problems common?