Disgruntled clio owner from the north of Scotland :(

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

i think i should do the proper introduction first and then my problem at the end.

got this 182 last night as a swap for a Laguna 1.9dci

full years mot on the clio so not a bad deal, its cleaner underneath than what i was expecting to find, got good service history with timing belt etc been done.

now for what is annoying me, after i got the clio i took it to work last night (i work nightshift), then when i finished this morning it wouldnt start, luckily its only a 10min walk home. went back to the car earlier on after reading online that the crank position sensor's can be dodgy on the clio and cleaned it up and its still not working.
dont think its the immobiliser as the light in the dash goes out along with all the other lights when the ignition is put on. the engine isnt turning over at all.

 

[Addicted]

Dead battery?

edit: nevermind, that wouldnt cause it to not turnover at all

 

[Cup_Phil]

If it's not turning over at all then the starter motor is dead. Pretty common. The wiring on them also can melt due to them sitting under the exhaust manifold.

See if it'll push start - if it will have a look at the starter motor

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

cheers phil

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

thats it going again, just moved the starter motor wires a couple times and kept trying and it worked, shall need to put some heat shrink over them and try and tie them up somewhere to prevent it happening again

 

[Chi]

Welcome to CS btw

 

[Tallett01]

Nice swap!!

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

cheers for the welcome guys.
ye the guy i swapped with was needing a diesel car for getting to and from work as the clio was costing to much on petrol for him, so both of us are happy with what we got.

should really of added in the opening post about the other cars ive had, will just do it here instead.
in the order i had them
106 quiksilver
106 gti (diablo red)
106 gti (onyx black)
megane 230 f1 r26 (black)
laguna 1.9dci (who cares)
clio 182 (blue)

still have the megane, got the laguna as i thought it would be good to have a daily to keep the mileage of the megane, didnt work as i still drove the megane 90% of the time, hopefully il drive the clio alot more than i did with the laguna

pics

 

[Chi]

Nice motors, how do you like the R26?

 

[Tallett01]

Really liked the look of Peugeot 106 gti nearly brought 1 in the past but just reminded me of a saxo I had which I hated! Much prefer clios!

 

[rctempire]

Welcome. Where in Scotland? When its all sorted get yourself to some meets, very frequent these days.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Sooo I guess now your issues are resolved.. you are now a positively gruntled Clio owner?

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

I love the R26 best car I've ever owned
Loved the 106's, although I seemed to be always sorting them they were so easy to work on, got a feeling this Clio is gonna be the same tho.
I'm from helmsdale, it's north of Inverness. Always up for going to meets, went to quite a lot with 106owners. Even took the black gti down to donington last year for fcs, I bought the car the wkend before fcs standard and modded it with all the stuff from the red one in a week and basically test drove it over 600 miles to get to donington

 

[Cup_Phil]

LOL small world - I'm the owner of 106owners

I loved my 106's but same as you I felt I spent more time under them fixing them than actually driving them.
The clio so far has been spot on for me - far more reliable.

 

[Darren S]

I love the R26 best car I've ever owned
Loved the 106's, although I seemed to be always sorting them they were so easy to work on, got a feeling this Clio is gonna be the same tho.
I'm from helmsdale, it's north of Inverness. Always up for going to meets, went to quite a lot with 106owners. Even took the black gti down to donington last year for fcs, I bought the car the wkend before fcs standard and modded it with all the stuff from the red one in a week and basically test drove it over 600 miles to get to donington

You have some truly excellent roads up there! I didn't get as far east as Helmsdale, but have driven the A836 down from Tongue, through Altnaharra and ultimately Lairg.

Really, really need to get back up there again. Oh, and welcome, by the way.

D.

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

LOL small world - I'm the owner of 106owners

I loved my 106's but same as you I felt I spent more time under them fixing them than actually driving them.
The clio so far has been spot on for me - far more reliable.

i thought it was you when i seen the username and a blue clio in your pic

You have some truly excellent roads up there! I didn't get as far east as Helmsdale, but have driven the A836 down from Tongue, through Altnaharra and ultimately Lairg.

Really, really need to get back up there again. Oh, and welcome, by the way.

D.

aye the roads are great up here, great fun in the 106's and the megane im sure the clio will love the roads aswell

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

just took a couple better pics of the clio, hope you all like them

 

[JamesBryan]

Your stickers have fell off the Megane and landed on the Clio

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

Your stickers have fell off the Megane and landed on the Clio

haha
god knows why those f1 stickers are on the clio, and they wernt on the megane when i bought it, think the megane had the de-sticker option from new

 

[w33 brl]

welcome marshsall, hope the clio doesnt give you anymore problems

 

[LiamR172]

Welcome along mate. I seen the car advertised on facebook last week.

Glad you got the problems solved, we really need to get a meet up north sometime. Between RSMegane and Cs theres plenty of us!

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Welcome!

Glad you've sorted car easily

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

Welcome along mate. I seen the car advertised on facebook last week.

Glad you got the problems solved, we really need to get a meet up north sometime. Between RSMegane and Cs theres plenty of us!

definatly Liam, i went to inverness on saturday night in the megane but it was pretty shite. think we need to organise a meet during the day sometime for some good photos of all our french tins

 

[LiamR172]

I didnt bother going. Had a feeling it would have been shite haha!

Are you down this way often?

 

[Marshall_Helmsdale]

I didnt bother going. Had a feeling it would have been s**te haha!

Are you down this way often?

​sometimes, but mostly up in thurso, thats where my girlfriend stays

 

[Djw John]

Welcome along mate, saw you liked the FB page as well but I guess it was Liam that welcomed you onto there

 

[LiamR172]

Welcome along mate, saw you liked the FB page as well but I guess it was Liam that welcomed you onto there

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