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Mobby
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21st Jan 10 at 16:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm going to look at a 2001 clio 172 saturday.

can anyone give me any tips i should look out for? things to check? things that go wrong?



Cheers
IvIarkgraham
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21st Jan 10 at 16:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cam belt every 36k

very expensive job
CORSA NUT
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Belts are the biggest things IMO...also make sure it's got decent tyres on ie Conti's etc.
CORSA NUT
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I found a decent company near us that does them cheap graham...Birchdown Renault specialists.
IvIarkgraham
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i dont have mine any more mate

so dont really need it

thanks anyway
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21st Jan 10 at 16:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Love them, ph1 aswell? so much better looking than the ph2.
IvIarkgraham
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i think ph1s are horrible
antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
i think ph1s are horrible
N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
i think ph1s are horrible
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21st Jan 10 at 17:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look horrible but drive better

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
broster
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21st Jan 10 at 18:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
air con needs to work
exhaust rots
noisey pulley for vvt
hazard switch likes to play up

erm, nothing to major on them
Mobby
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cheers for the posts.

Why do they drive better?
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they drive pretty much the same, the mk1 has 15" wheels tho
Marshall
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
cam belt every 36k

very expensive job



Aux belt every 36k,
cambelt only every 72K.
gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Mobby
cheers for the posts.

Why do they drive better?


Just seemed qucker to me

Lighter, more basic, not fly by wire etc

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
ali_corsa
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steering wheel goes distoted cost about £300 +... strut tops start knocking.. like said aux belts 36k cam belts 72k
John
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Aux belts and cambelts are exactly as reliable/unreliable as any other car, still don't know how it got to be such a big deal apart from cliosport.
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they are just as reliable but on the 16v renaults , when the aux belt lets go the thing wraps itself around the crank and jumps teeth/bends valves. thats why they should be changed and checked regular.
corsadonk
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I had a phase 2 cup, and had the gearbox replaced under warrenty, I like the look of the first one, but a horrid dash. It should be ok if well serviced.

 
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