I had the dreaded tappet/blowing noise, couldn't really tell with the power and seemed to be running ok. The only thing I noticed was the mpg had dropped slightly. Looked at the manifold with a mirror and torch to see soot around pipe 4.
Quoted £1300-1400 at Renault.
Decided to do the work myself, cost £30 for the welding and £6 odd + vat for a new gasket from Renault. It had cracked on the weld around piston 4.
Once that was done I looked at trying to prevent it from happening again.
So I decided to have the center silencer removed, as whilst I was doing the work I noticed that the next support along on the exhaust from the manifold is after the silencer. So the weight of the silencer, cat and pre cat is held on by the manifold. I was reluctant at doing this as I wanted to keep the car standard but the noise after is to good.
Then I decided to fit the uprated lower stabilising engine mount from ktec. This was to prevent excessive movement of the engine which could possibly crack the manifold again. Once fitted the difference is night and day, definitely recommend, the engine now feels attached to the car. Vibration has slighty increased but I feel it adds to the driving experience.
Quoted £1300-1400 at Renault.
Decided to do the work myself, cost £30 for the welding and £6 odd + vat for a new gasket from Renault. It had cracked on the weld around piston 4.
Once that was done I looked at trying to prevent it from happening again.
So I decided to have the center silencer removed, as whilst I was doing the work I noticed that the next support along on the exhaust from the manifold is after the silencer. So the weight of the silencer, cat and pre cat is held on by the manifold. I was reluctant at doing this as I wanted to keep the car standard but the noise after is to good.
Then I decided to fit the uprated lower stabilising engine mount from ktec. This was to prevent excessive movement of the engine which could possibly crack the manifold again. Once fitted the difference is night and day, definitely recommend, the engine now feels attached to the car. Vibration has slighty increased but I feel it adds to the driving experience.
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