Stephenvenning
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UPDATE:
This weekend the girlfriend was in Paris for the weekend, I booked Friday and Monday off and got to work sorting out the little niggly problems. First up was an oil change, pretty simple, no different from a clio oil change really. Topped back up with castrol edge and new renault filter. The old oil looked fine, no bits of metal in it
Ive always since getting the car back had a slight gearbox leak, would notice every morning when leaving for work there would be a small patch of gearbox oil on the drive. I did worry that it was leaking between the two casing halves of the gearbox, this would mean an engine out job to then have to open back up the gearbox and re-seal. Luckily it was found to be a duff driveshaft seal, got a new one ordered. This did mean that the drive shaft would need to be removed, a right pain in the arse job. The lower ball joint was undone along with the the tie rod and droplinks, the strut bolts were then undone and the whole hub assembly and driveshaft was slid out of the car. (Gearbox was drained before this) the old seal was pulled out and a new one installed. Driveshaft re installed and the hub was secured. The box was refilled with Fuchs Titan sintofluid and success, no leaks. While the driveshaft was out I removed the second lambda sensor and installed a wideband sensor instead (Second lambda sensor is only for emmisions) the cables were then ran into the cabin into an AEM afr gauge. This allows me to monitor the engines air fuel ratio on the go for peace of mind.
Today I set about installing a megane radiator, as I mentioned a few posts ago that i was suffering from overheating in hot weather. The megane radiator is huge compared to the clios. The old rad was removed and the megane rad mocked up, checking all the hoses would reach etc. Location holes were then drilled into the lower subframe. The top crash bar has to be trimmed a little in order for the rad to fit in the stock location. The rad was still a bit tight though, to cue this I spaced down the lower front subframe by 10mm, this gave me enough room for everything to line up correctly. The light however was fading and I had to stop work. I did manage to plumb up the system and bleed any air out of it. Tomorrow I shall finish the radiator setup and go out for a long drive to make sure its all running correctly and see if the temps remain lower than before.
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This weekend the girlfriend was in Paris for the weekend, I booked Friday and Monday off and got to work sorting out the little niggly problems. First up was an oil change, pretty simple, no different from a clio oil change really. Topped back up with castrol edge and new renault filter. The old oil looked fine, no bits of metal in it
Ive always since getting the car back had a slight gearbox leak, would notice every morning when leaving for work there would be a small patch of gearbox oil on the drive. I did worry that it was leaking between the two casing halves of the gearbox, this would mean an engine out job to then have to open back up the gearbox and re-seal. Luckily it was found to be a duff driveshaft seal, got a new one ordered. This did mean that the drive shaft would need to be removed, a right pain in the arse job. The lower ball joint was undone along with the the tie rod and droplinks, the strut bolts were then undone and the whole hub assembly and driveshaft was slid out of the car. (Gearbox was drained before this) the old seal was pulled out and a new one installed. Driveshaft re installed and the hub was secured. The box was refilled with Fuchs Titan sintofluid and success, no leaks. While the driveshaft was out I removed the second lambda sensor and installed a wideband sensor instead (Second lambda sensor is only for emmisions) the cables were then ran into the cabin into an AEM afr gauge. This allows me to monitor the engines air fuel ratio on the go for peace of mind.
Today I set about installing a megane radiator, as I mentioned a few posts ago that i was suffering from overheating in hot weather. The megane radiator is huge compared to the clios. The old rad was removed and the megane rad mocked up, checking all the hoses would reach etc. Location holes were then drilled into the lower subframe. The top crash bar has to be trimmed a little in order for the rad to fit in the stock location. The rad was still a bit tight though, to cue this I spaced down the lower front subframe by 10mm, this gave me enough room for everything to line up correctly. The light however was fading and I had to stop work. I did manage to plumb up the system and bleed any air out of it. Tomorrow I shall finish the radiator setup and go out for a long drive to make sure its all running correctly and see if the temps remain lower than before.
Photos:
Thanks
