Advice Required 197 lack of power

[Phil360]

Hi,

First post here! I have purchased a 2006 197 after owning a 172, I felt the car was a bit slow a sluggish even towards top end of rev range so after having the cambelt and de-phaser pulley replaced I had the car on a rolling road and it showed only 123bhp! I have since checked the compression, fuel pressure, timing and it is all ok. Has anyone experienced a problem like this or any suggestions on a next step?

Thanks

 

[welshname]

Who did the belt change?

 

[Phil360]

A friend who builds engines carried out the second belt change for me

 

[welshname]

Builds engines for what? Does he have the correct Genuine timing tools (all of them) and know the correct timing procedure?

 

[Phil360]

Ferrari's and various race cars, I trust him. Yes we have all the genuine correct timing tools

 

[montana]

123 bhp some is very wrong there (assuming the rollers are semi accurate). Get your timing double checked and also do a compression check , how does it drive??

 

[welshname]

Wait are you looking at whp and not atf? At the fly is the figure that should be closer to 197. If it's 123 at the fly you've got serious issues

 

[Phil360]

Its 123 at the flywheel, that's why I am quite concerned!!

It idles and runs very smoothly but is just incredibly flat

 

[DS197]

First thing you should do is take it to a well respected specialist and get the timing checked.

 

[Phil360]

I am based in Herts any recommendations?

 

[DS197]

Mark Fish isn't too far: http://markfish.co.uk/. Or if you're near the M25 and don't mind travelling, Two Techs would be my recommendation: http://www.twotechs.co.uk/

 

[Phil360]

Perfect thank you

 

[DS197]

No problem, let us know how you get on

 

[simon7929]

My mate had his 200 at RS tuning for a remap as it was running rough. He'd bought it a few weeks earlier with only 2000 miles on the clock. It made 148 bhp. The guy said that whoever owned it before had probably been putting cheap fuel in it.

 

[N0ddie]

120 something at the fly is ridiculous. I've never seen one that low. It has the right engine in it?

As DS197 has said above. I'd be heading straight to my nearest RS specialist as soon as possible.

 

[chris1888-197]

I got my 197 on the rolling road last year and it had 189 bhp that was with 75,000 miles on it so not as tho they lose alot of horses with age. On the same day there was a 200 3 year newer than mine that did 163bhp and the guy said the flexi had gone on the exhaust just after it! Defo problems with those figures. Hope you get it sorted soon mate.

 

[welshname]

That hasn't lost any horses...They aren't 197 bhp. They are 197ps. And renault tolerances are so varied that you could end up with anything around the 180-190 range.

 

[AaronJeff]

That's crazy how low the hp is and its still running smooth! Hope you get it sorted bud!