Yeah my local place is going to do a free test.

Give me a computer system and im happy as Larry, i hate cars :lol:

We changing ours soon anyway...


...you any good with Citreons Mark?:p

Well the battery was duff, had a couple of dead cells aparently. Took it out and although it did drop a couple of times it was about as much as i would expect as i turned everything on :woot: It does seem a lot smoother now when the revs come down. :thumbsup: Just gotta find the audio instructions now :lol:

One other problem i have which i forgot to mention. If i change gear quickly i get a screech from what sounds like a pulley. It's as soon as the clutch bites i think, but it doesn't actually seem to slip and hasn't got any worse?

Southwell, your an ANIMAL!!

Spigot bearing? :eh?:

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could be the steering rack!

westw00d

you mean the clutch release bearing.... don't think so, might be a drive belt though.

You got nowt on my Garage v Renault Espace saga.... went in at the end of Sept..... might get it back next week....

Go hard or go home. :lol:

Nah, all these problems were from when the mrs drove the car.

I was thinking a drive belt too, but not sure which. Gonna have to get it checked at a garage anyway.

Are they rebuilding the Espace from the ground up? :woot: That amount of time is rediculous.

Hope not, might as well replace the clutch at the same time.

easy enough to just check the drive belt tension, if one feels loose, then you got a good idea....

Espace.... ecu went (again), so non-runner (no fuel to injectors), ecu went off, the electronics technician went on the sick, when the ecu came back, they fitted it, but nobody spotted the brocken connector block in the engine bay. So, two months of them trying to start it, dumping all that unburnt fuel, and a little oil into the cat. The original tech had it, spotted the fault, fixed it in 2 hours.... but now the Cat has disintigrated and all the parts have gone down the exhaust and destroyed it.... so now we argue over who replaces the exhaust..... bloody car mechanics.....

could be clutch squawk
normally when the clutch is glazed by light drivers(not opposite off fat, light clutch users)
normally just as the clutch is biting

there is a way to see if its that, but be warned!! too much and you will loose drive alltogether

you neet to deglaze the centre plate, (bit like squealing brakes, few hard stops to deglaze them and there ok again) to do that slipp the clutch hard a few times so it stinks, but dont go mad

if that cures it it may stay away for awhile, if it comes back then new clutch im affraid

aux belts normally slip/squeal on full load (power steering/ac/alternater) or on start up not whan taking up drive train to move off

nope i got one but only do basics, sister in law had a xantia, had a fault and even citroen could not sort it, got here in a nice focus diesel estate ghia now!!

got auto tensioner on it so you can pull on belt and move tensioner

Ok thanks, i might give it a go if im feeling brave. :woot:
I normally give my cars some beans every now and again but Faye drives slow all the time so it could well be that.

just a couple of good slips

somin like setting off in second or third gear with some revs on

or dive along steady in 3rd hold foot flat on ass and dip clutch a few times, i know this sounds rough but,,,,,,,,,,,, needs must

Im going out in a bit so ill give it a go. cheers.

Ok, well it stopped it for a bit, then came on again on the way home so i think the clutch is knackered. Will i need the pressure plates changed too or is this part of the repair?

Also i noticed a whine noise from cold which goes when warm and makes more noise the more revs you have. Another problem :lol:

The script righters on this episode or off ther tits the clutch is goosed now.:woot:

Take it you have never had an air bag go off on you then while working in that area then? I had one go off while working on a radio? Pug 607.

Right the clicking noise is probably the clock spring (airbag contact)

As for the idle problem it could be a couple of things but all cars will have a change in idle speed when extra load is placed on the alternator as it makes the engine work harder.

It may just need the idle speed control valve cleaning out or we have had hego sensors give this kind of problem (lamda sensors)

Does it happen when hot,cold or both?

Thats pretty much sorted now, does it a tiny bit with stuff on, but it seems the battery was at fault.

How much roughly would the clock spring cost to get fixed? Not sure i wanna play around near the airbag.

Well without looking the part up I would say about £50 plus an hours labour to fit.

They arent that hard to do just have to disconnect the battery for 15 mins before doing it.

nope 20 years and not one in all that time, granted they not been out for that long but.......... mind you im talking removal, refit, not probing wires tho some of ours are on AC volts
ohm meters and power probes are a big no no

just to point out that the clutch is not knackered, its just a noise and it wont fail.
complete clutch now consists of pressure plate and center disk, release bearing is extra and part of the slave cylinder


not hard to do if you want to be safe then disconect battery for 1 mins, i can email you the step by step instructions if you drop me your email via pm

i can do em in less than 15 mins from start to finish, though we dont take battery off (ford recomend you do but not many do even field engineers and training colleage)

Part is £45 part number is 1148268
labour time is 33 392 0 (L) Air Bag Sliding Contact(Clock Spring) - Remove And Install All MUA 0.7 of an hour

that includes 1mins disconect and recode battery so TJF must like to lift legs by charging an hour :o:p

and yes its 1 min to allow system to shut down NOT 15mins

"Wait at least one minute after disconnecting the battery ground cable"

Ive just taken the top cover off the wheel and the noise sounds like it's coming from the footwell? Could it be the UJ connection from the steering column? Is that correct terminology? :p

yes i did say check bottom 1st, spray wd on it

Ah i see that now, did read back through but missed it, thanks.

tard :p

Well shes still creaking at the joint after lubing her up.

MORE LUBE! :woot:

She can't handle much more before she gets too slippy, or sloppy. :woot:

Well the noise has all but gone now, just needed to penetrate a bit better, car smells like crap now though :lol: Cheers for your advise Mark.