Clio Clio dci bargain daily driver

[Brigsy]

You dont need to hold the inner shaft @DaveL485 when removing the pulleys. All you need is the outer spline that fits the pulley and use an impact driver just rattle it off. It sounds like it will never work but it flys off.

We are back in business again and the clio is running sweet! Updates to come

 

[gtmatt]

what if you fit a standard pulley and not a clutch one ??

its only a clutch one for the reason of the engine not having to work as hard correct ?? @Brigsy

 

[Brigsy]

The clutch pulley is there for extra mpg/less belt wear etc @gtmatt if you can bin it i would get it gone like! I dare say a standard pulley would cause no issues.

Todays update. So time to get the alternator on. The manual tensioner is a bastard to set as you cant really get anything in to get tension on it. Last time i borrowed a big snap on pry bar and had @Sheryl_O pulling it whilst i nipped it up which was a bit heath robinson but worked but put stress on the alternator. Renault have a special tool to tension it which i do not have as per lol
Looks fairly simple to make?? I went through the big box of shite and found an old shitey cranked spanner. Cut one end off and forced a m6 die over

And we have one tool that worked epically to tension the belt Boshed it all back together, nipped up the pmt tensioner and nipped up the bolts. Removed tool and big fire up sounds 100% better, tested alt just over 14 volts that will do me..engine idles smoother win win all round

Road testing has revealed better mpg with new alternator too 65-68mpg the cooling system is working better after flushing as it used to linger around 2 bars on the gauge now it seems to maintain temp better. I think the top hose to the header tank was blocked as i pulled it off and had to blow through both ways before it started doing anything?? Heater is better etc. Give her a clean up after. To be continued..

 

[gtmatt]

Nice work as always mate 'photo bomb of the meg

 

[DaveL485]

what if you fit a standard pulley and not a clutch one ??

its only a clutch one for the reason of the engine not having to work as hard correct ?? @Brigsy

The pulley reduces whipping of the belt which allows for a weaker belt tensioner which in turn helps the bearings in the alternator and waterpump (if driven from the same belt) to last longer.

It is a bit like how a bicycles pedals work when you stop pedalling, If it did not free run it would be trying to drag your feet around.

 

[Brigsy]

Around the 1000 mile mark done in the old £80 quid clio up to now. I had to add a little bit more tension to the aux belt last week as it was chirping a little on cold start. Ideally i need the special renault tool that measures the hz of the noise made off the belt to check tension (Nobody has one) so had to do it by luck as per. Monitoring the clutch pulley on the alt incase thats shot. No other issues super reliable.

Needed some mats so bought some new oem renault mats at £32 (nearly half the price of purchase !) Not fitted yet as interior needs a good hoover. With the new house purchase i have been using the clio like a little van to pick up gear etc also brimmed the tank (£45) and the range said almost 900 moles before settling at 650 ish with good quality shell and bp derv at under a pound a ltr this is epic.

Full bathroom suite apart from bath

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Which turned into this - almost complete (full rewire, heating, bathroom and various little jobs in 2 weeks)
Also had 8x gtt wheels in today and my new bucket seat for the van - no pics as forgot. In other news i have purchased a set of xenon lights and a sport grill last week for a nice oem upgrade off @James5 looking forward to fitting them

Lets do the tally again

£552 last update
£32 oem mats
£124 for xenons and grill
Total - £708...to be continued

 

[andybond]

Looks like we need a house thread as well mate

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Looks like we need a house thread as well mate

Yeah come on @Brigsy, let's see a house thread up of the new Casa ShezBrigz?

You know how myself and other key TR members love a house thread, especially @Matt Cole :aj:

 

[Brigsy]

I have millions of pics of the new house. Ill need all night to do a thread but will do one soon guys! Progress is rapid at the moment we will be in soon. All guns blazing to make the internals and externals nice so i can have a nice double garage later in this year

 

[Brigsy]

Cliovan keeps ploughing on no issues. I had a few 25kg bags of multi finish/cement/sand/flooring/plywood/upvc and few mtrs of 2x1 in tonight - i reckon about 175kg. Free lowering needs a wash badly

 

[Chris Smith]

Looking good Fella. House work is a bitch, having repainted the front room, hall, bedroom this week in time for carpet to be laid today I hate house work.. And now lucy is talking of a new kitchen... Should have just moved to a new house!

Keep up the hard work

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

House work is a bitch, having repainted the front room, hall, bedroom this week in time for carpet to be laid today I hate house work.. And now lucy is talking of a new kitchen... Should have just moved to a new house!

 

[Chris Smith]

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When she said the kitchen needs doing, I replied there goes my chances of getting a 225 this year

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

When she said the kitchen needs doing, I replied there goes my chances of getting a 225 this year

Shouldn't have given that last one away...

 

[Brigsy]

Update time. With current house renovations on-going spanner time is limited apart from essential repairs. Today the sparkies were in and chasing out the walls for the rewiring so too much dust for me to crack on. Had a couple of hours spare this afternoon so done a couple of jobs on the old dci.

Current situation - we are down to 4 bars on the fuel gauge. 400 ish miles on the trip & 270 ish left on the range so on for 600+ miles on a tank of derv mixed driving - mpg 55 ish no lower than 53. A good blast up to Newcastle last night to the indian buffet Annesa's (awesome) - opened it up a bit on the way there - goes well up to the national speed limit and beyond easily

First job today was to cure the knocking strut tops on full lock. This is basically by fitting a washer in the top mount assembly to stop it touching the strut top. Very heath robinson approach but if renault fitted them to the clio v6 its good enough for me. Anyway the top mounts are tight as feck - snapped my 6mm allen key bit holding the shocker - need a rattle gun to buzz them off. Could not get my hands on one at short notice so had to leave it for today next purchase is a cheapo battery impact gun.

After that carry on picked a couple of easier jobs. Gearstick was stiff and creaky so simply popped the gear gaitor up and regreased the ball - job jobbed nice and smooth.

Next job was to wire in a pair of rear speakers that i grabbed from the scrapyard a few weeks back. In theory they should be plug and play but typically no wiring in a povo spec like mine ! So armed with 50m of screwfix speaker cable at £7 i ran some new wire in (cheaper than halfords £6 for 6 mtrs ! ). Upon removing the rear passenger side trim i found £3.80 in change, plastic fork, london underground ticket, part of the snapped seat release handle!
Cranked Tupac up on the alpine - everything fecking rattles. Renault must have been a bit tight when designing the clio and decided only plastic clips would hold the rear doorcards on no screws. After pissing about for a few mins i simply drove a screw in to hold the two bits of plastic together tight and annoying rattle fixed ! Not keen on doing stuff like this but needs must and looks fairly oem for a bodge..also wedged the old london underground ticket behind the speaker grill to take up a bit of slogger job jobbed - sounds better than previous fronts only..good enough for me
As seen the carpets are a bit grotty after the van duties so give it a good valet and dug my new posh oem "expression" mats out of the cupboard. No fixings to locate mat only a small amount of velcro. I hate it when mats move and go under the pedals so beefed it up with heavy duty sticky 50mm velcro £5 from screwfix (in there every 2 fecking mins for daft house bits and bobs !)

Fitted. Feels very plush on the feet like the finest axminister carpet


As seen in the above pic the drivers seat is showing a bit of age. These seats are basically the same shape as the sport models but cloth. I have been looking for a replacement but no success yet. I dont mind the original seats with the quirky barcode pattern but if none come up soon might bosh some good 182 seats in as they are available and two a penny - very like gtt parts were ten years ago ! No rush yet though. To be continued...budget motoring for the win

 

[andybond]

I am enjoying this build. I have no idea why though. It's a bloody diesel !

 

[Brigsy]

Small update. Been sniffing about for an engine cover as they have foam under neath which in theory should make the old derv a little bit quieter. They are always missing in the scrapyards and some are stupidly priced on ebay but after waiting it out found one for £15. A few marks but fits in with the whole patina of the car put it on and doesnt sound much quieter to be honest but anyway was worth a look. In other news my big box of upgrades are getting picked up by the courier on friday so should be here soon. When i will get time to fit them is another question though !

Running totals
£708
Wire and velcro on last update £12
Engine cover £13
£733..to be continued..

 

[DaveL485]

Never noticed the barcodes on the seats before. They're awesome!

 

[Brigsy]

Barcodes everywhere ! Its pretty quirky dont mind it to be honestGlovebox needs straightening - as per every other mk2 clio from a quick search on google..another job to do. In other news the engine cover has made quite a difference to the noise when on the move so win win

 

[Scott_higgy]

nice thread @Brigsy I definitely need to get me a daily come the winter. keep up the good work