More problems [Alarm, Gearbox and Fueling]

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

Hi.

Got a few concerns with my Clio.

First off, sometimes I'll get in the car after College, go to start and the engine will be turning over but not sparking. It sounds just like when the immobiliser is still on, but I've turned my Alarm off which has stopped the immobiliser (or so I assume). And anyways I always thought it was a flat battery so used to bump start it (did this about seven or eight timnes since I've owned it). And yesterday it happened and I phoned my dad who said that the battery isn't flat, try turning your alarm on and off, so I did, and it started. Then later on after being parked up for about three hours the same thing happened so this time I turned my alarm on and tried to start and it started.

Now I've tried a million times to actualy set the alarm off but it never has and now it seems it's causing my car not to start Confused

Any ideas why this may be?.

Secondly, I HAD to park my car on our driveway which is ultra steep and my handbrake is wank so I put the car in reverse and slowly let the car rest in gear, now ever since then my gears have felt a bit crunchy. They very rarely go smoothly into gear, but make no crunch sound, just resist going in a bit. Don't know if it's anything to worry about, never comes out of gear whilst moving but the gear stick does move a bit when in gear Crying or Very sad

. I've never checked the gearbox oil level though, so I don't know if it's low or what Question

Thirdly, I keep getting crap Mpg. The car is only a 1.4e and I put Â£26 in, did normal driving (the odd bit of ragging) and got 220 miles from Â£26, which ok, that's for town and lane driving in a hilly area, but surely it should me more. Also even when the car is nice and warm and u reverse in a confined space you can smell petrol coming from the rear end.

Phew!. Answers on a postcard please Laughing

But seriously, please help. I want to sell this car soon and last thing I want is it becoming unreliable or breaking.

Cheers.

Site Subscriber Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1575

220 mile from 43litre tank thats aprox 9 gallons thats about 25mpg I think as an average thats probably about right.

check your gearbox oil .

sounds very much to me like your imobiliser is not disarming could be a doggy connection in the loom or maybe even at the alarm look for corrosion, (you know green stuff around the connections), as it could be going HR (high resistance) hence it'll work sometimes but not others.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

first thing I always recommend is remove and bin the renault alarm. It causes so much grief.

The mpg works out around 31mpg, which is more than adequate for town work.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i work it out as 23mpg Question

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Â£26 does not fill the tank!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

right way I done it.

Â£26 @ roughly 75p per litre

you get whatever it was

then you work out gallons which there are 4.5 ish litres to a gallon

220 divided by the gallons which is 7 or somehting.

You get 31mpg

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

Yeah it's 32Mpg. That's weird actualy as when i first got the car I worked it out and it was exactly that..32Mpg. Maybe psychological that I smell fuel so pressume it's overfueling and 'think' I'm getting a bad Mpg.

So can I just rip the Ren alarm out? What about the Immob etc?.

Any idea on the gears?.

Cheers.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

check box oil like david said.

remove the alarm and sort out the wirign as needs be. Nomartlly its just a few bullet connectors you attach together.

How old is the car? immob varies with age you see

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

Oh right. Will take a look at the oil tommorow hopefuly.

The car is a 91 J reg.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I assume its the key in the glovebox immobiliser?

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i was goin by davids figures....220 miles to 43 litres, that'll be why.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 569

Chris H wrote:

I assume its the key in the glovebox immobiliser?

Nope.

In the engine bay is the alarm itself (the speaker bit) and it has a key on it that you can turn to either on or off Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

on subject, all 16v's had a immobileser key in the glovebox, well mine doesnt and doesnt have a hole for one that i can see!!

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

neither does mine, its mounted under the dash directly below the heater dials instead

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

ok i'll have a gander 2moro

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Neal 19 16v wrote:

neither does mine, its mounted under the dash directly below the heater dials instead

same as mine on my ph2, my ph1's is in the glove box

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

my car does 100kms with 8-8,5 litres of fuel .the 1.8 rt that is and ragging to death

Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

mines a ph1, but nothing in the glove box

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

well my K reg phase 2 hatchback has the glovebox one, its disconnected though because its a piece of shit.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

allright than my k reg ph2 rt has it in the glove box and the j reg 16v has it under the heater control panel .
but have not got the keys for either of them Crying or Very sad

how am i gonna insure the bloody 16v with no alarm/immobiliser??????

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

reno fitted alarm does not meet most insurance company specs anyway schacks

you will prolly find you will need a min requirement of a Cat 2 alarm or immob to get insurance on it.

both mine are cat 2 alarmed and immoblised with the standard reno alarms disabled (as they are shit)