New Member from Scotland
Verfasst: Mo 23. Jul 2007, 15:43
Hello there to all the RX4 owners out there from Scotland. I have just recently purchased a 2003 1.9Dci RX4 with 64500 miles on the clock. Which is not a huge mileage for a diesel. The car was purchased from a small garage in Cumbernuald on the latter part of June. During the first week of having the car I could hear a distinct droning noise coming from the rear of the car along with an occasional clunck come chattering sound, then on came the engine management light with a pretty severe lack in power. After a few minutes the light went out and the power came back. The car was taken to a small independent garage in Irvine where I live and the diagnosis was not very good. The engine management light and lack of power was pretty straight forward, this was the EGR valve which was just removed and cleaned and put back in, but more serious was the drone and knocking noise from the back end. The propshaft coupling (big black doughnut type thing) and the final drive were away. To purchase the parts from Renault was pretty severe, prices are as follows : propshaft coupling ?240 + vat, final drive ?1780 + vat.
To say the least I was gutted. Fortunately the car is under warranty...just. And today the car was returned to the garage to be repaired. Not a good start to a car I have wanted to own for some time. Other than that the car has performed well 2 kids, 1 dog, 2 adults weekend away camping to Fort William...............priceless.
Will try and keep updated of my progress.
Scott
To say the least I was gutted. Fortunately the car is under warranty...just. And today the car was returned to the garage to be repaired. Not a good start to a car I have wanted to own for some time. Other than that the car has performed well 2 kids, 1 dog, 2 adults weekend away camping to Fort William...............priceless.
Will try and keep updated of my progress.
Scott