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[preston420]

all the work i had done cost me just under 2500 they finished the engine the first time got the engine sent back my self and my dad put the engine back in and got it spick and span ready to fire up it looked really good but after 10 mins on starting it up, it made the worse noise iv ever heard and on finding the problem, it was due to the timing tensioner not been put on properly, they even put a 'new kit on it aswell' luckerly it was only ticking over and bent 8 valves but enough to piss u off since u waited 4 months for the day you fire her up again. so sent it bak for re valving took a further month to get the engine bak off them. when sending it off to the company they promised a full brand new set of gaskets and a timing kit and that they would fit the engine bak in with all these extras with NO extra cost. but none of these promises were kept and i had to pay a further £100 from renault for a timing kit and £100 from renault for the gaskets and when everything seemed to working good i was in to 400 miles of the run-in mileage and the bottom end went which was the reason why i had all this work done in the first place im now taking leal action and the car is in renaults hands now for a full recon and making sure its the ****ing shit this time, i bought this car in December and only been able to drive it for 20 days since to date sux or wot

[2 live]

no offence mate..........but jus cos its at reno......theres no garantee a better job will be done. muppets work there too u know ;)


most are only good for general servicing, and even then can fuk it up royally.

[col]

They are not that hard to work on, Ive rebuilt engines over the years,and i just farm out the difficult bits like ,boring/honing valve guide inserts ,an crank regrinds,and head work if required.the rest is just meticulous assembly which gives me great satisfaction.

[Wobba]

I'm no mechanic but even I can fix an F7R. Must have been drunk YTS teenagers working on the car to be that messed up.

I'd be mad too. Personally I wouldn't go to Renault, but back in the day when I had my R5 Raider I got them to do all my work and it was top notch. One of the mechanics there loved the car, he took special care over it. He bought it off me in the end...

Nowadays if I had to get work done I'd only go to specialists named on here.

[preston420]

the reson for goin renault this time is i need to find out how much it will cost to get it all sorted and need a qoute from a garage to hold up in court so they have ****ed me over enough this time its my turn to get my own bak and let them pay the bill that rnault give out plus ill have a garantee and a 1st class job

[Wobba]

Ah k. Aftre that get it to a specialist.

[preston420]

will do pal i dnt want to see all this work been done for nothing hopefully the car shud look like it came out the showroom in a few months and still only got 65k on the clock for a willy 1 so not bad

[preston420]

well instead of going to renault i have spoken to stan and he is picking the car up tomorrow so all lies in his hands. shud be ready by the end of the month

[cliokiz]

Nice one

[1995clio16v]

no offence mate..........but jus cos its at reno......theres no garantee a better job will be done. muppets work there too u know ;)


most are only good for general servicing, and even then can f*k it up royally.

On the button. Took my 16v to Renault when I got it, to get them to do the cambelt, thinking it was the best place. Came back leaking oil everywhere and they tried fobbing me off claiming this and that. Cant remember what they did as it was 5 years ago now. Overtightened something on a seal.

The when they finally agreed to correct the massive oil leakage they cracked the sump, so ended up fitting me a new one FOC.

Thats my experience. And the belt was around £500 to do but they didnt do a proper job. Never again!

Preston Sunwin for information.