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When I put the car into 5th gear, it starts to whine, not sure why. If you time it really well, it won't do it, but almost 95% of the time it will. Anyone else had this problem? If so, what did they do to fix it?

 

Also, does anyone service their own car or get it done professionally? Just to change the oil filter, oil, spark plugs, etc..?

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Clio II?

 

I don't have a whine but have you checked the oil in the gearbox?

 

There are certainly people that service their cars. The standard services are pretty straightforward but things like timing belt need a professional unless you are particularly competent.

 

One thing to keep in mind is that service is very important to these cars and regarded highly at sale time. At a minimum I'd keep a detailed record of what you did and receipts for parts if you decided to go this route.

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Yeah, it is a Clio II and I haven't checked the oil, but I will.

 

I attempted to do a basic service today but as I went to open the sump plug, it was a weird 5/16" socket type. I wasn't able to find a drive to fit it, same with the anti-tamper screws, they are a weird size, where can I get the parts for these? I've tried SuperCheap but they didn't have it. Where can I get these things?

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It is metric... 8mm square section socket for the sump plug.

Make sure you have a new sump plug washer.

 

This may help... :)

Google is your friend...

http://www.cliosport.net/content/guides/fubar/oil_guide.pdf

 

Something like this... It is available locally if you try specialist tool shops, or eBay.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-tool-sump-plug-key-/191331136620?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&fits=Car+Make%3ARenault%7CModel%3AClio%7CCars+Type%3AWilliams&hash=item2c8c39746c

 

Same again for the torx tools... Torx bits and sockets are common enough these days to find almost anywhere...

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Welcome to French! I think most people set themselves up off ebay from what I can tell.

 

Also, I assume you are flowing the service book? You mentioned spark plugs above... they are spiffy ones, you don't want to be changing them every service.

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It is metric... 8mm square section socket for the sump plug.

Make sure you have a new sump plug washer.

 

This may help... :)

Google is your friend...

http://www.cliosport.net/content/guides/fubar/oil_guide.pdf

 

Something like this... It is available locally if you try specialist tool shops, or eBay.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-tool-sump-plug-key-/191331136620?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&fits=Car+Make%3ARenault%7CModel%3AClio%7CCars+Type%3AWilliams&hash=item2c8c39746c

 

Same again for the torx tools... Torx bits and sockets are common enough these days to find almost anywhere...

Thank you Damo! That's pretty helpful, I knew how to service a car, but when I got under it today, everything was weird, went to change the spark plugs, I had a size 40 key, but I needed a size smaller, 30 got too small.

 

 

Welcome to French! I think most people set themselves up off ebay from what I can tell.

 

Also, I assume you are flowing the service book? You mentioned spark plugs above... they are spiffy ones, you don't want to be changing them every service.

Yeah, I didn't really plan on changing it every service but the service is due and I wanted to just get it out of the way so I have the money for the belts too.

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Also, should I completely drain the gearbox oil or can I just top it up? I don't know when it was last changed..

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Yeah, I don't really have the square drive to open it, I guess il just top it up and see how it goes, if it doesn't change the whining, I'll have to buy more bottles.

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