renault laguna 2 getting annoyed

lenomark

hi my renault laguna ll has recently got very hard to start it takes a few trys to get it running and ive noticed the engine idol speed has droped slightly its now idoling below 1000 rpm has anyone got any idea what this might be or mabye there is a quick fix cos like everyone else im skint at the min have just changed the air filter and plugs and this had no effect pls help..:eek:

mcwhirter

lenomark wrote: »

hi my renault laguna ll has recently got very hard to start it takes a few trys to get it running and ive noticed the engine idol speed has droped slightly its now idoling below 1000 rpm has anyone got any idea what this might be or mabye there is a quick fix cos like everyone else im skint at the min have just changed the air filter and plugs and this had no effect pls help..:eek:

Which engine, and year?

Saab Ed

lenomark wrote: »

hi my renault laguna ll has recently got very hard to start it takes a few trys to get it running and ive noticed the engine idol speed has droped slightly its now idoling below 1000 rpm has anyone got any idea what this might be or mabye there is a quick fix cos like everyone else im skint at the min have just changed the air filter and plugs and this had no effect pls help..:eek:

Try pulling the Renault badges off, this has been none to help in some cases :P

lenomark

2003 laguna 2 dynam

BrianD3

I'd be almost certain that your TDC (aka flywheel sensor) needs cleaning. 5 minute job. Instructions here
http://www.renaultforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10062

lenomark

can i do this my self if so wer can i find out about it?/

lenomark

gonna try this now ill let u know thanks

lenomark

have cleaned this and car starts fine thanks the idol speed is still around 800/900 any ideas how to fix this or what could be causing it??

Dartz

Maybe it doesnt like your spelling, hmm :rolleyes:

Mine idles at around that. A low idle isn't really a problem. If it's not so low it continuously stalls it's fine. Don't worry about it.

lenomark

it stalls the odd time and it used to idol at 1100 rpm so something is wrong i think

Dartz

lenomark wrote: »

it stalls the odd time
and it used to idol at 1100 rpm so something is wrong i think

So? It's not that big a difference. Nothing is wrong. If the car settles into a steady idle then it's fine.

'odd time' is a bit ambiguous. If it's once a day, it might be a problem Once a week, or once a month would be acceptable.

Guy:Incognito

lenomark wrote: »

it stalls the odd time and it used to idol at 1100 rpm so something is wrong i think

Since youve cleaned the flywheel sensor? If not, wait and see if it does . If it doesnt, problem solved.:)

noname007

I have a 01 Laguna II. I had the same problems as you.........first off the car would just suddenly stop say when breaking,(scary when coming down the motor way:mad:) I would lose everything and the car would just kinda freewheel until I started it again! Then a day or so later it would take many attempts to start it (one say it took me 33 continous attempts to start then all of a sudden it just kicked in)

So brought it to renault and they had clean the throttle body and repalce the fly wheel sensor.

Mine idles at around 800rpm all the time even before this happened and it still those today but it works fine! FINE...........haha now I said that something will probaly go wrong with it!!:o

lenomark

it seems to me that i was a fool to buy the car in the first place ive had nuthing but trouble but i am not spending another penny on it on a old car of mine ajusting the revs was as simple as turning a screw on the carb but im lost now on how to fix it or is it ok to leave it

noname007

lenomark wrote: »

it seems to me that i was a fool to buy the car in the first place ive had nuthing but trouble but i am not spending another penny on it

+1:mad:

Guy:Incognito

lenomark wrote: »

it seems to me that i was a fool to buy the car in the first place ive had nuthing but trouble but i am not spending another penny on it on a old car of mine ajusting the revs was as simple as turning a screw on the carb but im lost now on how to fix it or is it ok to leave it

If it doesnt stall anymore why would you try to fix anything?

Either way, you wont find any make of car with a carb younger than the mid 90's (waits for someone to come in to try prove me worng but at the end of the day we are talkign mainstream here)

crosstownk

lenomark wrote: »

it stalls the odd time and it used to idol at 1100 rpm so something is wrong i think

1100rpm sounds like a high idle speed. 800/900 rpm sounds about right.

junkyard

You'd need a medical card to keep these things going, spoke to someone today with a 06 Megane and he's having problems with the coils, this problem has been around since at least 2000 and Renault couldn't be bothered their @rses to fix the problem, gives you an idea what they think of their customers.:rolleyes:

lenomark

i needed a new tyre valve sensor last week so i orderd it in newlands renault the guy told me it would be 61 euro and the part would be in the following wednesday he also quoted me 50 euro to have the part fitted and tuned with the dashboard sensor wensday came and went and no call to tell me that my part had arrived so i rang them and to my suprise i got a ansering machiene telling me that they had stoped trading it has closed down .it cost me 100 euro to have the work done in XYX and they turned my sensors off so this will never hapen again whitch is lucky because there closing down soon too the only other renault garage is XY im sure this will be closing too what will the renault owners of dublin do then??????????:mad:

peasant

Do NOT throw around unsubstantiated claims that this and that dealership is about to close.

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