Renault 19 owning Noob

[dncingbear84]

Hi all,
i have been driving around in a Renault 19 for the past year and have decided to make a bit of an effort, it is a bit of a family heirloom that used to belong to my grandparents, then my uncle, then my brother, then me. Recently though the drivers side indictor has broken and keeps falling out, so is held in place until I get another one sorted out. It has a couple of bumps and scratches but is generally ok. Also the interior heating has packed up, I have tested the obvious, fuses and and dash switches and both are ok, so I am guessing that it is a fan in the heater matrix somewhere. Oh and it idles at around 1400rpm, but i think that ths is mostly due to incorrect carb on her.

So hi everyoneand hope to get to know someof you a bit better through the forum, sorry about the name, my keyboard missed the A from it... DAMN

[bidderman1969]

lol, welcome along fella! good to see you keeping the trusty 19 going! come along to a few meets, soon get to know us then

[JR]

hi Dancingbear84. I like how you've come to own the 19, most venerable. I have a hand-me-down car (fiat uno) which was my aunts.

[dncingbear84]

That assumesta the trusty 19 would make it there, tried to get to Liverpool the other month. Had a minor exhaust issue where the mid pipe broke from the exhaust, quick **it ordered the wrong part (OHV not OHC) so i had to drive 350 odd miles back at 35mph going slightly deaf in the process LOL. All part of the fun of running an old motor I guess

[Minichapperz]

Hello welcome, by the way if its a 1994 as i have read in other threads its going to spi (single point injecton) whats up with heating, no interior fan or a blocked heater matrix?

[bncrew]

old motors will do that, theyre still significantly more awesome than anything new on the road though, seeing a 19 always brightens up my day, welcome along...

[dncingbear84]

I think the issue i that there is no interior fan, you turn the fan speed selector and nothing happens. I was covnced it had a carb rather than injection, ut I will check in a bit when I bodge a fix on the indicator and remove the tape holding it in place, I o enjoy driving it, but it would be nice to have some mod cons

[Neal]

There's a rheostat in the heater blower housing, that sometimes burns out. Usually you'd still at least get full speed though.

Otherwise of course the motor itself could be duff.

Still, easy job to remove and replace. mk1 clios have the same blower, might be easy to get one of those from the scrappy as 19s are a bit thin on the ground these days, just be careful to get one with the same connector as these can differ slightly so take the old one with you.

[dncingbear84]

Thanks Neal,
I had a hunt round the scrap yard yesterday no 19's in sight but there were clio's though. I will have a read of the Haynes to find out how to get it out, from speking to a couple of people they suggesta full days work DIY

[bidderman1969]

Originally Posted by dncingbear84

I think the issue i that there is no interior fan, you turn the fan speed selector and nothing happens. I was covnced it had a carb rather than injection, ut I will check in a bit when I bodge a fix on the indicator and remove the tape holding it in place, I o enjoy driving it, but it would be nice to have some mod cons

pop up an engine bay pic, should be able to tell from there then

are the indicators held in by a spring, like the ph1's? what part of the indicators are broke?

[Neal]

Full days DIY?? pfft, hours work absolute tops to swap it out including your cup of tea when youve finished.

ph2 indicators are indeed held in by the stretch spring. What usually happens is that the spring tears out of the little lug on the indicator. You can redrill another hole but that only works so many times, until there's no lug left to drill.

[bidderman1969]

Originally Posted by Neal

Full days DIY?? pfft, hours work absolute tops to swap it out including your cup of tea when youve finished.

ph2 indicators are indeed held in by the stretch spring. What usually happens is that the spring tears out of the little lug on the indicator. You can redrill another hole but that only works so many times, until there's no lug left to drill.

yup, i drilled another hole on project Persil

[dncingbear84]

Yep, it was held in my a spring, drilled anothr hole and removed the tape... good as new!
I have taken a couple of pics of the engine and car, will post them in a bit after i get them off my phone!

[bidderman1969]

nice one

[dncingbear84]

center console


dials


arse end


side view


front view


business end


egine details

[Neal]

Yep, injection.

[dncingbear84]

Wow, I learn somethingnew every day, that means it must be the E7J engine then, I have reading up on the manual today...
Any ideas why the bloody thing idles so fast, the pic of the dials is at idle? Sorry for the stupid questions

[Minichapperz]

well it would be going by the temp gauge its on cold start

[dncingbear84]

Yeah sure, I get that on a cold start the idle is faster due to the choke (automatic I guess?) but even after a 40 minute journey to work the idle is stil round 1300 to 1400 rpm

[Peter T]

Nice wee 1.4 you've got there.