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Title: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: holtender on 07 June 2012, 17:26:44
My son is looking to buy 1500 deisel, look a decent enough motor, anyone have any experience with them?

How often does the cambelt need changing?

Any obvious faults anyone knows about, looking for a 2001-2004


Cheers
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: Del Boy on 07 June 2012, 17:30:59
I think from memory the cambelt needs doing every 70,000 or 5 years. A friend of mine had one, he liked it a lot, good little van. He did have a problem with something though, I can't remember exactly but it was fuel related.
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: TheBoy on 07 June 2012, 18:13:59
I think from memory the cambelt needs doing every 70,000 or 5 years. A friend of mine had one, he liked it a lot, good little van. He did have a problem with something though, I can't remember exactly but it was fuel related.
If its French, must be something electrical ;D
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: the alarming man on 07 June 2012, 19:33:56
the driving position is dreadful (the old version that is the newer is a little better)...you have to have very long legs and very short arms.... :y
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: OOMV6 on 07 June 2012, 20:25:15
Cannot be too bad me thinks - the Luxembourg postal service use them. See loads of these little yellow things nipping around the place. Mate of mine drives an ex-post van and has never had an issue. Sloooooooow if not turbo'd.
That said, I have heard the early ones to be referred to without the last "o". Kan-go
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: BiodieselOmega on 07 June 2012, 22:19:20
DCi engine????
Treat the MAF sensor as a service item at about 90000.
EGR around the same time but can be cleaned with a bit of effort.
Clutch slave is inside bell housing and will stuff the clucth WHEN  it leaks.
Apart from that good vans!!
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: holtender on 08 June 2012, 00:49:16
Thanks for all the comments lads, it is what makes this site such a fantastic place to visit! All noted and taken on board.

We have located a decent 2002 picking it up saturday, fortunately my lad is 6'2" so it looks like a marriage made in heaven
Title: Re: Renault Kangoo Van
Post by: omegod on 08 June 2012, 08:36:35
Enjoy changing the heater plugs! the 4th one is buried under the intake manifold, which has to be undone from underneath with 4 or 5 extensions ;D  Make sure cambelt is done as my friends snapped,rear torsion bar snapped too but van was overloaded.