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Title: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: jonny2112 on 04 April 2014, 20:15:28
Our son has got his first car - a Megane Mk 1 Coupe. Needs some tlc and a bit of work to bring it back to life, but we'll get there. Noticed the floor carpet was wet and decided to inspect the sunroof drains for blockages, and sure enough the offside was full of water. I'm not sure this is the cause of the soaking carpet, but a good starting point. Haven't managed to get that cleared as yet despite efforts made, but now the roof won't close! Gutted. Bloomin Renault electrics!
There is no handbook with the car and the book of lies hasn't arrived yet. Anyone any ideas at this point? The roof is currently opened backwards as oppose to simply tilted  :'(
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: martin42 on 04 April 2014, 20:23:10
Should be a manual over ride,remove cover that is where the roof motor is,usally a special key,allen key or flat head screw driver slot
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: jonny2112 on 04 April 2014, 20:30:13
Should be a manual over ride,remove cover that is where the roof motor is,usally a special key,allen key or flat head screw driver slot

Thanks a lot. I'll go out and have a look  :y
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: jonny2112 on 04 April 2014, 21:01:00
Should be a manual over ride,remove cover that is where the roof motor is,usally a special key,allen key or flat head screw driver slot

Thanks a lot. I'll go out and have a look  :y

Brilliant! Aperture in the centre of motor for an Allen key. Just wound it back. On testing, the roof works fine, EXCEPT when fully opened backwards. Not sure if that's a lazy motor or perhaps it's simply stuck at full extension. Something else to investigate  :)

Thanks for the help though. At least it's now closed  :y
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 April 2014, 23:01:08
check the alternator charging voltage.. it may hide a joke..




and what engine k4m or f7r or f5r ?
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: jonny2112 on 05 April 2014, 00:30:17
check the alternator charging voltage.. it may hide a joke..




and what engine k4m or f7r or f5r ?

That's all above my head  :-X
It's a 1.6 though. I'll need to check the full stats

Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 April 2014, 02:00:11
Might be a duff microswitch in the motor housing causing it to run further than designed to causing the mechanism to stick :-\
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: omega3000 on 05 April 2014, 07:42:48
check the alternator charging voltage.. it may hide a joke..




and what engine k4m or f7r or f5r ?

That's all above my head  :-X
It's a 1.6 though. I'll need to check the full stats

 ;D ;)
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 April 2014, 16:44:56
check the alternator charging voltage.. it may hide a joke..




and what engine k4m or f7r or f5r ?

That's all above my head  :-X
It's a 1.6 though. I'll need to check the full stats


likely k4m .. very solid engine.. also have some vvt variants..


only on vvts   de-phaser pully fails from time to time.. :-\  but yours is non-vvt
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: ronnyd on 05 April 2014, 18:41:39
What do you expect, it,s a bloody Renault ::)
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: Rods2 on 05 April 2014, 20:26:24
Our son has got his first car - a Megane Mk 1 Coupe. Needs some tlc and a bit of work to bring it back to life, but we'll get there. Noticed the floor carpet was wet and decided to inspect the sunroof drains for blockages, and sure enough the offside was full of water. I'm not sure this is the cause of the soaking carpet, but a good starting point. Haven't managed to get that cleared as yet despite efforts made, but now the roof won't close! Gutted. Bloomin Renault electrics!
There is no handbook with the car and the book of lies hasn't arrived yet. Anyone any ideas at this point? The roof is currently opened backwards as oppose to simply tilted  :'(

Have you checked the floor for tinworm and ventilation holes?  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: danzigfan on 05 April 2014, 20:40:23
I had a scenic 1.6 mk1 a few years ago, which is basicly same s... sory couldn't resist, car as megane coupe. Check the scuttle drains, those can easily get blocked on mk1, causing wet carpet and heating fan go south. Only tools I used to take on a ride with scenic were a gallon of gasoline and a firelighter....  :-X
Title: Re: Renault Megane coupe
Post by: Stemo on 05 April 2014, 21:33:02
We bought a 10 reg megane coupe dymamique from the car people. It was six months old with three thousand miles on it. New cost was £18500 but we got it for £12500.
Three and a half years and 35000 miles later, it has passed its mots with only a sticky pad needing doing. It hasn't got a mark on it, looks brand new and drives perfectly.
Thecarbuyingservice have offered £5400 for it, so depreciation is better than most cars.
In short, it's a great car.
You really are a bunch of stuck-in- the-past tossers. ;D