HI
I have just joined the forum this morning and would welcome any advice
on running a renault 4 gtll 1988 as a daily driver.I live in south west france
and bought Snowflake from an elderley gentleman who had kept the car
in a garage at his holiday home here in France.As a consequence the car
is remarkably rust free .I have cleaned the car inside and out degreased
the engine bay and t cut and polished ,changed plugs and points and fitted
four new tyres and Snowflake has just passed her CT the French equivalent
of an mot.The speedo reading suggests that she has covered 226000 kms
but the previous owner said that he thinks a replacement engine had been
fitted at some time prior to his ownership,the engine runs evenly and pulls
smoothly but inspection of the interior of the rocker box cover has shown
a build up of thick glutinous oily deposit , which brings me finally to my
question - what would be the best method of cleaning the engine without
dismantling it ? the previous owner appears to have changed oil and filter
every two years or 1500 kms,sorry to be so long winded, thanks.
I have just joined the forum this morning and would welcome any advice
on running a renault 4 gtll 1988 as a daily driver.I live in south west france
and bought Snowflake from an elderley gentleman who had kept the car
in a garage at his holiday home here in France.As a consequence the car
is remarkably rust free .I have cleaned the car inside and out degreased
the engine bay and t cut and polished ,changed plugs and points and fitted
four new tyres and Snowflake has just passed her CT the French equivalent
of an mot.The speedo reading suggests that she has covered 226000 kms
but the previous owner said that he thinks a replacement engine had been
fitted at some time prior to his ownership,the engine runs evenly and pulls
smoothly but inspection of the interior of the rocker box cover has shown
a build up of thick glutinous oily deposit , which brings me finally to my
question - what would be the best method of cleaning the engine without
dismantling it ? the previous owner appears to have changed oil and filter
every two years or 1500 kms,sorry to be so long winded, thanks.