A Stalling Renault 5 GT Turbo Is Restored To Its 80s Magazine Cover Glory | Wheeler Dealers

Elvis is tasked with restoring one of the hottest cars from the 1980s, a Renault 5 GT Turbo. After fixing its stalling engine and acquiring old parts, they restore the car to its former My Car magazine glory.
From Season 17 Episode 8
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[@james94582]

Wish they had shown full episodes, like it used to be...

[@garyhedge621]

This is taken from a full one hour episode

[@PER5Y]

Discovery Chanel.

[@stan110782]

That was my passed best friend's car. He loved that car, he had a white one before the blue E reg car.

[@LogiForce86]

That's an F1 mechanic for you... thinking outside the box and getting the manifold ceramic coated. Genius!

[@VLG105]

Doesn't look like someone deliberately poked a screwdriver through that diaphragm at all lol

[@rk22cc]

Elvis is the best!

[@RussellBillings-qi8qy]

Looking good all car s done with you two we send you nuff respect from L's 11 family

[@tombola4046]

Great car, would love to see what they used to shoehorn Mike into that seat though 😂😂

[@anthonychristian4807]

Had one in black on an E reg back in 93. Pocket rocket.

[@northernirishviking7283]

Far better again that its back home, mike done well getting elvis on board, its a great show along with car sos

[@stephenvalente3296]

Wish they did more detailed episodes though. Take out the buying bit, and all the waffle at the end to show more mechanical work like the old days.

[@TheTerribleGamer1]

The flashing curser neans mike wront that email himself 😂 elvis is a good guy mike was always the problem

[@tumolucky17]

I had a red 86 one . Loved it

[@tingen8877]

Sir hope you have a full episode of your show here in yt so that people like me that don't access on cable TV can watch your show....

[@davidrobertson5700]

Little monsters on fuel, they drink more than an afterburner. Beautiful little car, takes me back

[@Tom-zl2wk]

Mine were never that bad!

[@namAlexander]

mine never did and it was phase one modded the clio 16v did though it hated being cold

[@videt_scit_dicit]

I love Renault 5 turbo, but the mid-engined and RWD version. She's my fave among (2 seats) hatchback sport cars. I love her even more than clio 3.0 V6 sport.

[@namAlexander]

there was a recall on phase 2 for the cooling fan were they added a fuse inline, mine was had the fuse fitted, E reg 5 like that is a phase 1 just with phase 2 bits on it

[@JonLewis-gx2dd]

Amazing pocket rockets! I owned one for 14 years, a phase 2, black late G plate, 1990 car, pushing 204 BHP at the wheels. Mainly GT Tuning modifications to the car, quite a number of them, at quite a cost! I dearly miss my GT Turbo & am currently looking for another one. If anybody out there knows of the where-abouts of my previous R5 Turbo, reg G182 VBU, please get in touch as I would make u an offer that would be hard to refuse. Thanks Jon

[@mrorangepeel659]

I had a Black F plater… I had it repainted and added clear indicator lenses and fogs. Lovely looking little car but very much a fast metal shed on wheels. The head gasket went twice on me and in the end I just had enough of it. I sold it for just £2,200.00 even though it was a minter. This was all the way back in 1999.

[@GARAGESXERO]

Sounds the same as mine but mine was a q plate 😳

[@bobanppvc]

My neighbour was selling gt turbo for 800 euros 15 years ago...And it was in good condition

[@ThaDutchDK1989]

800€ euro’s … sure.. riding driving 5 gt turbo where never less than 2500€ worth.

[@bobanppvc]

@@ThaDutchDK1989 owner didnt have a clue what he was driving...At a time i was 15 and i said to my dad to buy it for me he said to are you crazy renault 5 is a shity old car lol

[@m.s.6545]

i owned and drove one of these R5GT Turbo as a 19 year old "kid", fresh owner of a drivers licence , it was insane. only god knows, how i survived this 🙂

[@markc3258]

Lucky you

[@leszekruminski6829]

90s Clio Williams. LOVE F7R 😀

[@shafeeemamdee6638]

0-60 in 7.5 secs in the 80's!!! Sunbeam lotus from the 70's ... Hold my beer!!!

[@peterthornton2396]

First time I’ve seen carb cleaner being used correctly lol

[@albertosp3488]

One of my dreamed cars R5, i would like to see Mr. China repairs one of those but this one is ok

[@cakepanda]

where's the rest of the episode??!

[@TheRiderGuider]

Didn’t include the cost of the new tyres?

[@TheBlaert]

Friend of mine had a lovely early Phase 1 with a few engine mods. Quick as hell. Shame it boiled the fuel and caught fire one night

[@namAlexander]

that's why they fit a cooling fan too the carb on phase 2

[@atrem7942]

I loved wheeler dealers I loved my r5. When I saw the title I got expectations which aren't met in any way try to find an r5 turbo which only needs a carburetor tuneup and very minor cosmetic work. Is such a disappointment.

[@spandauer9355]

The original rims were the turbo rims! The current ones are from the GTE.

[@riptwan]

Deffo not fully refurbed that carb

[@henryviii6341]

they were ALWAYS STALLING mate. I had one. It often got overheated. then the fan ran for ages. then the battery got flat and you stuffed.

[@jagjay8033]

i had 1 for 3 years in the 90s put a bigger turbo on it was great then someone wanted it badly and paid £2000 more than i paid for it then on his way home he crashed it going round a roundabout 10 min later. then i bought a brand new Citroen saxo vts and i have had it 22 years less than 50.000 miles

[@stephenmartin1037]

I like wheeler dealers watched it from the start but the lies of how much parts are is getting silly now

[@andystone5487]

So, how much etc???

[@ohbollox2it]

It’s strange that a tyre company uses the original tread pattern when modern tread patterns and compounds are superior

[@alfamonk]

wonder how much they flogged it back to her for - £9K?

[@DreamTripper]

Cursor next to the email.....

[@jimmer1976]

Mikes writing himself emails.

[@grantbreezy5429]

They say the only car for a hot hatch today is an abarth 595 nothing eles can compare

[@danilodefreitasfernandes6970]

Legendas indisponíveis

[@DevonNroos]

Defo looked better when they got it

[@sandersson2813]

Can only think of Ali G when I see these.

[@nickybyrne4961]

Elvis worked in F1? Really? He's never mentioned that before.

[@DM-hw4cr]

Gee. I wonder why cars moved to fuel injection.

[@mjowsey]

Convert to fuel injection?

[@rk22cc]

Classic car

[@carrigancooper9562]

Charlotte sold her Renault gt 5 turbo to Mike on wheeler dealers

[@zoltansimorka91]

Then She rebought it.

[@carrigancooper9562]

@@zoltansimorka91 you’re right

[@RGD-Repairs]

Elvis acting skills for camera, Are pretty damn terrible tho 🤣🤣

[@richardaitchison1177]

Head gaskets and turbos gone at around 40k miles is what I remember.. I had 2 uno turbos, bulletproof motors and so much fun to drive, sadly, like chickens teeth to find now

[@sjcea0512]

Every car here is junk