IT RUNS! Renault Fuego is Alive Again... Sort of! Now WHAT?!?

[@dj_paultuk7052]

The Fuego oil pressure gauge is also Oil Level. When you turn the ignition on it should be maxxed out indicating the oil level is ok. Then once started it becomes oil pressure reading. (ive owned 2 Fuego's)

[@yngveamundsen5184]

Yea, this is a common feature on French cars from that time, I had the same function on my Citroën BX 19 GTI 16Vs.

[@gillesherambourg1499]

Indeed it is an oil level gauge, not oil pressure

[@NeedsmoreCowbell72]

Same as on my Renault 21 TXI and 25 GTX as well as my Peugeot 306 GTI-6 and 406 coupe.

[@davewitthaus1445]

Correct. I bought a Fuego new in ‘82. The oil level guage was very uncommon back then. It was fairly accurate, but still checking the dipstick is a must. (My current BMW does not have a dipstick, just a set of bars that show oil level. I’ve had the car for quite awhile, with no problems, but it still scares me not to be able to look at the oil/ oil level.)

[@CheapBastard1988]

​@@yngveamundsen5184Those are cool cars, but very rare these days.

[@elgener4l]

Where i live (Argentina) the Fuego and the Peugeot 505 (that you have on the back) flooded the streets in the mid 80s and 90s. There are still a lot of them still running and are considered "classics"

[@richcoleman469]

@@elgener4l I had a Honda, Fiat, 3 Peugeots, Dodge Coronado, Fairlane and a Hyundai H1 over.my 26 years in Argentina. Saludos

[@youtuber5709]

Yes and the Argentinian and the French versions look a lot better than than the US versions .

[@logicthought25]

I've never seen one on the road.

[@11sfr]

They were built in Córdoba until 1993, some 6 years after production stopped in France, last factory in the world that built new Fuegos

[@johanprins4415]

The first time I saw the Fuego was at an air show in the Netherlands where it was dropped from a helicopter as an introductory stunt. I thought the model awesome, but eventually, when I was old enough, I bought a Saab 9000, which I still drive.

[@ormstownsown]

On Renaults of this period the oil needle shows the engine oil level when the ignition is on but the engine is off. It shows the oil pressure when the engine is running. So your gauge is working correctly.

[@module79l28]

Not only of that period, my father had a '95 Laguna 2.0S with it and I believe they still used it well into the 2000's. I hope the Wizard reads your comment because it would be one less "problem" to deal with.

[@stacymcmahon453]

But it went all the way to the left when he started the engine. So he has no oil pressure?

[@Google_Is_Evil]

On the Fuego, it was only on the GTS. It was on slightly later models that this became more common. Nevertheless, you got it right for this car.

[@tonerotonero1375]

French viewer here. Even in its home country, the fuego is getting rare. We see some during the nice summer season getting driven outside. These are now collectibles with its sibling, the renault 18. I think the bumpers and a couple of details, typical to this American version are even more rare to find .

[@organiccold]

Thats the oil level, not the oil pressure, is working ok. Is showing full when the ignition is on. And those US headlights look awful on it..but well i still like it 😂

[@JohnnyBfromPeoria]

Correct!

[@piet-heins.2708]

Not to mention the bumpers… :-(

[@bt6850]

Yes I owned one in Australia, oil level only but does not show pressure. My tach and Speedo used to sit in same position with ignition on (probably to let you know they’re operational) but would then move when engine running.

[@markmowbray1769]

Lights and numbers, shame. Great car.

[@pfsantos007]

Dear Dad's: Take care of your cars. Cover them as needed, care for them, start them up. Maintain them. If you're not willing to do that, sell them to someone who will, or scrap them. Save your kids the trouble fixing something that may not be worth it except for sentimental reasons. - Regards, a Dad.

[@poireauer6517]

Great advice ! 👍👍

[@module79l28]

*Dads. Plurals have no apostrophe. 😉

[@jethrox827]

Thanks for the advice dude I'll make sure my built Evo 9 has fresh e85 and track wrap is in perfect condition, meanwhile I'll continue to help my son's do their oil changes and ongoing maintenance as they continue to sleep in, change jobs and complain about not having enough money 👍

[@watchinyoutube8919]

​@@module79l28"dear dad is"

[@This_man500]

If only my dad listened to this. I blew 2 or 3k getting his truck back up to it and I'm not done.

[@christopherclarke5978]

The European Fuego looked alot nicer on the front end with flush headlights and nice bumpers

[@organiccold]

Yes indeed

[@JosefSučmadik]

It is vintage now so you can scrape all the Yankee off it and return it to Euro specs.

[@davejones8612]

Wow, remember these. I had a Renault 18 Turbo, a 4 door saloon which basically had the same running gear as the Fuego, but a different body shell; in fact, I think the Fuego came after the 18 turbo. These were launched in 1979 and at the time, I think it was the first standard production, turbocharged 4 door saloon you could buy and for 1979, 120 bhp and 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds on virtually any car, was massive. They were way more advanced than any average car; fast, comfortable, reliable, had electric windows/central locking/power steering and plenty of non stop turbo power, all from just under a 1.6 litre OHV pushrod engine. My mate ran his with the temperature gauge off the clock going up a steep hill, as the fan relay had packed up and when we stopped, you could hear the water boiling in the engine block. I though it would be knackered, but we let it cool down a bit, carried on and it never blew the head gasket, in fact it never gave any mechanical trouble, ever. The only thing they would do was eat spark plugs if you didn't get the correct, temperature rated plugs. The only other car that came close for speed/refinement (for more money though) was a Saab 99 turbo, but the Renault 18 Turbo (and thus the Fuego) out accelerated the Saab in the 50-80mph bracket. I know, because mine was timed against a Saab 99 on a private race track, which was featured in Classic and Sports car magazine in the 1990's. Being a British model in the 1980's/90's, it was not fuel injected and did not have a cat like the U.S. versions, as we didn't have such restrictions back then. I bet the cat muffles the power, cancelling out any gain from fuel injection and making it similar performance to the Carburettor version. I have known 2 other 18 turbos/owners and they (and mine) all ended up with clutch failure above 80,000 miles, so seems to be a weak point; all 3 of them, the clutch pedal just locked solid and would not depress, although could still get gears and be driven without using the clutch pedal, so I don't know what sort of failure that is.???

[@antoniovillanueva308]

I knew a guy that kept one of these in his backyard to keep his Audi 100 from getting lonely.

[@noelmaguire8016]

Hi, FYI Renault fitted a oil level sensor to the dipstick cars of that era so you didn't have to lift the hood to check the oil level. I used to work on them with my cousin I'd do the mechanical repairs and an he did the bodywork. He had an approved auto body repair shop for insurance work. (sadly he passed away a few years ago.) I ran my own repair shop (one man show) and closed down when computers started being fitted to cars as the cost of buying equipment and renting software was too costly. I had a hard enough job getting paid for my time and having to put up my rates to cover the additional costs was a non starter, customers just would pay the extra. So I went into the taxi business. I still keep my hand on the spanners with my hobby of restoring vintage a classic tractors.

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

I live in Europe. Even here it is very hard to find a Fuego with a turbo engine. Very very rare.

[@Nickos1b]

I concur, it is extremely rare. I wonder if it is somehow similar to the Renault 11 as it looks somewhat similar.

[@2rueblue]

It's amazing Bob found a rust free model, even back in their day they were rust buckets good looking card but the arse just rusted out of them over here in Scotland it's a shame as French cars are pretty advanced sadly they waited too long to address the rust issues. Love the show and also your other channel "can you believe that" all the very best from Scotland

[@BlackLines]

My dad has a 1984 Fuego Turbo in storage in black, with black interior (with red and grey stripes). It's a lovely car, big grey "turbo" sign down the bottom of the doors, and yellow fog lights.

[@johnkendrick7304]

When you look under the hood to that Renault, that thing was really ahead of its time when you think about it

[@cryo4o]

My grandfather had one of those. I forgot such cars existed… amazing find man !

[@enricomercado4671]

My father's Renault 17 Gordini coupe had a similar retractable fabric roof that can be covered with a factory included fiberglass rigid roof panel for quieter driving. I still remember him sometimes taking the Gordini out to pick me and my brothers from school, with its fabric roof drawn open. It was like having an open panoramic sunroof. My classmates thought it was the coolest car they ever saw back then!

[@LI-FLKayakFisherman]

My father bought every one he could because he felt the seats were the most comfortable of any car. He paid next to nothing for most of them. He kept them running by scavenging parts among his collection. No one wanted to work on them and he had the patience to troubleshoot the various problems. When he passed in 2002 we had to dispose of at least five, three were turbos and as I recall we ended up taking them to the junkyard because there was no market for them.

[@robertlipham834]

This is a real trip down memory lane. My parents went from a “77” thunderbird with I believe a 400 cubic inch to a Renault Encore. It was so weak that we had to turn off the air like hitting a NOS button to pass someone on a two way road. My dad of course wanted the Fuego but my mom vetoed that for the more “family” Encore. Love the content…👍🏻

[@crittercherry3800]

I wish I had looked at the A/C button like that back then. It would have made the embarrassing need for more power almost palatable. My first car was an '84 Mitsubishi Colt with a NA 1.4 liter making a mighty 51 hp. Most all of those came with an extra shifter to alter the power ratio. It was needed.

[@chrisraines5967]

It’s called a webasto sunroof Wizard. A lot of uk cars had them. For the rare days the sun shined!

[@feedingravens]

That is interesting. The only association I have to Webasto is that it was the leading manufacturer of add-on car heaters, with a clock mechanism to warm up engine and interior in the morning. I remember the cars then had a small additional exhaust and you could hear the burner working. With the winters getting warmer and more and more garage space, that it an ever-dwindling market... Googling it, I also learned that sunroofs are a major product of them (as your comment implies). And that Webasto's main location is right around the corner for me.

[@gearjunkie3402]

I worked at an AMC dealer and did a lot of work on these. Also worked on DeLorean, Jeep, Chrysler, Datsun/Nissan ,Toyota , Chevy, etc.

[@peterbutlien1335]

The worst part about spending lots of money getting everything working is that in the end, you have a working Renault.

[@svetoslavivanov7905]

Which is shit in the beginning

[@crittercherry3800]

I get nostalgia and all but I agree about spending that kind of money on a more special car. A safer car. Something that didn't have such an anemic engine.

[@briandurning9211]

Thanks for the update! I appreciate you setting expectations for people who dream of bringing something back to life but discover that it can be a money pit.

[@markkussusa]

Isn't the fuego just a variant of the Renault 18? We used to have a 505 when I was a kid... The older version of the one you've got sitting there. Such a spacious car. Learned to drive on it, and took it into town whenever, with my dad's driver license (proof that it wasn't stolen. You know most cops posted at major crossroads, and you tip them when money's not tight. Take care of 'em, they take care of you. It takes a village!) Then we had a 3 door R-5. Cute lil' beast. Intuitive. Responsive. Tight in turns. Lots of teen love adventures. Good times!

[@jeffreymoorbeck5039]

Great video, Wizard. So many people underestimate the cost and amount of labor involved in restoration. You see so many youtube videos where they get a vehicle running but then stop and don't go into what more is involved to make sure it is safe and dependable.

[@gregedmand9939]

A garage like Omega, pays huge monthly premiums for liability insurance. If they allow something on the road that can't be certified to meet the local safety standards and someone gets hurt or worse: it will literally put them out of business. Because after paying out damages, the insurer will either refuse to cover Omega in the future or raise premiums high enough to push them away. I don't blame him in the least for turning away 99% of old cars people want restored on the cheap. Especially cars that have already had one or more sets of unknown hands working on it.

[@andunabu3238]

I’m 6’8’’and I had a Renault 18 (Fuego is the same) here in Europe No sunroof I liked it a lot. For Europeans that’s a big car!

[@TheJosephhomere13]

This was my dad’s first car (before coming to America) these cars are much older than me but he spoke about it fondly.

[@RogerStephensTheWrenchMonkey]

Nice to see a Fuego again. Used to live in England. Had many Citroens, Renaults and Peugeots over the years. My favourite was the Citroen CX Familial 8 seater.

[@markthomas4372]

As an old minitrucker, that sliding ragtop is pretty cool. But, you know it leaks like crazy

[@SummitHill79]

Hey, I’ve got a 1998 Mercedes SLK that had been in storage with 1K miles on the clock in AZ until 3 summers ago. After updating all fluids and tires, it now has 15K miles on the odo. Nothing is leaking. It runs and drives spectacularly.

[@richardcorner9262]

Peugeot,Renault, Citroen you are now the French wizard

[@guzzijack9714]

Apparently Hoovie has been pronouncing "weeeezard" correctly all along.

[@dB_944]

This episode was on fire!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@johnboynb]

I knew a guy who LOVED these cars. Back in the 1900's he had 2 of them (he was single), and he had owned 3 before that. I seemed to remember that he had a hard time getting parts then too.

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Back in the 1900s?? Weird way of saying that

[@gearjunkie3402]

One place we get fuel tanks in New York is called the tank bank. They have a website. Sending units, filler necks etc.

[@joeboucher2430]

Wizard that's not an oil pressure gauge it's an oil level gauge. My spouses Renault Alliance also had one. It only works when the car is cold and not running but it was the best thing about the car.

[@AnonyMous-lk2ns]

I see that early-80s Imperial in the background. I loved that design (although I know that's probably a minority opinion). Are you going to do a video on that one?

[@remipersonne1375]

Hello Wizard ! You have a calm voice that is pleasant to listen to, and it is truly a pleasure to follow your videos! And thank you also to your associate :)

[@alfonso87ful]

My first car in 82.. loved this thing… had the waste gate opened, put ralley lights on it, and firmed up suspensión.. it was a very fun car for a 16 year old

[@Chris-cv4tt]

Thanks for the update. Too many channels dont revisit some of the projects that grab our attention and it feels unfinished.

[@richcoleman469]

Always liked the look of the Fuego (means fire in Spanish). I lived in Argentina for many years and they made them there from 82-92.

[@christ952]

I live in France. Now to find a Fuego with a turbo engine is rare but even rarer for an American Fuego ! We look forward to more videos of the Fuego ! I have a Fuego Turbo 1985..

[@DL_Burns]

Wow! One of my earliest memories is my grandfather owning this car in 1982. This was visiting Germany when I was 3-4 years old.

[@carypyke935]

This car & video had me smiling!! Such a trip into the past.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thank you David......From an Old F-4 Phantom pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@fscottgray9784]

I bought one of these new when they first came out. I ama big guy and it had good room and was fun to drive. Manual with the 1.6 turbo. After I had a a few years my dad loved it so much he bought it for his motorhome car. I remember one road running at 80 mph to Reno I got 39 mpg. It got great gas mileage. It never gave me any problems but after it was sold toa third owner the turbo went out.

[@JeremyWeir-e2w]

My brother had a red one of these an 1983 I think in High School it was used and this was circa 1989 to 1991. Interesting fact this car was the first consumer car to have remote keyless entry.

[@DSperation]

The speedo and tacho needles will have warped outwards and pressed against the clear plastic of the instrument cluster. Common problem on Renaults of that era, happened to my dad's 5 and 18. Glue a piece of wire or a cocktail stick on the back of them.

[@LilYeshua]

I remember seeing them when they first came out. It was definitely something different

[@MrBillrookard]

OMG how did I miss the first vid? I had an 84 Fuego with 2.2L and it was a pretty nice driving car. White with the black roof...

[@darrellsaunders4267]

My neighbor in the mid 60's had a Renault Dauphine 4 door.....rode in it once.....figured out quick I was not a Renault future buyer.

[@antoine0195]

Really nice video, you are the man. And I understand your whole point

[@roberth7894]

What a blast from the past. My fam had a gold colored '83, it was fun and unique but even then I could tell it felt fragile even new. To re-constitiute a 40+ year old Renault is playing at the master mechanic level!

[@scotttucker8127]

What an octopus nightmare of a car in the engine bay

[@heiner71]

You should google pictures of the modern Ford Bronco engine bay

[@scotttucker8127]

@heiner71 I wouldn't touch a Ford vehicle with a 10-foot Pole right now of any of their new vehicles

[@bt6850]

Good move with the extinguisher Wizard, Renault is French for Fire and from what I remember they could be quite prone to that 😂

[@dannork1240]

I still think these are fantastic looking cars. I nearly bought a triple black one in the late 80’s when it was just a used car and thinking “where am I gonna get parts” so I can’t imagine finding parts 35 years later…

[@SuperRamcharger]

I wonder if that Citroen is the same model that was used in "Scarface" when they were trailing the politician and were going to blow up the car with the kids in it... Yikes. Anyway, thanks for another troubleshooting vid! I was and am a professional mechanic, however, these days I'm a more a assembler/machinist for heavy industrial machinery. I miss the troubleshooting and every time I put I put your videos on, I always try to guess what the problem is....Drives my wife crazy, lol. For me, it's a ride down memory lane and I get it right 9 times out of ten and I learn the most when I'm wrong. However, she does like your Wife's interior evaluation and first time she saw her she was like "Wait, that's the Wizards wife? She's nice, I like her!" so keep on keeping her on! BTW, I have a '72 Duster, 93 Jeep YJ, 2004 WJ (wife's), 2000 XJ, 94 XJ, 2000 WJ and a 2001 Tahoe I'm pulling the LM7 out of for the YJ. I also have a 77 KZ1000, a '84 Ninja 900 and two dragbikes. Apparently, I'm a masochist, lol. Oh, I also have, and you'll hate this.... a 2023 KIA K5. SO far at 27,000 miles I have almost zero oil consumption. I also had it to 118 mph and it had much more left.. Terrible turbo lag though.

[@etechjd8260]

From France: my father bought an R18 at the time .....ran....and sold it quickly for a Ford Taunus and never looked back. From memory a friend of mine ( young driver) had a Fuego ( derived from the R 18 ) and had a few problems. From my personal experience I had a Renault Espace and it was really good , reaching 300 K miles. So I guess you need to be a bit of a mechanic and patience but it could be good fun to own this rare car.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

12:13 It's not the oil pressure. It's the oil level. It turns off when you start the car

[@gato311]

The Fuego is quite popular in Argentina and was produced up to 1992 AFAIK. Parts may be easier to obtain from over there than from Europe.

[@jeanmarcsilah6575]

The gauge is not for oil pressure it's for the level off the oil! I used to have many Fuegos when i was young ! Here in France this cars are actually kind off expensives and rare! Bonne journée from France

[@CarWizard]

Thanks!!

[@Hamsteak]

It's colder at the Car Wizards shop than it is here inSouthernn Ontario ❄️🌨🥶🥶

[@mikepo182]

I'd love to drive that 505 in the background. I loved those cars!

[@kennyduarte783]

This kind of situation happens much more then you’d think. My coworker has a Monte Carlo that was a project car hell…. on top of that he had 2 dishonest mechanics screw him on the cars sickly 305 that got “rebuilt” twice but still ran like garbage. I’ve got a situation myself but stopped myself before it got too out of hand. Short story I inherited my dad’s ‘72 Corvette and thankfully it’s complete and unmolested, never raced (it only has a 2 bolt main 350 pushing out 200 hp on a good day) but has nice options like A/C, cruise and it’s fairly clean. The problem was my dad parked it in the late 70’s after something happened with the engine, either outright blowing or spinning bearings…. I think it’s the later as it does rotate without making noise or feeling bad. 5 years ago I thought “what the hell, why not?” and got every Corvette parts catalog, old GM shop manuals, Chiltons and those “restore your car” books you’d find at Barnes and Nobles. It’s only a small block Chevy, right? It’s not so easy and witnessing what happened to my coworker I put the kibosh on it for the time being until I have more money to do it right and not half ass it. The car deserves that and currently I can’t deliver that and to add injury to insult, I don’t really need that car, yes it’s a cool car and my dad would be proud but my issue is my daily driver 6 speed WRX would eat its lunch. The Corvette would be a cool cruiser but in actuality be kind of slow. It’s time will come, just not now.

[@nickayivor8432]

Car Wizard, Happy New Year 👍

[@richardbutton1179]

True about them being rare even when new. As a teen in the 80s I think I saw 1 on the road. In 84 my grandpa bought a then new Eagle sedan. The dealer only had 1 Fuego turbo and it was on the showroom floor.

[@markkurutz3544]

Had one years ago ! It was neat. It was quirky but cool ! The thing I remember was the smell of the interior and the sliding roof ! No one had parts in my area of SWPA.

[@Oh-That-Guy-Again]

Check if the needles touch the transparent glass in front. (Could be stuck behind it.) I had a 'Renault Megane' with the same problem.

[@barryhumphriesinc.broughto3098]

Hi Wizard. I remember that my R21 had some plugged and cut vacuum lines. These had originally had something to do with an advance mechanism to do with the power steering to prevent stalling when manouvering at low revs. Good luck. (UK).

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Hi wizard, I recently had to scrap a perfectly good Renault 9 sedan in London due to ULEZ ( ultra low emission zone). My car came from the same era as this Fuego and I can tell you that on Renault models of this era the oil gauge does this. When you turn on the ignition it gives you an oil level indication via a sensor in the sump. It went across to the right to say it's fully topped up, then when you start the car it goes back to zero. Sometimes that gauge may have another function, but in this case I think it's just an automatic dip stick.

[@wallysprint]

Tachometer and speed needles usually warp and get stuck, only solution is pull them out and press in new ones.... Fun fact: the tachometer needle hole is actually smaller than the speedometer one...at least in the renault 9, which has the exact same instrument cluster...

[@robertwalko2904]

I saw one in an AMC showroom and really wanted it. Alas, I was but a college kid with no income, so ...

[@carmudgeon7478]

Blast from the past. That looks like my brothers old 'silver bullet' Fuego and my Ice Blue 83 Imperial on the background.

[@Google_Is_Evil]

The oil thing in the dash showing super high without the engine running is the "oil level gauge". It is supposed to display the oil level in the engine so you don't have to get out, open the hood and dipstick the oil. Special feature only on the GTS.

[@andysaunders3708]

For unsticking sticky meters and clocks - uninstall, and lie them dial up on an old towel soaked in kerosene for a week or more, Ir slowly vaporises, and lubricates the mechanism. It's not a fast fix, but it generally works.

[@DrDiplMed]

The 2.2 was the better engine and the better car. I was a test driver / technician at AMC-Jeep-Renault in the mid 80s. I had an '84 2.2 manual trans and the worst thing that ever happened was a bad coil; 1-2 synchros wore out pretty fast). Many smaller easy to fix issues (alternator brushes, having to shim the rear taillamp assemblies with clear tap to enable contact with the copper paint & bulbs, stuffing dumb-dumb into the A-pillars at the plenum, pipe cleaners & wire to clear sunroof drains, etc., etc.). It was an exec's car that I bought for almost nothing, drive for many miles, sold to another test technician who drove it many more miles. Generally a very comfortable, capable car for the time.

[@jordanrudler2120]

The oil gauge can do both oil level and oil pressure. The indicator shows the oil level when the ignition is on but the engine is off, And when the engine is on it should show the oil pressure unless the vehicle is not equipped with an oil pressure sensor

[@richardnicholson5567]

My brother had one of these we are in Kansas City. We had good memories in that car, well except the electrical issues

[@SeanConnoly]

I rented a Renault in Mexico recently it was not great but it was the lowest grade (Kwid) but it was a manual transmission and fun to drive and I see the Peugeot over your shoulder. I am almost 50 and remember the French cars in America the fuego was a hot car when they were out.

[@edwardnizza9620]

That oil gauge on the lower part of the dash is actually, believe it or not, the oil level. I had one of these cars back in 1989.

[@flybobbie1449]

Remember these in UK early 80's. Seemed quite nice at the time.

[@lffit]

With ours in Australia I had a problem getting tyres for it, the only brand were Michelin and they were expensive, the other problem was once after being parked and releasing the handbrake it wouldn't move, forgotten what the problem was? My wife loved her cute car even though it didn't have power steering!

[@egold1006]

My brother owned a 1976 Renault Gordini GT. Also had a snap top roof. It was the first car I driven with a 5 speed transmission.

[@svbarr]

I knew a guy in So Cal who bought a new Renault LE CAR new. The thing was such a dog and had so many problems he took it to a pro body shop and had LE TURD stenciled where LE CAR had been - same color/graphic, etc... he drove it for a few years and people would laugh out loud when they saw it drive by. Hell hath no fury like a new car buyer scorned...

[@ianmangham4570]

My uncle Tom Parnham had a new Red Fuego and we all loved it , he always had a hatchback as he was a carpenter. 😊 Nice car.

[@rocketsurgeon11]

I am pretty sure I had an intercooler from one of those. That double pass design is pretty unique. Restrictive, but unique.

[@goodbyemr.anderson5065]

I hearya car wizard, I build custom houses from the ground up, and its always later on in the build when they wanna change something I'm like thats a 5000k beam, its cant go anywhere, that holding half your house up. Or the big one I get, can we change windows, and window sizes. I say yes, but these are generally custom sized windows and would need to be custom ordered, and thats months away lol. and the price to move everything is gonna be another 10-20k. Most of the time it good, just some people are clueless, and its our job to teach them even though its just gonna go through one ear and out the other. I do love my job though, and having my own company was the best choice of my life. I just keep telling myself that. haha

[@petersteen4014]

My champagne gold '83 GTS was a steal at AUD$11000 [US$6500] and drove beautifully. The normally-aspirated, two liter engine only baulked at cold starts when the PRV alliance at the time gave this Fuego an abomination of Volvo's idea of a carburetor. Two years later, after 50000 kilometers, an AUD sale price of $10900 was still impressive !

[@johnvender]

Long time ago a friend here in Australia owned a Fuego. He liked interesting cars, also owned at other times first generation Toyota MR2, a Peugeot 205 GTi, early Subaru WRX wagon and even a Triumph TR3.

[@galeng73]

On top of all the degredation that happens due to sitting idle, your barn-find treasure was parked for a reason. Most of the time, it wasn't put in the barn and forgotten. It was put in the barn and left there because it was broken.

[@Jetes233]

The first car I owned. Electrical always on and off but I loved that car.

[@Terramoto73]

These Renaults were everywhere in Venezuela, in the 80s and 90s. Fast little cars.

[@robthefixitguy7185]

The oil pressure gauge is also an oil level gauge. When you turn the ignition on it’s an oil level gauge, when you turn the engine on it turns into an oil pressure gauge. That’s why it was all the way to the right with the engine off. I owned one of these when I was a teenager. Nice design, terrible reliability, ridiculously expensive parts.

[@piet-heins.2708]

When switching on the ignition, the oil gauge indicates the oil LEVEL in the engine. That’s all the gauge does. Nothing more, nothing less. The Fuego was the replacement for the Renault 15 and Renault 17. The Fuego was also available with a 2.1 TurboDiesel (including ‘power dome’ on the hood :-) )

[@jws3925]

Gas tank ReNew in Swartz Creek, MI. For redoing gas tanks if you can't find anything local. If it is manual transmission you better hope it is good. That transaxle is so "weird" that literally no one wants to touch it.

[@23billd]

Back in the day, I owned a 1990 Plymouth Acclaim with the 2.5L turbo 4 engine. There was an after market kit which fiddled with the boost level of the turbo to increase the horsepower. It was simply a precision orifice and vacuum adaptor. Perhaps those questionable vacuum lines had been connected to a similar device. If I were you, I'd attach a boost gauge and run the engine to see if that is doing weird things.

[@steveg5122]

It is an adorable car, i like the ragtop.

[@Thedaleb1]

I had a 1980 Mk1 scirocco when I was a senior in high school (class of 88), it was metallic grey with a red Interior . I put a monza exhaust on it with two chrome tips that pointed up at an angle it was cool. I ruined the motor because I was 18.

[@andysaunders3708]

A car I truly want to own. I missed out on one 4 years ago, and have not come across another one since. Probably a dog of a car, but they always looked good to moi.

[@tph318]

I have an 87 Dodge D150 in the garage going threw the same process at the moment. Fortunately I can do the work myself. I might even rebuild the transmission myself. I did the same thing about 8 years ago and the cost is up a lot.

[@seikocitizenwatches]

Back in the day I was about to buy a Renault Le Car or a Renault Fuego but I ended up buying the Toyota Supra because Renault and Peugeot were failing in N America. It turned out that the Supra was the best of the GT coupes of $30K and lower.