Renault Cléon-Fonte engine

Cléon-Fonte engine
Overview
ManufacturerRenault
Dacia
Also calledSierra engine, C-Type engine
Production19622004
Layout
ConfigurationInline-four
Displacement
  • 956 cc (1.0 L)
  • 1,022 cc (1.0 L)
  • 1,037 cc (1.0 L)
  • 1,108 cc (1.1 L)
  • 1,118 cc (1.1 L)
  • 1,149 cc (1.1 L)
  • 1,185 cc (1.2 L)
  • 1,239 cc (1.2 L)
  • 1,250 cc (1.3 L)
  • 1,255 cc (1.3 L)
  • 1,289 cc (1.3 L)
  • 1,296 cc (1.3 L)
  • 1,341 cc (1.3 L)
  • 1,372 cc (1.4 L)
  • 1,390 cc (1.4 L)
  • 1,397 cc (1.4 L)
  • 1,434 cc (1.4 L)
  • 1,527 cc (1.5 L)
  • 1,555 cc (1.6 L)
  • 1,557 cc (1.6 L)
  • 1,565 cc (1.6 L)
  • 1,578 cc (1.6 L)
Cylinder bore
  • 61.4 mm (2.42 in)
  • 65 mm (2.56 in)
  • 67.7 mm (2.67 in)
  • 68 mm (2.68 in)
  • 70 mm (2.76 in)
  • 71.5 mm (2.81 in)
  • 71.9 mm (2.83 in)
  • 73 mm (2.87 in)
  • 74 mm (2.91 in)
  • 74.5 mm (2.93 in)
  • 75.3 mm (2.96 in)
  • 75.7 mm (2.98 in)
  • 75.8 mm (2.98 in)
  • 76 mm (2.99 in)
  • 77 mm (3.03 in)
Piston stroke
  • 72 mm (2.83 in)
  • 77 mm (3.03 in)
  • 79 mm (3.11 in)
  • 82 mm (3.23 in)
  • 83.5 mm (3.29 in)
  • 83.6 mm (3.29 in)
  • 84 mm (3.31 in)
  • 87 mm (3.43 in)
Cylinder block materialCast Iron
Cylinder head materialAluminium
ValvetrainOHV 2 valves x cyl.
RPM range
Idle speed850
Max. engine speed6250
Combustion
TurbochargerIn some versions
Fuel systemSingle or dual Solex carburettor
Fuel injection
Fuel typePetrol
Cooling systemWater-cooled
Output
Power output40–385 bhp (30–287 kW; 41–390 PS)
Torque output90–123 N⋅m; 67–90 lbf⋅ft (9.2–12.5 kg⋅m) (1.2 L)
Chronology
PredecessorBillancourt engine
SuccessorEnergy engine
D-Type engine

The Cléon-Fonte engine is a family of inline four-cylinder automobile engines developed and manufactured by Renault. It has also been called the Sierra engine, the C-engine, or the C-Type. It has been in continuous production by Renault or a licensee from 1962 to 2004. After about three decades of use in Renault's compact models, it was gradually replaced by the E-type engine from the late 1980s onward.

The C-type is a water-cooled design, with a wet linered cast iron block with five main bearings and a single, chain-driven cam-in-block mounted high on the side that drives two overhead valves per cylinder in an aluminum cylinder head via short pushrods and rocker arms.