Renault Cléon-Fonte engine
| Cléon-Fonte engine | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Renault Dacia | 
| Also called | Sierra engine, C-Type engine | 
| Production | 1962–2004 | 
| Layout | |
| Configuration | Inline-four | 
| Displacement | 
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| Cylinder bore | 
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| Piston stroke | 
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| Cylinder block material | Cast Iron | 
| Cylinder head material | Aluminium | 
| Valvetrain | OHV 2 valves x cyl. | 
| RPM range | |
| Idle speed | 850 | 
| Max. engine speed | 6250 | 
| Combustion | |
| Turbocharger | In some versions | 
| Fuel system | Single or dual Solex carburettor Fuel injection | 
| Fuel type | Petrol | 
| Cooling system | Water-cooled | 
| Output | |
| Power output | 40–385 bhp (30–287 kW; 41–390 PS) | 
| Torque output | 90–123 N⋅m; 67–90 lbf⋅ft (9.2–12.5 kg⋅m) (1.2 L) | 
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Billancourt engine | 
| Successor | Energy 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.