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Awesome as usual mate. You've had this car so long now I was technically still a child when I last saw it in person haha!

Yep. An M3 span infront of us in the rain on the pit straight at Oulton Park once, wheels broke traction when he downshifted a bit early without rev matching. RWD is even more important than FWD.

Something you need practise at for sure. Taught myself in my old 1.2, was tricky because the throttle response was that slow, had to give it a real stab to get the revs up. Revved the t*ts off my 182 first time I tried because the throttle response was so much better. You only realise the...

Yeah I think it's a case of how far gone they are, if they rock you've got a fairly urgent problem on your hands haha!

While this is true sometimes, when my wheel bearings went on my 1.2 the wheels didn't rock when I tried that.

I had something similar on my old 1.2. Was a wheel bearing as mentioned. Ended up replacing 2 of the b******s on mine, assuming they aren't as well made as the 1*2 ones.

Was just about to post in this to see what was going on too @Eddie.. Mid day/Afternoon on the 12th?

In all honesty that looks like a sh*t bodged system. Replace it with a Pure Motorsport/Ktec/Other known brand system, you know what you're getting that way.

One courtesy of @Brett at Donny. This is why you don't go out on track with next to no fuel; little fuel+long fast bend=this (fuel surge).

All sorted! Cheers for the help guys. New connector on, and crimped tightly thanks to @JamesBryan's strangler grip on the pliers. Heatshrink around it too.

Cheers guys. Going to go and get a connector and give it a go. Does the old wire need stripping before the new one is crimped on? It only ran for around 20 miles to get home. Alternator is only a month old too so hopefully should be okay.

Just looked more into it, it would seem I just need a new ring connector crimped onto the old wire, 'should' be fairly simple. We'll see.

I had a misfire very similar to yours on my old 1.2. Coil pack was the issue. You can test if it's a faulty injector by unclipping the injector connections while the engine's idling and if there's no change in engine note then you know that's the faulty one.

Driving back from Manchester tonight and suddenly the radio goes off, followed by speedo, followed by speedo lights, then headlights (in the dark lol). Dashboard was like a Christmas tree. Managed to limp it back to home. I was annoyed because it was the exact same problem and symptoms I had...

Spotted going the other way while I was sitting in rush hour traffic around 5:30pm ish.

Yeah good to meet you mate! If you knew the camera gear me and James had between us it makes the fact we weren't getting pics even worse lol.

Car looks awesome! Might want to get yourself one of the larger throttle pedals too, really cheap and help with heel & toe especially on track. Got one on mine and it just makes it easier to get those blips quickly.

Yeah silver 172 was driven really well. Good going to get the brakes glowing orange in the wet!

Also up for this. Miss the KK meets from years ago!

Went past me in the 50 zone towards Leeds.

Mondial 172 Cup with Corbeau buckets etc, RB 182 (clearly with pop and bangs map, thing sounded like Beirut), Titanium 182, Inferno 182 rep, Mk3 non-sport with Recaros and Turinis.

Yep Gary Burnett, great bloke, good price too.

Genuine Renault alternator fitted yesterday, running like a dream. Feels noticeably perkier, old one must have been limiting power to some degree it seems. Seems plausible given how much slower it went when it was really low on charge just before I broke down originally. Plastic grille guard...

Yeah as James says, £300 in the end. £190 for the Alternator (110A AC Version) from Renault Wolverhampton, £65 for the Aux belt kit, £70 ish labour at the Renault specialist I'm using. Then £24 back from the seller when you return your old unit. Obviously depends where you go for labour too.

Got one coming to me now from a breaker 172. New alternator's going on with aux kit etc, not cheap but hopefully future proofed.

Cheers! Going to ask some people breaking their cars too.

Any ideas where I could find one of these guards guys?

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Ah cheers man, I was on my way back from Leeds. Was loving those tunnels you have through the city centre too haha:smilingimp:

It's a Valeo alternator. Battery is fine just very low on charge now because of the alternator hence the breakdown so I'll get that charged. The AA guy checked the alternator and it was putting out 3A, so definitely the issue.