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Correct.

Yeah they never used to, it was only Plastic4Performance that did the Clio ones back in the day.

ACW yeah.

Fuel tank is plastic, so I doubt it'll be that.

Just make sure all your connections are corrosion free and disconnect your battery first 😉

Their eBay shop does look bare at the minute. The guy doing that must be off 😅

Nice one. Did you ring them up to order?

I would change it if you can find one. They do fail when the outer separates from the inner.

Used one must just be a dud.

I mean previously when the voltage was low.

Having a low battery voltage due to a drain will be working it harder.

Ahh ok. It's possible it could have moved over time. I'm not sure how much the belt is likely to stretch over time. It would have ran ok as it was tbh, most people wouldn't be able to tell with typical rough idle that they have at the best of times.

Yeah, the pulleys are floating so once you undo them the cams a free to move and they usually do a small amount (which is probably what you're seeing). If you wanted to check the original timing of the old belt, you could have left the pulleys as they were and just tried slotting the horseshoe...

I'd you've released the cam pulleys, the cams will rotate slightly due to the valve spring pressure moving them.

Doesn't look too bad considering its 10 years old.

I use RainX glass cleaner, decent enough and easy to use.

No that's not it. It's this

This appears to be the correct one for a decent price. https://www.autodoc.co.uk/valeo/7005620 Edit: Scrap that, there's a £55 surcharge.

Found them, but out of stock :sneaky: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Renault-Clio-2-0-16V-182-172-Sport-Alternator-7711134267-/271889562843

Clips on to the front grille. If you look through the left side of the grille from the front and you can see the alternator, you don't have a guard 😅

Yeah my old one was the cause of my drain.

Hmm I can't find one either 🤔 I'll keep looking.

Yeah usually. Worth a look to see if that 20% eBay offer will work 🤔

Gutted mate. I went with a new one from Renault Wolverhampton on eBay and it's been fine for over 2 years. Have you got the plastic guard behind the front grille? It protects the alternator, especially from water.

I'm not sure mate.

Similar to 197 cams I think, but with 7 degree advance on intake and 7 degree retarded on exhaust. Slackening the pulleys off when at TDC actually gets them pretty close when the cams spring round from the valve spring tension 😅

197 head is better than the 1*2 yeah.

Has it got the plastic guard behind the left side of the grill to protect the alternator? Seen loads fail without them fitted. Usually allows excess rain water into the unit and f***s them. I'd stick a new alternator and maybe repair the one you have to keep as a spare.

Failing that it might just need a good cycle on a charger. Those Ctek ones have a repair function I believe, be worth running that on it. If it's 2 years old and been drained a few times it might not be 100% health.

Are you sure it's a 10 milliamp draw and not 100? 10mah or 0.01a should in theory last 4400 hours or 183 days. 100mah or 0.1a would be 18 days, which is roughly what you're seeing....