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Earth strap you can get to from the passenger side wheel arch when you remove the arch liner. You'll see a blue ish coloured strap.
The alternator is the same as the 172 cup one but just 110 amp. It's a Valeo one from factory.
Your FIL doesn't know what he's on about lol
It's only one belt that powers the AC, alternator, power steering and possibly the waterpump (not sure on the D4F), known as the aux belt.
Replace the tensioners and pulleys for the belt too, not just the belt itself.
You drove it when it was already saying STOP + Battery light?
It's usually the alternator yes, but it could be a dodgey wire on the alternator itself.
Worth checking the earth strap to the gearbox to subframe, but it's probably not that.
No a 172 cup alternator won't work, it needs to be a...
If the drive belt is slipping then more than likely the engine would be dead or very nearly.
Do you mean the auxillary belt?
What makes you think it's slipping?
If you get the faults cleared with Clip and then drive it again till it happens, that'll give you a better idea of which error is just stored and which is present.
'Check Injection' is rarely an actual injector fault on these and the Meganes, but more of a fault on the injection computer circuit.
Did a few laps last night with @JB21 and @Gavin. plus randoms and got battered 😂
Although in the Clio Cup race at Donington @JB21 only just beat me because i went off through Coppice.