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excuse the video being rubbish but you'll get the general idea. It was only a small bang this time but sometimes its huge to the extent that the air filter has flown across the drive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQkNs8ACDPQ&feature=youtu.be ​ Had the injectors out earlier to test them and...

I don't know if this helps but every time i try and start it after it has been sat for over 5 minutes it get a massive bang. It has enough power to blow the circular air filter out of the box when it hasn't got the lid on. It will only do this once though and after that it will just turn over...

I called the RAC when it broke down. The said that they thought it was the timing belt, but ive looked at the timing belt and all looks good.

Would it be worth swapping the battery for a fully charged battery and see if it starts before replacing the alternator?

Is there anyway to test to see if its dead with a multimeter, before i go and buy a new one? or is it only by listening for a noise

I've checked the pump and its working fine. I've also checked that fuel is getting to the injectors and I've also had the injectors out and they were spraying fuel fine. Would the alternator make a difference to starting even if it was starting from the battery on my polo which is fine?

its at 12v. i have had it hooked up to my polos battery with jump leads as well. If the alternator was knackered would it stop it from starting or would it just not recharge the battery?

and yes both timing belt and starter belt are intact and turn when cranking the engine

It sounds normal from what i remember normal to be like. Sometimes it sounds like it wants to start but hasn't go enough umph to go.

Yer the levels normal. BTW the engine was probably cold when it went. My mistake above

Yer it went after being turned on for about 1-2 minutes. The cams dont look any different than normal. What do you mean by water in the bottle?

Would that stop the thing from starting?

Hi, I have a Clio Mk2 1999 1.4 8v clio. i was driving it down the road and it suddenly stopped. Tried to restart it and it would idle at 800rpm and if i took my foot of the accelerator would just stall. Fiddled around with the ICV sensor and it ran fine ONCE. After this it hasn't started at...