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Help me feel better about myself...
Ok... Friday night I crank my car and I hear a strange whineing sound. I go back into the garage (while its sitting in idle) and come back out to the car. When I get in all the dash lights are lit up. When I rev the motor they fade away. So I'm thinking alternator... Right? My car has 120,000 miles so it's about time for it to go. Right?
Well I get a new (rebuilt) alternator from Advance ($190!) and put it in my car (tensioner screw had broken so I had to be creative). I cranked it and still heard the whining noise. It turned out that the noise was coming from a rock in one of the upper heat sheilds! I should have investigated it closer. My car is charging well now (was putting out 12 amps a few months ago)and the dash light aren't coming on. Was my alternator going bad? Did I do the right thing? Was I too quick on my decision to replace it? Only possitive feedback is wanted... remember... I want to feel good about myself...
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Re: Help me feel better about myself...
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Hard to say how long they last. My 92 pearlie has 10 years and 171,000 on the original alternator without any problems. My 96 polo green needed a new alternator at 45,000 miles I also had small stones work their way into the heat shields of my 92. My muffler shop torched a hole in the shields to let them out. I finally had all of the heat shields removed with no ill efects whatsoever. One less source of buzzes and rattles
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I did the upgrade after I got the reading on the alternator but that has been a few months ago. I don't own a voltmeter (need to buy one ) but it seemed that it helped the output. The light were a little brighter. The tension on the belt was tight. Very tight, so I don't think that was the culprit. So... That points me to think that my initial analysis was correct. I did need a new alternator. I took most of the heat sheild off a few years ago but left the ones ear the headers. I guess thats why I was not thinking the noise could be coming from them. Thanks for replying to my initial message. You [B]did[B] help me feel better. Have a great weekend[B]
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