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alternator out -- again

Posted: May 30th, 2007, 4:20 am
by xerostatus
so a few weeks ago, maybe about a month or less, my alternator went dead. replaced it, local mechanic gave me a lifetime warranty on the sucker so i thought i was straight. but then now, i saw the charge light come on again (when im idling, upon revving the engine it goes away, and apparently it drives fine for now)

so i went back and they tested it, and apparently the alternator is dead again. so right now im getting another alternator, luckily no cost on my part (aside from having my car outta commission for a bit)

now my question is, is it all that likely that my dumb luck just screwed me over again, and i just happened to go through 2 alternator in this time period, or could the root of the problem be elsewhere?

Oh, and a little background info: car is a GS with a klze swapped in. as far as i know nothing is wrong with the car aside from that...

any ideas or comments would help, thanks.

Posted: May 30th, 2007, 6:39 am
by hgallegos915
hmm well.. is the battery good? I assume it is, are the alternator's wires tight and not loose, that can cause that. Do you have a stereo system? do your lights dim when you press the pedal? why didnt u go with the millenia alternator?

Once this happened to me but i didnt want to replace alternator, checked and the wire was loose on the alt.