So last week I started getting that P0340 code about my cam sensor about every other time I'd start up the car. Then a few days after that started I got a little bit of alternator whine. I was swamped with work, so I was going to wait until this week to get everything fixed. Well Monday night rolled around and I went to a car meet. On the way back everything in my car died, and I was lucky to get home and in a garage before the hail.

Pulling the alternator with a turbo set up is NOT FUN
Remove the intake pipe, had to remove the Intake manifold, and then the mounting bracket, wrestle a 1/2inch ratchet into the tensioner (there was very little room) before I finally pulled the alternator out after 2 hours (had to search for that ratchet for the pulley. I'll have time later today to go put everything back on (provided I can remember where all the bolts in the support bracket go.

The Solution:
Heat Shield. I called Hellion yesterday and ordered a heat shield because I noticed that the alternator, and the hotside compressor are all of 6-8 inchs away from each other, no doubt the heat had something to do with the alternator dieing.

 

i hope the heat shield helps
to keep the new one going strong.

that seems like a lot of work to
r&r the alternator, hopefully you
won't have to do it too often

 

LOL damn that sucks I just had that problem ! THank god i had 400 miles left on my warranty ford did it for free ! ......When you get your heat sheild mayby coat it in a kinda heat deflector wrap...(not sure if they make something like that) Just an idea ! Good luck

 

Man thats a lot to do the alt. I did the alt on mine just a couple weeks ago. Took like 30 minutes to get it all apart and back together. It was really easy, I was surprised and I have never done an alt before.

 

You guys think that's bad. Pull the alternator on a 90 honda civic.

You gotta get the damn axle out of the way first and take it out from underneath.

 

You have to love turbo, so unpredictable. Lots of boost but if you know what you're doing you can tam it. lol

 

Yea, I got everything back on and the car was moving in an hour. The whole complication comes from the support bracket, but I'm glad it's there anyway.
I wouldn't say unpredictable so much as unforseen. One look at the hardware and plumbing and you know the most basic task has turned into a real project.

 

vashthe3rd-Love that TQ.....what RPM is that at?

 

Don't have my sheet on me atm, but I believe it's at 3500ish

 

WOW-very nice....I thought it would be in the 4500-5000 RPM range....guess turbos really don't have lag anymore