altenator question
05-09-2005, 09:15 PM
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altenator question
i just got done replacing my water pump, and i re-installed the belt. Everything was ruuning fine but then i touched my altenator and it was really hot. Do they normally get hot and i have never noticed or is there something wrong?
05-09-2005, 10:10 PM
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RE: altenator question
I just went through this too.
I thought I had a bad ground so I checked every single wire to make sure there was no shorts, then got a new alternator, and my fan killed the batt, I got another alt and the same.
I thought I was never going to get it on the road, but I just upgraded to an alt from a 95 gt and it still gets so hot I cant touch it, so just to be safe, I routed a battery cable from the alternator mounting bolt to the neg side of the battery.
the stock alternator is crap.
when you stop at a light your lights dim, and if you run the stereo, lights/fog lights, and heater/AC it will kill the battery in 1/2- 1 hour.
I thought I had a bad ground so I checked every single wire to make sure there was no shorts, then got a new alternator, and my fan killed the batt, I got another alt and the same.
I thought I was never going to get it on the road, but I just upgraded to an alt from a 95 gt and it still gets so hot I cant touch it, so just to be safe, I routed a battery cable from the alternator mounting bolt to the neg side of the battery.
the stock alternator is crap.
when you stop at a light your lights dim, and if you run the stereo, lights/fog lights, and heater/AC it will kill the battery in 1/2- 1 hour.
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