If your Alternator starts groaning or changes tune or makes a funny noise that doesn't stop..... get ready for it to fail!

I started my car up at work Friday night and I heard a different "tone" from under the hood, almost like a groaning
noise, even with the AC etc off. Well, as it turns out my alternator was failing. After a few stops and 2 hrs later, I started to
lose power when the whole thing collapsed. I got towed, then charged the battery up at home, then replaced alt with a reman and all is well, but I wish I had just had it towed when I first heard the noise, would have been less nerve wracking.

At least my OEM alt got 265,000 miles on it before fail, though.

-Mike

 

265K miles on the original alternator is damn good you got your moneys worth.