Losing Alts.
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Losing Alts.
I'm having to replace my alternator about every 10 months. I carefully checked the one I just pulled out and there was no evidence of anything dripping on it, it was completely clean. Does anybody have any ideas on what I should check for?
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Rebuilt
Yes they are rebuilt, new is pricy! I've bought many rebuilts in the past and they have lasted years, not months. I know it's a problem with the car's electrical, I just don't know what would take 10 months to wear down an alternator.
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Do you have any aftermarket audio? I take it you are buying the "1 year warranty" alts, since you arent abusing a lifetime warranty? I'd say get a lifetime and abuse if if you just have to have a reman alt, because paying repeatedly for reman stuff sucks.
FWIW, I'm not a fan of alts from places like Autozone, O'reilly's etc.... I've worked at both, and used to be a store manager at Autozone, I can tell you the 1 year warranty will be new bearings, cleaned case and internals, and fixed what is broken. The lifetime will have new guts, granted I think they are a step below OE quality
My suggestion is to try to find out why your electrical system is so harsh on your alt, and in the meantime get a lifetime warranty Alt and abuse the hell out of the warranty if you are ok with reman quality...
FWIW, I'm not a fan of alts from places like Autozone, O'reilly's etc.... I've worked at both, and used to be a store manager at Autozone, I can tell you the 1 year warranty will be new bearings, cleaned case and internals, and fixed what is broken. The lifetime will have new guts, granted I think they are a step below OE quality
My suggestion is to try to find out why your electrical system is so harsh on your alt, and in the meantime get a lifetime warranty Alt and abuse the hell out of the warranty if you are ok with reman quality...
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Stereo
I don't have an after market stereo but when I hi-jacked the CD changer signal, I added a line driver to boost the signal from my player before feeding the head unit. I know I'm exceeding the normal output of the Nak. system by doing this, could it be that the problem is that " I'm exceeding the recommended daily allowance of decibels?"
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