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[andywilson]

hi all my alternator is on its way out by the sounds of things. at tickover it makes a metallic grinding sort of noise and on rundown it makes a squeaking sort of noise, fairly hard to describe really, but im fairly convinced its the alternator unless anyone had had a similar issue? it's been like this for the last 1000 miles and hasnt got noticably worse, but with a europe trip coming up next month i figure i best get it sorted! i've spotted a new one on ebay for about £70, which i think is a fair price. however, just thought i'd ask before i part with the brass, if theres anywhere that does an service exchange type thing for cheaper? Cheers, andy

[FLD]

Loads of places do exchanges, just be careful on what you get as some have a longer regulator and wont fit with SC or 2.4 manifold. Are you sure its not the tensioner wheel? They can be a bit squeeky too.

[andywilson]

sorry should have said its for a turbo with the short belt mod, so no tensioner or pulley wheel what sorta price should i be looking at for an exchange? cheers, andy

Edited by andywilson, 25 March 2012 - 08:31 PM.

[FLD]

Depends on the quality of the exchange I'm afraid. You can get rebuild kits to do them yourself.

[rob999]

Around £60 for a refurb or Autovaux have one on the shelf for £90.

[andywilson]

much appreciated chaps. think i'll go for the one on ebay in that case then, not much difference price-wise! cheers, andy

[VXTyrant]

Think I'll be needing a new one soon and for £90 new Autovaux sounds like a winner! Sure I read about different versions somewhere or is the one AV offer the correct one for my tubby?

[rob999]

The AV one was a Delphi I think which should be fine. Trying to locate an OEM Bosch one is hard and bloody expensive. There are other brands but they are cheaper and I would not trust them personally. AV were very helpful, give them a try....they only had one on the shelf when I posted that comment.....