Alternator problem need help fast

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Nov 17, 2006

Ichiban

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Alternator problem need help fast

About a month ago my alternator died. I replaced it with a Autolite remanufactured one. Then today on my way home from work it died again. I checked all the fuses and all the wires inbetween the battery and alt seem fine. I don't know what else could be wrong besides I bought a bad alternator. Any ideas would help at this point. Thanks

Nov 17, 2006

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are you dripping oil/other fluids on it..

in a past car i went through 3 before i noticed that only while stopping oil would drip differently off of god knows what and land on my alternator...

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when you had the alternator replaced, what was the output of the old one?

When you say die, I think the car died and then you had to restart it. When the car dies, what is the battery voltage of the battery?

Nov 18, 2006

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I fried an alternator and starter until I replaced the shitty wiring that was run from the battery to the alternator by the previous owner. So check your wiring.