waterdog3

Battery light came on today on daughters way to school. I told her to bring the car home. I went and got a new battery and it's fine now. My question is...if the alternator wasn't charging would the battery light be on even now with a new battery? It's not. We've only had the car a week and if the guy sold me the car knowing the alternator was bad and charged the battery before i bought it I can't imagine the car would have run for a week with no alternator working? How hard is the alternator change on this car?

GS4_Fiend

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Dont assume things check it yourself. Get a meter and find out if its really charing

filthyLS4

did you get the old battery tested before you bought a new battery? the alternator on mine went out due to the power steering fluid getting all over it, does your power steering leak? as far as installing a new one its pretty straight forward, nothing to difficult. if you can change your oil and brakes you can easily change it.

waterdog3

Yup, I wasted $80 on new battery. Alternator is bad. I don't think the power steering leaks. I will know for sure soon.

billydpowe

iTrader: (1)

yep, my batt light came on, checked it and replaced alternator, (no leaks, 187k miles) all is well.

steve2006

Alternator replacement tutorial

http://www.lextreme.com/alternator.html

waterdog3

[QUOTE=steve2006;7221150]Alternator replacement tutorial

http://www.lextreme.com/alternator.html[/QU

Thank you for that