Re: Alternator?/the headaches continue (long)

["Mike VanAmburgh" <vwvr6r@hotmail.com>]

Check the connections to the alternator and make sure they're not corroded 
or broken so that they are not making contact anymore.  I've had a similar 
experience and it turned out to just be a corroded connection at the 
alternator.  It could also be the voltage regulator on the alternator (the 
part with the 'brushes').  The brushes wear down with time and eventually 
don't make contact anymore.  A bad voltage regulator would normally cause 
the car to freak out electrically tho.

Mike


>From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Alternator?/the headaches continue (long)
>Date: 7 Aug 2001 11:33:20 EDT
>
>Okay, just needing a quick confirmation that I need an alternator. Here's 
>what
>happened.
>Took the car for a drive, noticed the Volt meter was reading a bit low, 
>12ish
>instead of 14. As I drove, it continued to drop, so I pulled over to check 
>the
>belt, all seemed fine, tight, turning the alternator okay, no squealing, 
>etc.
>So I drove on, the the meter dropped to 10, then 8 (lowest reading), gas 
>guage
>went to low, and the MFA went out (I'm thinking find a nice shoulder by 
>this
>point) and then it sputtered and died. So I checked the Bentley (sitting on
>the passenger seat on top of the new clutch box,) and got hubby to bring me
>another battery. Car fired up, ran fine and home I went, then did the test 
>in
>the Bentley and it points to the alternator. Any other possibilities? It 
>was
>repaired ( not rebuilt) to the tune of $196 in Sept by the PO, I phoned the
>garage and they said it has a 90 day warrantee (long past) if it was 
>repaired,
>not rebuilt. What the heck did they do for $196 that is only good for 90 
>days
>I wonder (they sublet it), for that money I was sure it would be a year
>warrantee. Sounds like an alternator, no?
>The car is finally doing "air time" for its second clutch, it will be good 
>to
>get that fixed, but will the bills ever stop? I have never had a car before
>that needs everything done/ found/ ordered two or three times before it is
>right. Very depressing, since I did not win the lottery or marry into the
>Gates family.
>On the plus side, the car got appraised and it was very favorable, actually
>right on my "highest" estimate which is nice, so when I drive it off that
>cliff I'll get some of the money back that has been put into it...
>Cathy
>4 well behaved cars and one 1987 16V 2.0L Scirocco
>"The Silver Headache", fast approaching "Silver Nightmare" status
>(all will be well when I take it for a spin with the new clutch, no 
>worries)
>
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