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Originally Posted by puddinboo
in my opinion if your alternator is full of gunk like you say it is I would go with a new or rebuilt unit. because your brushes in your alt are probably full of crap also .
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Actually, that is not how VR fails. VR is a sealed unit, water cannot get in that easily.
How does VR fail? The electronic inside it (such as rectifier etc.) fails.
If you have a modem or router at home, then you will know what I mean: electronic components have finite lifespan, modem, router have a lifespan around 4-5 years or so.
Back to the VR business, after millions of cycles working as a rectifier, it will eventually fail.