I dunno what happened here, but the inside of this thing was mangaled. the bearings were fine it seemed, but maybe they had a little bit of a wobble that cause the inside of the alt to get all chewed up.





i got the new one in, not as bad of a job as you would think. i had a lot of people screaming DEALER JOB! granted its not your typical alternator job, water cooled, alum bolts, gotta remove a bunch of stuff. i did the removal in about 3 hrs, and put it back in with an oil change and new belts in about 4 hrs. if i did it again i'd be upset but think it would only take a few hrs total.

i tested the battery and that was good, so i think it was jsut a freak thing - i dont think she was over worked. i have a couple tvs in the head rests, but dont really use them that much. i wonder if who ever installed them (previous owner) made a mistake and they are cause the alternator to work overtime. i gotta look into that.


anyhow, shes purrin like a kitten.