Red Battery symbol, then abs dsc please help

[SlickGT1]

Originally Posted by dabenthusiast

That's what I thought. Sucks for the v8s haha

Well I'll check. It's been raining in the bay area the past couple days.

Alternator is all from in the hood no under the car??
I'd so I'll work in rain buto I don't want to get on the wet ground ha

Not the 4.8is guys. Ours comes out of the car in 15 min if you are dicking around while doing the work.

I too agree that your alt is on its way out. Especially with the red battery light and a fresh battery.

I have rebuilt my alternator with a new regulator over a year ago. The parts are super cheap, and you can get them from BMW. All I did was spin the shaft with my drill while holding an Emory cloth to the copper pulley thingie that the regulator brushes run against. Cleaned up that pulley and installed regulator. It was super easy.

[dabenthusiast]

Finally had some time to pull out my alternator.

It's a Valeo... so Ifar i want a bosch do I just change pulleys?
Or if I buy bosch and it comes with a pully do I need to change anything?
Buy new belts or anything?

Also thought it was weird that tensioner was a bolt not torx or allen

[dabenthusiast]

Alternator

[dabenthusiast]

Originally Posted by dabenthusiast

Alternator

Alternator was abit dirty. Some gunk and dirt/dust on the copper

[Joshdub]

As long as the new pulley is the same (rib amount and diameter) it'll be fine.

[dabenthusiast]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

As long as the new pulley is the same (rib amount and diameter) it'll be fine.

Alright.

Well napa auto didn't have new alt. Only rmaf.

So ordered brand new duralast from autozone. I specified on new and they asked bosch or Valeo so I said Valeo.

New one is shipping from another storeason and I can pick it up tomarow.


Another question. My alternator exit hose wasn't connected to any hose to filter hot air away.

And the alternator I took out said 14v and the ones in all the stores say 12v....

[upallnight]

I would bring in the original alternator to have it check so that you will know definitively if it was the alternator. You can replace the common wear item on a Valeo alternator for under $100 bucks (brush and regulator assembly).

[dabenthusiast]

Got duralast gold with lifetime warranty.

[dabenthusiast]

New alternator is in, voltage is at 14.2 and when everything is on headlights and and stereo and heater it goes to around 13.9v to 14v



Didn't take the fan or fan shrout or any of the radiator hoses off.

[puddinboo]

how long did it take ya ? just curious.