well its been there for a LONG time, never really got worse so I didn't worry about it too much. Well the last 6 weeks its been getting louder and today I figured I spun a bearing, lost a valve guide, something horrific.
Anyway, I pop the hood and the noise is coming from the top of the motor, dead center, I swear its the alternator...
So I pull the belt off the motor, crank her up, and guess what, without the blower spinning and no alternator (aside from my exhaust), she's purring like a kitten!!!!
So, I put the belt back on, got my stethoscope (I'm an EMT by the way), crank her up, here the tick, put the steth on the blower, sound like a blower, put in on the alternator, tick, tick, tick, F'n TICK!!! 22,000 miles on my car and I need an alternator to make this frickan tick go away.
So now to my questions.
1 - anyway to fix the one I have. (I'm guessing no, it probably has a shot bearing)
2 - What kind of alternator would you replace it with? OEM? Duralast from Autozone?? Bosch from Advanced? (I have a commercial account at advanced and can usually get stuff pretty cheap there)
Anyway, I pop the hood and the noise is coming from the top of the motor, dead center, I swear its the alternator...
So I pull the belt off the motor, crank her up, and guess what, without the blower spinning and no alternator (aside from my exhaust), she's purring like a kitten!!!!
So, I put the belt back on, got my stethoscope (I'm an EMT by the way), crank her up, here the tick, put the steth on the blower, sound like a blower, put in on the alternator, tick, tick, tick, F'n TICK!!! 22,000 miles on my car and I need an alternator to make this frickan tick go away.
So now to my questions.
1 - anyway to fix the one I have. (I'm guessing no, it probably has a shot bearing)
2 - What kind of alternator would you replace it with? OEM? Duralast from Autozone?? Bosch from Advanced? (I have a commercial account at advanced and can usually get stuff pretty cheap there)
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