Recent content by TySpeed3

Figured lol, im battling some similar issues now

Did you figure this out?

And people run without that? Just a "raw" alternator?

Which shroud are you talking about? I am talking about the one that bolts directly onto the back of the alternator.

So drove it around, so far so good, buttttt stupid mistake forgot to transfer the plastic shroud that pushes that air into the other shroud to keep alternator cool..... Soooo might have to pull it, again.

Thank you! I always seemed to find dead end threads with no solutions, so I thought I would keep posting. I hope it's the final solution, but I'll stay posting!

New alt is in, fully charged battery was at 12.59V when car was off, and 13.9v running with load. Then drove around for about 20 min, 12.95V when parked back at home. Got it up to temp, everything seems to be good as of right now. Will keep posted after driving more today and tomorrow.

Also dropped off battery to get fully charged and then tested, have new (well rebuilt) alt in hand. Edit: tested on bench with the "autozone tool." battery is fully charged and test said it was fine.

Currently heading to go get an alternator. I can bite the restocking fee if it doesn't fix it.

I've been searching for a diagram, can't find much... edit: found this

Mine has a year, warranty and yes I tested it at oreilly and the place I bought it. Both said it passed. The alternator shop where I bought it from tested it and said it was outputting 15v, but couldn't test the regulation part (bc its ecu regulated). So I am not sure. We tested yesterday on the...

According to the alternator manufacturer, the bench tests do test the regulators when being bench tested, but should I buy a new alternator and just hope for the best??

That's my guess and hope, belt was just replaced too, got a new one but tried with all our might to get it on and it was just too tight, so I am not sure if there's a trick for these gen 1 speeds but had to leave the old belt on there. Well if the alternator solves the problem, I will probably...

This is a rebuilt alternator from copperstate alternators (https://phoenix-alternator.com/MPartDetails.aspx?IDNum=51034) and it's only 6 months old. (2007 MS3 $140.11 alternator)

To be honest, I still don't know what's wrong. Alternator works for a bit when battery is charged, but turns off after a few minutes. I'm not sure what to do at this point, running out of hope.