BATTERY >folks, I seem to be experienced battery drain. I am on my second new > >battery (Autozone). The first died the night I put it in. Charles >Hokanson >My neighbor had to go through 3 new Autozone batteries before he got >a >"good" one. Same symptoms as yours >Ken Hunter ALTENATOR >Charged it and took the car to the FLAPS to again check the >battery and alternator. Both OK. This went on for a while because I didn't >want to cough $149 for a puny Japanese rebuilt. Finally took it to an >alternator/starter shop and they found a bad diode. $45 later I had new >diodes and brushes and it works fine. The "idiot lite" never gave a clue >that >the alternator had a problem. Double check the alternator. > >Ken Hunter I had a lot of problems with my charging system on the last vehicle I had (a Honda) - went through a half dozen or more alternators and roughly the same number of batteries - the batteries came from Kragen - and the Alternators from Saddleback Motors (I don't know who their supplier was... nor do I know why I wasted money letting them put in an alternator - at least they continued to put in alternators on warranty). Anyway, this continued until the vehicle gave up its ghost for other reasons --- during all this I came across a guy who has a shop that does nothing but rebuild alternators: Costa Mesa Generator is the name I think. Next time I have a problem with my charging system I'm going to: A)go straight to a shop that specializes in Alternators/Generators who has a good reputation B)stick with a respected battery and not some chain store variety.
BTW, is Flaps better than Autozone and Kragen??? Mark in the Dark
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