Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:36:32 -0800
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: OX and charge lights on
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Joe,
I think this is all about money and time and which
you have more of. In my case I too was puzzled by an
alternator that was still working with a bad whine.
Trust me when I say that it is whining to be replaced.
If you choose to replace the bearing this could work.
By the time you get to the 02 light coming on and off
you are living on borrowed time. You are basically
shooting the dice as to when you begin discharging
more than charging. You will be in a sinking ship
when you see yor temp gauge and gas gauge begin to
drop unexpectly as the voltage drops and is unable to
hold the weight of the needles. If I had to do it
all over again, I would admit my mistake and replace
the sucker. As bad as the whine of the alternator
was it was nothin compared to the whine of the wife,
the day we broke down in port orford. I held on to
the old alternator and intend to rebuild it as a
backup. The mechanic who did the work in port orford
picked a napa rebuild about a hundred dollars less
than a genuine bosch rebuild. Odd that the mechanics
name was "Joe" at Joe's garage. Hopes this help you
joe. oh one last thing money out the door was only
$300.00 for the labor,part and core since I held on to
the core. This does not include the cost of the
motel for two nights, dining and all sorts of
entertainment. We were on a first name basis with
many of the citizens of port orford before we left.
and we always stop in these days to enjoy port orford
on are way camping along the oregon coast. So there
could be a bright side to your breakdown too.
hold to 12.6 volts always, gary
--- fortinoj@speakeasy.net wrote:
> ok this brings on whats the best way to figure if
> your
> alt is going bad before it leaves you stuck.
>
> seems mine is making a whine, but all systems are
> ok.
> could you DVM it while running to see power drops?
>
> thanks much
> Joe
>
> On 21 Jan 2003, gary hradek wrote:
>
> > mark bad alternator bearing gave the same
> > symptoms for me. alternator can strand you big
> > time as the radiator fan kicks on and kills
> > your power. Shop first thought my alternator
> > was good when I coasted in without power. get
> > it fixed soon. gary Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003
> > 23:01:09 -0800 From: Radish
> > <Radish150@EARTHLINK.NET> Subject: OX and
> > charge lights on...
> >
> > Hey all, long time no... long time no have
> > problem with vanagon! Been over a year of
> > trouble free driving with my 85 after going
> > thru the engine. Anyhow, during my brothers
> > trip to New Orleans, these lights started
> > coming on, not sure if it was all of the
> > sudden or if it was gradual, but sometimes
> > they flicker a little bit. For the most part
> > tho, they never go out. I have reset the ox
> > switch on the fenderwell, I have rattled the
> > wires in the dash, looked for shorts around
> > the alt, REPLACED the gage cluster, still on.
> > Anyone have any ideas where the culprit may
> > lie? Brother had the alt bench tested and it
> > tested fine (lot that tells us), but it is
> > certainly been charging as it's been driven
> > for weeks since they came on.
> >
> > All (any) help appreciated, mark...
> >
> >
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