karush
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Joined: November 29, 2011
Posts: 168
Location: west virginia
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 Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:53 pm Post subject: Letting the smoke out of the alternator! |
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| 1.6 n’a diesel. 82 rabbit. Been sitting for a long time. Charged the battery and turned the key to the on position and something shorted in the alternator. It smoked and got hot to the touch. I took off the small 2 wire connector on the alternator and now no more smoke when the key is on. But is my alternator fried? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Paolo. |
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TDCTDI
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Joined: August 31, 2013
Posts: 12865
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:17 am Post subject: Re: Letting the smoke out of the alternator! |
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It’s fried.
However, it’s a diesel, it barely uses any voltage to run, just enough to keep the fuel shut off solenoid open. Charge the battery & drive it until you decide to put an alternator in it. I drove a diesel vanagon with a bad alternator from Virginia to NY & back to N.C. with no issues.
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