Ace_t Neutral Newbie October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 As the above title. Your comments and suggestions pls. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckcent 4th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 depends how you look at it. Weak alternator will cause you to crank more times than neccesary so in this case fuel is being used more. In fact this will cause your car's battery to go flat faster than normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_t Neutral Newbie October 19, 2004 Author Share October 19, 2004 battery is ok, maybe I'd only know it in 1 yrs' time as the battery is considered new. reason being that when I brought my ride in for engine diagnostic, the mech mentioned that my alternator is weak...so I guessed that it's not giving my engine the sufficient charge it needs to fully power the car..Hence inducing more drag to the engine than power... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckcent 4th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 if the alternator is of the older version, than the carbon coils can be changed and it will be like new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_t Neutral Newbie October 19, 2004 Author Share October 19, 2004 I guess mine is the old version.. wun it be better to get a recond one if this is the case Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckcent 4th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 if the mech is a trusted guy, he will have done it for you instead of a recon one, unless it is beyond repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kytl68 Neutral Newbie October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 As the above title. Your comments and suggestions pls. Anything that has to do with the belting of your car (which is turn by the engine) ... air cond belt, alternator belt and drive (timing) belt will have effect on the Fc of your car. So if older or faulty (going to die one) componenent is running, it will have a load on the engine so your FC will not be good. That's is why you need to maintain your belts and make sure components are properly oiled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidz 6th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 (edited) get it changed... not expensive anyway, re-con ones less than a hundred bucks... i went thru 2 liao... Edited October 19, 2004 by Vidz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiayong 3rd Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 what car are u driving? you got a re con for less than $100? mine is a 83' corolla....my re con costed me $200. Can share your lobang? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidz 6th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 (edited) Nissan '92... Nissan parts are cheap... labour is another thing tho... Edited October 19, 2004 by Vidz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiayong 3rd Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 oh..but labour wont cost $100 right? sigh..maybe i kanna chopped becos of my carrot face... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidz 6th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 Nissan parts are well known to be cheap la... Toyota and Honda parts, not exactly... but the feel a new alternator... Priceless... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiayong 3rd Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 yeah mann..gotto agreed.. bet some of the bros and sis here in MCF felt it too when they were helping me push my car during lantern festival at bishan park..hee hee..yes..mine broke down after 2 months..luckily got it replaced for free..but the time spent...sigh Once again..thanks to all that was there at the scene when my alternator broke...thanbk you thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 Junkyard search. No way around it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeobh 4th Gear October 19, 2004 Share October 19, 2004 (edited) Many moons ago I use to import large quantity ( by 20 ft containers) of used alternator , starters,compressors, tyres, radio etc from Japn scrap yards. Engines will only be stripped off the components parts are those that have no resales values. They are all sold as scrap metal to steel mills. The engines are then stripped for components and type of metals. The components are sold as used parts. I sold the starters and altenators in bulk to re-cond shops in Singapore , Malaysia and as far as Cambodia and Burma. Basically re-cond shops sell their re-cond starters and alternators in 3 grades A, B & C. "C" grade basically only undergo cosmetics overhaul. Edited October 19, 2004 by Yeobh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidz 6th Gear October 20, 2004 Share October 20, 2004 sooooo you got Japanese contacts for used parts..... yups... re-con parts comes in all states... rewind rotor, rewind stator, cosmetics etc... so long as it works... old car nebermind... but scare liao, plug in a voltmeter, just to be sure... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_t Neutral Newbie October 20, 2004 Author Share October 20, 2004 everything all new, with the exception of the alternator. New belts, pulleys etc etc. During the diagnostic, mech say alternator is at 13.4V. Wonder if this can affect FC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_t Neutral Newbie October 20, 2004 Author Share October 20, 2004 what would be a nominal voltage for the alternator ? Mine was 13.4 V Any place to recommend to get a cheap n good recond alternator ? My friend paid abt 200 plus for his re-cond alternator. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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