serpentine tensioner

[rfuree11]

i'm beginning to suspect more and more that its a bad alternator and the one i got from autozone was apiece of junk, too. i went to the bank to deposit my paycheck and i turned on my headlights and the noise came.

 

[BeauJ]

i'm beginning to suspect more and more that its a bad alternator and the one i got from autozone was apiece of junk, too. i went to the bank to deposit my paycheck and i turned on my headlights and the noise came.

No one has asked so I will. Is the alternator refurbished or new? I know autozone/advance sometimes have both. I always get the refurbished ones and never have a problem.

 

[rfuree11]

It was a new one. I'm going to advance auto tomorrow and picking up a refub and hopefully that will solve things

 

[Rhett]

Maybe you need more amps?

 

[rfuree11]

ita a 130 amp to begin with...anything more and i'd be getting into custom territory. i dont have any special equipment that would warrant that. it happens when i just have the headlights or fan on with my head unit (a plain alpine, no subs or anything)

 

[rfuree11]

well, it turns out that the new alternator i got from autozone was also a piece of crap. I got a rebuild form advance auto and the rattle went away!!!

VICTORY IS MINE!!!!


Thanks for the help guys

 

[trucku]

Nice Going!!!!

 

[Lt.Jim]

It's too bad you had to go through all that trouble :thumbdwn: Sometimes the parts stores sell crap :thumbdwn: You can't even yell at the person behind the counter because most of the time they know nothing about mechanical work only know how to look up parts numbers :thumbdwn: I'm glad to hear you were able to solve your problem

 

[jayhawkexplorer]

Amazing that you got two bad alternators. Hey Lt. Jim, don't blame the parts store guys. They're not the ones rebuilding the alternators that don't always work right. You're buying a rebuilt product and once in a while there's going to be a problem with them. As long as they stand behind their product and replace it under warranty, the parts store is doing fine by me.