[200q20v] Don't replace that alternator!
Phil Rose
pjrose at frontiernet.net
Fri Mar 9 01:00:27 EST 2001
At 1:28 PM -0500 3/8/01, C1J1Miller at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated Thu, 8 Mar 2001 12:29:43 PM Eastern Standard
>Time, david_haupt at agilent.com writes:
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>Oliver,
>
>Unless that shop REALLY knows the 200 Quattro, they might have mis-diagnosed
>the problem. I'm a little surprised nobody else has mentioned this up to
>this point, because the topic's been discussed here by several people who
>were taken for an alternator when they didn't need one.
>
> >>
>
>(snip)
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>Good advice. BTW, I did mention this stuff in my reply yesterday...
>Chris
As to whether to fix or replace--What about the alleged "fact"--cited
to me by a couple of different independent Audi wrenches--that the
115 amp Bosch alternators are not built to the same standard of
durability as their 90 amp version? Hence, they claim to often
encounter additional failure modes in the 115 amp alternators fairly
soon after doing the quick fix with brushes and regulator, whereas
they claim that those repairs on the old 90 amp alternators seem a
more satisfactory fix (longterm).
Fact or fiction? I don't know, but hearing that same story from two
people I trusted made me decide to go ahead and replace my 120 kmile
alternator (after I was convinced in the correctness of the basic
diagnosis). I suppose it gets down to a question of expectations (how
long will you keep the car) and resources.
Phil
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Phil Rose
Rochester, NY
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