Suppression condenser?

[urq]

... the rebuilt unit I installed on my '91 V8 over the weekend did have the
condenser installed.  While it may not be absolutely necessary, I would
recommend that you transfer the one from the old alternator to the rebuilt
unit.

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> In the process of swapping the alternator out on my piece of $hit
> wagon and ran across a discrepancy between the replacement and the
> original equipment.
>
> The replacement alternator is a Bosch rebuild that had done 30K of
> service on my old 200q.
>
> The discrepancy is that the rebuilt alternator is missing what the
> family album refers to as a "suppression condenser" (FA
> A20Q/89/9/03/150-00 -- Audi #056 903 291) that is actually present on
> the OE alternator that I'm removing.
>
> Is this something that I really need to be concerned about? Should I
> not worry about it since the alternator worked just fine on my old
> 200q, or should I pull the suppression condenser off the old
> alternator and install it on the new one?