Audi 200 voltage

[David Michael]

On a 200 they are down low and scoop up all the salt and water that's
splashed around in the winter. Plus I have a few oil leaks that make a mess
of the alternator....I have had some last longer than two years as well. And
they don't always fail for the same thing....But, as folks are pointing out,
I am not using the best re-builder either....

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:

> i realize i dont have a 100/200, but on all the audis i've owned, i have
> NEVER replaced an alternator.
> So they cant be that bad.
> Grant
>   On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:38 PM, cobram at juno.com wrote:
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>    David Michael <adavidmichael at gmail.com> writes:
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>  Having said that, I find that alternators are almost a maintenance
> item on a
> 200. I get  a lifetime guarantee unit and end up replacing it every
> two
> years. Takes me about 1 to 1.5 hours start to finish.....
>
>
> Find another supplier.  I put in a Bosch rebuild and it's going on 10
> years.  One voltage regulator gone south in that time.  When the
> el-cheapo Chinese regulators came on the market they were failing at
> about that rate, but even those are much improved these days.  The
> alternator rarely goes, you may be swapping it out because of a bad
> regulator (takes 5 minutes to change) or a precarious exciter wire.
>
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