[s-cars] Alternator or voltage regulator

[Theodore Chen]

A voltage regulator is $35 and 10 minutes to change.  If you didn't have other symptoms indicating bad bearings, I'd try the voltage regulator first.



----- Original Message ----
From: Nathan Belo <nathan at license2sell.com>
To: S List <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sun, December 6, 2009 6:24:39 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Alternator or voltage regulator

About a couple of weeks ago I noticed car was a little slow in  
cranking to start so I figured I'd go get my battery checked this  
week. Tonight I'm driving along and battery icon warning light pops  
up. Then on the ic same battery icon but in red starts glowing. I'm  
driving at night and headlights & interior lights are slowly dimming  
to where I can't see so I pull up in front of an auto service center  
where it now sits. The abs also turned itself off   While waiting for  
ride I googles the voltage regulator replacement on the website. How  
do you know if you can get away with just replacing voltage regulator  
vs alternator? Anybody got alternator part #?