[Vwdiesel] 2003 Golf ALT symptoms - any other possibilities?

[Tad]

Could be just the pulley.


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org> wrote:

> hi all
>
> my sister’s 2003 Golf TDi is all of a sudden showing battery light
> intermittent, with intermittent clicking/bearing-getting-ready-to-go noises
> from up in the alternator area (noise happens in sync with the batt light)
>
> I threw a charger on it and the batt was at 12.4v and 75%
>
> took it up to 100% and 13.8 on overnight trickle
>
> I assume her alternator is getting ready to STB
>
> is there anything else that would create these symptoms?
>
> thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Rolf in MA
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