Moto
NAXJA Member #576
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- Right Field Bleachers
Ok heres the deal, my G/F drives a 95 Dodge Neon. It started making some funny noises coming from the alternator I tested the alternator and found there to be excessive diode ripple. Fine enough, so i go and buy another alternator, which costs huge $ for this stupid car, and then a couple hours of fighting with it, I have it all replaced, newly remanufactured alternator is in, I start it up, all is good for a minute and then here comes the same noise again that the old alt was making. It sounds like it is whistleing, like an electric motor that is struggling. So I go and replace the ground straps with thick welding cable. I thought that there might be a short in the feed wire for the alt. So I took it off and ran a Jumper cable to the alt. directly to the battery Same deal. The noise gets louder and you can kind of hear the alt. struggling when you turn on all the loads. I tested the alternator and battery, and all my connections and they all test good. The alt is definately what is making the noise and I am 100% positive that it is not the belt. Does anyone have any ideas of what else I can check?