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Originally Posted by ANDTWENTY
Thanks for your reply!! I was unsure if the alternator would affect anything as technically its only charging and didn't think it could cause so much havoc, but then again electrics aren't my strong point! As its gone and I have to order one anyway i'll wait to see if this fixes the issues before jumping to conclusions! thanks for letting me know that the TPS is okay as I thought it was bad!
ill see about the charging light and also read any codes that it may have, was just charging up the battery.
Any ideas where the best place to get an alternator would be or if I can buy a part for it instead?
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Have you done the tests to confirm the alternator is faulty? It's surprising how much havoc a duff alternator (or battery) can cause on a fuel injected car.
Have a look on the alternator, there should be a green label saying Bosch 0 120 xxx yyy - the xxx yyy numbers with the 0 120 form the Bosch part number, from that you can tell exactly what alternator it is so you can be sure of getting at least the same or an uprated one. I see your location is Norwich, is the breakers yard at Hevingham Hall still going? If so, you'd probably find one there. If not, a specialist Volvo breaker on ebay or if you're lucky, someone on here breaking a car.
Then there's Lakes but that's not exactly local for you.
First you need to know what you're looking for though.
I doubt you'll have any codes or even have the plug to read them on a 1990 car, if it's LH2.2 (no cat) you won't be able to read any codes at all.
As for buying a part for your alternator, you'll need to know what part(s) you need. I could make a guess based on experience of them but sadly there are certain conditions to that guess and without seeing the alternator, i couldn't actually say for certain whether the part i'd suggest would fix it or if there is another problem already there.
Are there any auto electrical and/or starter/alternator repair services in/around Norwich these days? I know there was one but can't find him online at the moment