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Originally Posted by Tatsfield
If you cannot find a second hand unit, you might be able to have yours rebuilt by a specialist firm. I've had this done ion the past after I'd replaced the alternator to keep a spare but you would have to go without the car while it was done.
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Unless i've seriously misunderstood, the alternator isn't the problem now. From what i understand, it failed in France so he put it into a dealer who fitted a new/reconditioned alternator at a cost of £1k but failed to fit the air ducting on the back of the new alternator from the old one. If it was a recon unit, the original would have gone back to the remanufacturer as a core unit.
I think the problem now is that the alternator (new one) is overheating due to the fact it has no cooling because of the missing air duct.
Could be wrong though!
