derjackistweg
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I own a really special problem!
My alternator is 10 years old and only 10t miles but dead. I could not believe tried some things but then decided to replace it with a new one. Also a refurbushed Leece Neville 165A 7701 afaik.
The new one worked. 500 km or 3 trips. Than it started to jump on voltage from 13,4 to 15,4 Volt within 2-3 times per second. Alternierend.
I have a digital voltage meter in the dash, so I know.
Batteries are new - of course.
Now the new alternator is dead. Again. After 2 months, 3 trips and 10 times running in total, less than 10h runtime!!!
So it could be an false alternator from the start... but I dont know. All of these are tested before sending. According to the letter in the box.
Van is a 93 7.3 IDI, N/A.
Afaik is this alternator pretty dump: It just reads the battery voltage and if lower it starts charging and never stops until the engine is shut off. It just varies the amount of charge by the running speed.
Thats it.
So question is:
Is there anything electrically that can prevent the alternator from working? Mechanicly there cannot be anything wrong.
Afaik there is no fuse or whatever.
My alternator is 10 years old and only 10t miles but dead. I could not believe tried some things but then decided to replace it with a new one. Also a refurbushed Leece Neville 165A 7701 afaik.
The new one worked. 500 km or 3 trips. Than it started to jump on voltage from 13,4 to 15,4 Volt within 2-3 times per second. Alternierend.
I have a digital voltage meter in the dash, so I know.
Batteries are new - of course.
Now the new alternator is dead. Again. After 2 months, 3 trips and 10 times running in total, less than 10h runtime!!!
So it could be an false alternator from the start... but I dont know. All of these are tested before sending. According to the letter in the box.
Van is a 93 7.3 IDI, N/A.
Afaik is this alternator pretty dump: It just reads the battery voltage and if lower it starts charging and never stops until the engine is shut off. It just varies the amount of charge by the running speed.
Thats it.
So question is:
Is there anything electrically that can prevent the alternator from working? Mechanicly there cannot be anything wrong.
Afaik there is no fuse or whatever.