Brian
At 04:43 PM 10/1/97 -0700, Marian V. Marinescu wrote:
>'86 Peugeot 505, non-turbo, 1.9 liters, 4cyl.,
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>Long time, no see, hello everybody,
>
>Last week, in the parking lot of London Drugs, after driving there with my
lights on, my car refused to start. A nice guy jumper-started me but in an
intersection my car stopped and refused to cooperate anymore.
>
>I changed the battery with a new one and I bought an alternator from used
parts (3 months warrantee). It worked, it gave me 13.4V at the battery. It
only worked five days.
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>Today, the same thing happened again. This time, because of the new
battery, after five minutes, I was able to start the car and get home.
>
>Problem: when I start the car the alternator does not charge the battery.
When I rev the engine to 2500-3000 and let go, it starts working and I can
hear a whistle-like noise coming from the alternator. It works again.
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>I have to tell you that I did not change the belt and I am really pissed
off because of that. It may happen I did not have to change anything but the
belt?
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>Any words of wisdom? Please help again.
>
>Marian
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Brian Holm, Peugeotholm
Supplying parts for Peugeots only, since 1969
Plainfield, VT 802.454.7132 Fax 454.1310