Probably a tired exciter circuit... You got it a little hot and bothered and all is good with her now...
Happy for you! Now if my rear diff leak settles out We can both be happy! Hahaha! Kyle On Jan 28, 2017 5:11 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't remember if I mentioned it but the alternator quit in my '98 Jetta > on the way home from work Wednesday.Today I picked up and installed a used > one, PITA job, the engine bay is tight and I think the alternator was > probably original at 279,000 miles. These have an interesting one way > clutch that I had to transfer to the replacement, glad I ordered the tool > to remove it... > Anyway when I got it all installed it didn't work, the idiot light was > still on and battery voltage measured around 12.5v. I was pretty defeated > at that point. A little later I had to move the car so I could push some > snow (well ice really) off the driveway, the first time I revved the engine > the light went out...Not to look a gift horse in the mouth I used the car > to go over to the park to walk the dog, idiot light stayed out, heater fan > ran, seat heater on. > When I got home I put the meter on with the engine running, 14.8v just > like you'd expect. > Is this something I should have expected? I don't remember going through > this before but its been a few years since I've changed an alternator. > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
