rite took my car to the garage and theyve come bk and said my alternator has gone, thus sendin too much voltage thru to battery. he quoted me £200 inc VAT for the parts then £75 for the fitting. wot u guys rekon is this too much. i have to say that this car is really startin to p$ss me off now, all in all ive speant roughly £1500 on repairs.


gaz

shop around for prices Gaz, am sure you will find one cheaper, if all else fails get one off a scrapper

Look in the For Sale section Gaz.............

Someones posted an F for Breaking!!!

Could give that a try!!

good spotting buddy, ive sent him an email regardin the alternator. im guessin it needs to come off a 1.5 to fit mine.

gaz

Have a look thru Yellow pages for auto electrical reconditions and get an exchange reconditioned one.

I had to change the alternator in my brothers old Daewoo.. Took it out myself, Gave it to the mechanic who done some voodoo to it for £35 and gave it back..

by the way, Im sure its not hard to take out yourself

sounds like the regulators gone mate. if you can take it off yourself and get it down to a auto electrical specialist i cant see it costing more than 50 notes mate.

I paid R2400 for parts & labour (about 120 quid) to have my alternator replaced on my 1.8 by an auto electrician, although that included a new cambelt. It took them 2 days, 'cause they had to remove the driver's side drive shaft to remove it from underneath. Also, one of the bolts was seized ...