Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:24:06 -0500 From: KeithG <noonenopsamspring.com> Subject: Re: Alternator problems '92 900
Sounds like brushes/regulator. Easier to try a new regulator than to remove the alternator for diagnosis! KeithG g c wrote: > Help, please! My car is a Canadian '92 900, turbo, with about 165 thou Km > (100 thou miles) and has a/c also. > > Over the last two days, the battery warning light started coming on at > startup, and goes out at speed when the engine revs over 3500 rpm; but the > belt didn't squeal at all. In traffic the light didn't go out and the engine > dies very quickly, 5 or 10 minutes; and the battery was completely dead. Now > the light doesn't go out at all, just goes much dimmer at higher revs. The > battery is about 6 months old and good quality. I've removed and remade the > ground connection at the alternator (it wasn't loose), the other end seems > solid at the engine. > > Any thoughts or tricks for this situation? Is it possibly the alternator > brushes, as the Townsend site suggests can be the case, and is checking them > (on the car) as easy as Townsend describes? > > Can the alternator easily be checked at home on the car, or is this a > situation where I'm better off removing it, and taking it into my local auto > parts store where they will test it for me? > > (I'm also several hours drive away from the closest Saab dealer!) > > Thanks in advance..... > >
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