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E21, E30General discussion and technical help for 1975-1991 3 series cars.
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Your Ride: 89 325i
running out of alt!
my car chews up alternators like i eat twinkies. i don't like this. it's had two rebuilt bosch alternators in the last six months and three batteris were eaten in the process. the car only has 108000 miles on it,its a 89 325i,and it came from virginia so there really isn't any rust. any ideas?
what do you mean 'chewing up alternators' what exactly happens? maybe something is wrong w/your pullies/belt tension and its ruining the bearings on the alternator?
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Your Ride: 92 525, 88 325 hardtop'ed vert and 83 320iS
Are they over charing, or is the belt adjusted to tightly causing premature bearing failure?
With what you said that its eating batteries I would say its over charging. Possible bad ground, poor connection it can be a variaty of different things. More details would help.
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1992 525i, 1988 Hardtop'ed Vert and 1983 320iS
12-24-2007, 06:24 PM
running out of alt!
I keep forgetting that - I have a great memory but it doesn't last long
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