Intlcutlass Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I am at work right now, I went to go get lunch, and noticed my volts were low.... I am thinking alternator. HOWEVER!!--- My P/S pump is leaking badly... Is it possible either there is so much fluid on the belt (I didn't realize how much fluid was leaking unti I opened the hood-- it's a lot), that it's just slipping , or would fluid on the alternator itself kill it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 if enough fluid got into/onto the alternator it could kill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 fluid on the belts could cause the belt to slip , and tada no turning the alt and low voltage. My guess is first get the leak fixed then go through the trouble to pull out the alternator. Fluid's not good for the alternator, it smells bad when it burns on it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intlcutlass Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 She's gunna meet me here with jumper cables so we can get it home... Only 10 min away... and I have an alternator, and pump at the house from the 3.1Turbo I am building..... :bawl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intlcutlass Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Good News... the alternator was fine... The belt was just slipping from being saturated.... It's nice when you have the whole assembly put together... Tank, pully,everything. Took it all apart.. covered the alternator and the end of the PS hoses in plastic... Powerwashed everything, then put it all back together... 3 bolts on the pump... thats it!!! the HP line needed a pipe over the end of the 5\8 wrench to bust that sucker but all worked out OK, in probably under an hour... I could see someond doing this in half that if all the part are there, and all goes well.I tok time to clean it up a bit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Good to hear it all worked out for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 power steering fluid in the alt killed it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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