Alternator, charging issues....

[Perry]

Recently had the odd starting issue, then today my girlfriend was out in the car and it went dead. AA man came and checked things and got it going again, he said the battery was probably fecked, but also whilst it was charging (over 14v) when ticking over and was still charging well when revving over 2k, when the AC, Radio etc was on and it was ticking over it was only measuring 12.15v.

I've put a new battery on now just to rule it out and at nearly nine years old it was something I was looking at replacing anyway. However it still seems to be doing the same. I measured it at 14.40v or so when ticking over, then 12.40v or so when ticking over with the AC and radio on.

Does this sound like an Alternator issue?

 

[Perry]

This may be in the wrong section, didn't realise when I posted it.

 

[lucasv1987]

Had the same thing happen to my car last week, needed a new alternator. Got it done by Mick at diamond motors (cheers btw)

 

[Perry]

Anybody got an idea of cost to get an alternator fitted at a specialist?

 

[Fred@BTM]

2 hours labour plus an aux kit (highly stupid not to change it, unless it was recent)

 

[Perry]

Yeah about 3 years since it was done. I've been doing a bit of searching and is it true Renault do an exchange refurbed alternator for £170ish?

 

[Perry]

I'm only seeming to have real problems when I use AC too, it also makes a loud clicking noise when it starts up. Are these likely to be two seperate issues, i.e air con nearly empty so making that noise and Alternator giving some charge, but not enough to run things like air con, or could that noise at the start up of air con be some kind of fault which was draining things?

 

[MicKPM]

I got your email btw Perry. Will reply in the morning because right now, I'm feeling a bit pissed (drunken kind)

 

[Perry]

Ok, cheers Mick.