On Friday whilst sitting in traffic on an unusually warm (30 degrees) evening I had the dreaded "low battery charge" warning pop up on the dash. At the time the voltage at the battery was 11-12v not quite where it should be.
On Saturday the fault became intermittent and today it seems to have gone completely, no warning and battery charging at 14v. My thoughts are that maybe there is a heat related fault as its about 20 degrees cooler than two days ago (gotta love Scottish weather).
So on a V6 GT can you just change the regulator instead of the whole alternator and can you do this without taking the alternator off?
As I am due to be bent over by the tax man this month too I would like to avoid the expense of replacing the complete alternator if possible. If however the alternator needs to come off anyway then it may as well be replaced.
On Saturday the fault became intermittent and today it seems to have gone completely, no warning and battery charging at 14v. My thoughts are that maybe there is a heat related fault as its about 20 degrees cooler than two days ago (gotta love Scottish weather).
So on a V6 GT can you just change the regulator instead of the whole alternator and can you do this without taking the alternator off?
As I am due to be bent over by the tax man this month too I would like to avoid the expense of replacing the complete alternator if possible. If however the alternator needs to come off anyway then it may as well be replaced.