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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Vancouver or... ?
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Headlight flickering - VR or Alternator time?
Nostatic posted on the same topic today - must be something in the air...
When I started up the 3.2 this morning I noticed that my headlights (all the lights, actually) were kinda pulsing. I suspect that it's the VR or alternator brushes, as discussed in Nostatic's thread but my question is: As the 3.2 has the alternator with the built in VR - wouldn't it make sense to replace the entire unit meaning the alternator rather than just the VR in the case of these symptoms? Is this kinda flickering indicative of brushes that are near the end of their life? |
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10-03-2003, 09:51 AM
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I think it depends on how old your alternator is. If it is pretty new (less than 25 thousand miles), I was told by my wrench you are probably ok with just changing your VR. If you have the original or an older Alt, you are probably better off replacing everything or you will be back in there in a few months (years) doing it again.
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10-03-2003, 10:00 AM
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I replaced just the VR about 1000 miles ago. I may have to replace the alternator also, but so far so good. It's am 86 3.2.
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