davidpingu
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Had a search on google but cant find a definitive answer.
I'm looking to change my alternator as I've had a whining noise for over a year now. I've isolated it to something on the aux belt as the noise goes away if you start the car without the belt.
I've replaced tensioner pulley, Crank pulley and PAS pump but it was none of those things. This leaves me with two remaining possibilities. Alternator or power steering pump.
I was going to run a shorter belt to bypass the air con, thinking this would be the cheaper of the two options but the belt is £50 so I'd may as well give the alternator a go first as its probably the more likely of the two. Turning the air con on and off makes no difference to the noise either.
So back to my original questions:
Is the DC5 alternator the same as any other Honda models? I.e. EP3? I've noticed some of the alternators on ebay are advertised as K20A2 ones so I just wanted to be sure really.
Also does anyone know the correct number of Amps the alternator should be rated at? 100amps rings a bell but again I just wanted to confirm.
Finally if anyone has one in good working order that they'd like to sell, drop me a PM. I'll put a post up in the wanted section if I don't get anything within the next few days
I'm looking to change my alternator as I've had a whining noise for over a year now. I've isolated it to something on the aux belt as the noise goes away if you start the car without the belt.
I've replaced tensioner pulley, Crank pulley and PAS pump but it was none of those things. This leaves me with two remaining possibilities. Alternator or power steering pump.
I was going to run a shorter belt to bypass the air con, thinking this would be the cheaper of the two options but the belt is £50 so I'd may as well give the alternator a go first as its probably the more likely of the two. Turning the air con on and off makes no difference to the noise either.
So back to my original questions:
Is the DC5 alternator the same as any other Honda models? I.e. EP3? I've noticed some of the alternators on ebay are advertised as K20A2 ones so I just wanted to be sure really.
Also does anyone know the correct number of Amps the alternator should be rated at? 100amps rings a bell but again I just wanted to confirm.
Finally if anyone has one in good working order that they'd like to sell, drop me a PM. I'll put a post up in the wanted section if I don't get anything within the next few days
