What should I do if my alternator starts smoking?
If it starts smoking once the battery is hooked up to it, I think its safe to say you need a new one. When you jumpstart a vehicle, you are only supposed to turn on said car. Not run the car with the cables connected. You said you did it to “charge” the battery, but that is the Alternators job in the first place.
What happens when your alternator gets too hot?
After running fine for 15-20 minutes my alternator will begin to heat up until the point where it is too hot to even touch. As the alternator heats up the charge of the battery begins to drop until the point where the battery drains and the car dies.
What happens when you replace the alternator in a car?
My details are:- Everything is good from a cold start ~ 14.2 volts at the battery from the alternator, but after a few miles, the charging voltage falls lower and lower until the battery ceases to charge. I replaced the alternator but it did not make any difference.
Why does my alternator in my Talon smoke?
Shorted diodes inside the alternator can make it smoke. Shorted diodes inside the alternator can make it smoke. Click to expand… any idea how they could have shorted? This alternator was working when I drove my talon like 2 or 3 weeks ago. Yea definitely sounds like a short. It happens, but you can test it to make sure.
If it starts smoking once the battery is hooked up to it, I think its safe to say you need a new one. When you jumpstart a vehicle, you are only supposed to turn on said car. Not run the car with the cables connected. You said you did it to “charge” the battery, but that is the Alternators job in the first place.
After running fine for 15-20 minutes my alternator will begin to heat up until the point where it is too hot to even touch. As the alternator heats up the charge of the battery begins to drop until the point where the battery drains and the car dies.
Can a car start with a bad alternator?
After sitting for enough time for the alternator to completely cool off the car will start up fine, but the process soon repeats itself. I removed the alternator and had it tested professionally and was told that there were no indicators that pointed to it being a bad alternator.
Shorted diodes inside the alternator can make it smoke. Shorted diodes inside the alternator can make it smoke. Click to expand… any idea how they could have shorted? This alternator was working when I drove my talon like 2 or 3 weeks ago. Yea definitely sounds like a short. It happens, but you can test it to make sure.
What happens if you run your alternator like that?
IMO you messed up your alternator by running it like that. Anytime you jump a car, you connect cables, turn dead car on, take off cables, and go for a little run down the block to charge it back up. This is what I was taught in school and on the streets.
IMO you messed up your alternator by running it like that. Anytime you jump a car, you connect cables, turn dead car on, take off cables, and go for a little run down the block to charge it back up. This is what I was taught in school and on the streets.