Read this before you order a new Alternator and save 1.000 euros!!!

[.Lefteris.]

Red Warning that the generator is off and my TT it was dead on the side of the road a few km after.... :(
The official Porsche dealer here in Athens send me help in only 15 minutes and they do not charge me for this, Great service Bravo and Thanks!
After 1 hour of waiting on the workshop they told me that I need to buy a new Alternator and the price for a re-manufactured alternator is 1080 euros and for a new one 1.600 euros , in any case the labor will be 114 euros....
I ask them to take of the old one and give it to me in order to find a new one by myself, after all it was just a BOSCH part.... ;)
I went the alternator to a small BOSCH Hella shop and they found in no time that the alternator was in a very good condition and the only thing needed it has a small part coled voltage regulator and it cost (genuine BOSCH part) 80 euros only and 2 minutes to replace it!!!
So I went back to the dealer half an hour later with the alternator and one hour after this and with 200 euros total cost my car it was as good as new again! :D
So my friends, before the dealer ask you to pay for a new or re-manufactured alternator, check your old one first ;)

All the best

[BlueMaxMtl]

The dealer's technician should have known better than to scrap an entire alternator for a lousy voltage regulator. Basic auto electrics 101.;)

Back in 1983, I was standing at a traffic light with my 931 when all my lights suddenly went super bright and back down to normal again; all within 5 to 7 seconds.

Knowing that the alternator's voltage regulator was the culprit, I bought a new part from the local Bosch shop and swapped it out myself; all without having to take the unit out for disassembly.

Back in the '70's the voltage regulator was external to the alternator and was mounted on the firewall. Any guys here remember those? Probably around the same time as ignition points, condensers and carburetors!;)

[.Lefteris.]

The dealer's technician should have known better than to scrap an entire alternator for a lousy voltage regulator. Basic auto electrics 101.;)

Back in 1983, I was standing at a traffic light with my 931 when all my lights suddenly went super bright and back down to normal again; all within 5 to 7 seconds.

Knowing that the alternator's voltage regulator was the culprit, I bought a new part from the local Bosch shop and swapped it out myself; all without having to take the unit out for disassembly.

Back in the '70's the voltage regulator was external to the alternator and was mounted on the firewall. Any guys here remember those? Probably around the same time as ignition points, condensers and carburetors!;)

Yes, I remember my first Golf MK1 GTi with the same system! :)
Looooong time ago! biggrin

[lovely09]

Yes because the old still have a value which you can save money.It's like a swap where you will just add some money to get a new one.