Originally Posted by I_dont_know_my_car
(Post 252354)
When i turned the car on after having let the battery charge for a few minutes the dash seemed normal and I didn't notice any unusual maintenance lights, however I didn't drive it home. I borrowed a car to get to my car and my neighbor tried driving my car back home. he said there were no maintenance lights on and that car was running fine right up untill the moment it crapped out at the stop light. I honestly can't say if one turned on while he was driving it though because the guy is an old timer and I dont know how good his vision is or if he was paying attention to the dashboard but I personally didn't see a maintenance light and he says he didn't either.
I just dropped the battery off at Autozone and it's not under warranty anymore. there going to try and charge it up first in hopes that i just need a new one, if it's not the battery then I guess ill go from there through proscess of elimination. Thanks again guys. |
after I bought the new battery and installed it in my car it worked fine but I took it back to autozone to have them check the alternotor anyway and you guys called it. The alternator wasn't putting anything out. After I turned on the car and he read the meter he showed it to me then told me to turn the lights on, this time when he showed it to me the numbers were dropping.
He said I needed a new one but now I'm wondering if I should get it from them or buy one from the Honda dealership or online. |
I've put aftermarket alternators in cars before, really they are remanufactured typically. Never had one go out after the initial install. One was ona Toyota Corolla, change dit at 110,000 and it was still in it when I sold the car with 215,000 on the clock.
To rest your mind, call Honda and see what they want for the part, then look online for the part, and then look at the Autozone or whatever place for a price, see if the money you save is worth doing the job twice if perhpas you need to do it again. By the same token, I had an F150 Crew Cab, drivers power window motor went out, got an aftermarket chinese one from Advance Auto Parts, I replaced that dang motor four times in a year and a half. Then I went and got the Motorcraft one online. Never replaced it again. |
Originally Posted by I_dont_know_my_car
(Post 252379)
after I bought the new battery and installed it in my car it worked fine but I took it back to autozone to have them check the alternotor anyway and you guys called it. The alternator wasn't putting anything out. After I turned on the car and he read the meter he showed it to me then told me to turn the lights on, this time when he showed it to me the numbers were dropping.
He said I needed a new one but now I'm wondering if I should get it from them or buy one from the Honda dealership or online. I would personally do it myself if you have friend (s) with tools and is handy. Otherwise, a trusted independent mechanic and then the dealership. Dealership will probably be the most expensive but they have probably done thousands of them (not that it is that hard). FWIW, I have a remanufactured alternator in my Honda Accord V6 for the last 70k miles and its going strong. |
cool, thanks a lot for all the help and advice, Honda wanted an ungodly amount for they're oem part, I found some better deals online but since the car is my daily driver I can't really afford to be carless for much longer. I'm going with the after market part because it's the only option as of now.
I called up my mom and asked who her mechanic was and it's some guy from her church, i can't recall her having any problems with her corolla, I'm taking the car over to him right now so he can check it. since he's going to be there anyway...is there anything i should tell him to check out with a car this age? I haven't had any other problems and i got new Tires, breaks, disc and allignment about 2 months ago. I really appreciate all the help. Thanks again. :) A |
Originally Posted by I_dont_know_my_car
(Post 252433)
cool, thanks a lot for all the help and advice, Honda wanted an ungodly amount for they're oem part, I found some better deals online but since the car is my daily driver I can't really afford to be carless for much longer. I'm going with the after market part because it's the only option as of now.
I called up my mom and asked who her mechanic was and it's some guy from her church, i can't recall her having any problems with her corolla, I'm taking the car over to him right now so he can check it. since he's going to be there anyway...is there anything i should tell him to check out with a car this age? I haven't had any other problems and i got new Tires, breaks, disc and allignment about 2 months ago. I really appreciate all the help. Thanks again. :) A |
I knew you'd say that! I've been in the process of saving up money for the timing belt water pump fix, so this little debacle set me back a bit on that. There's a dealership not to far from here but I live in a border city, so my genius was plan to take it to the mexican honda dealership across the border and save myself around 100 bucks. (a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks, you know) the mechanic I just dropped my car off with said he could do it, but told me that the last time he tried to change the timing belt on a car like mine he wasn't able to get access to anything because there's some sort of bolt that he was unable to get loose. He said he could try and force it but he was afraid that forcing the bolt loose might possibly crack the engine' havd you ever heard of a problem like that? I'm curious because it seems like such a weird little thing. Thanks so much.
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Sounds like they had an issue with the crankshaft pulley bolt.
Call around and get more quotes for the t-belt job (belt, wp, seals ect...), I'd look for places that deal with Honda's. |
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