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How many miles before alternator goes bad.

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Old 02-18-2010, 12:42 PM
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How many miles before alternator goes bad.

Please tell me how many miles you got out of an OEM alternator ??

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164,000 so far and still going strong.....
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152K and no hickups... knock on wood.
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Im sure somebody has had a failure, but I sure don't recall reading about it here. Im curious too.

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Mine is a 2nd gen so not sure if the same alternator but 250k and still going.
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I replaced mine at 65K-not because it was necessarily going bad, but both my batteries were leaking acid out into the trays (yikes!) and I figured I may as well replace the alternator and the serp belt at the same time.
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"How many miles(Licks) before alternator goes bad..." 1....2...CRUNCH! 3!
Like most things... it's a Crap Shoot. Mines at 215,000+ and still going strong... Guess I should go to Vegas!
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my brother has 500,000 on his 91 and still stock alternator
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I've got 115k on the original altenator and batteries, now as far the tranny and injectors thats another story.
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My 01 went at 165k,185 on stock one on 05.
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