Best source for new or rebuilt alternator
04-10-2019, 07:35 PM
#33
I went down the alternator rabbit hole one time. Here is everything you will ever need to know about he Bosch units.
Did some more digging and confirmed, looks like starting in 2004 or 2005 they moved to 150amp. So the Bosch numbers are as follows (seems like these would be the same for the boxster and carrera from the same years)
REMAN
120amp : AL0812X
150amp: AL0815X
100% NEW
120amp: AL0812N
150amp: AL0815N
Here is the warranty info, basically re-mans get 2 year or 1 year depending on site. I think it was a 1 year but now its a 2 year.
New gets lifetime.
BOSCH Warranty Information
Alternators & Starters w/ Part Number Not Ending In "N": 24 months; Alternators & Starters w/ Part Number Ending In "N": Lifetime Warranty for Non-Commercial Passenger Vehicles; Spark Plug Wire Sets: Lifetime; Wiper Products: 30 days; Fuel Pumps Purchased After 10/1/16: Limited Lifetime. Engine Management Parts (like Air Management Sensors, Engine Position Sensors, Gasoline Fuel Injectors, High Pressure Fuel Pumps, Ignition Coils, Pressure Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Throttle Devices) Purchased After 11/15/16: Limited Lifetime. Engine Management Parts Purchased Before 11/15/16, Fuel Pumps Purchased Before 10/1/16, and All Other Product Lines: 12 months.
REMAN
120amp : AL0812X
150amp: AL0815X
100% NEW
120amp: AL0812N
150amp: AL0815N
Here is the warranty info, basically re-mans get 2 year or 1 year depending on site. I think it was a 1 year but now its a 2 year.
New gets lifetime.
BOSCH Warranty Information
Alternators & Starters w/ Part Number Not Ending In "N": 24 months; Alternators & Starters w/ Part Number Ending In "N": Lifetime Warranty for Non-Commercial Passenger Vehicles; Spark Plug Wire Sets: Lifetime; Wiper Products: 30 days; Fuel Pumps Purchased After 10/1/16: Limited Lifetime. Engine Management Parts (like Air Management Sensors, Engine Position Sensors, Gasoline Fuel Injectors, High Pressure Fuel Pumps, Ignition Coils, Pressure Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Throttle Devices) Purchased After 11/15/16: Limited Lifetime. Engine Management Parts Purchased Before 11/15/16, Fuel Pumps Purchased Before 10/1/16, and All Other Product Lines: 12 months.
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04-10-2019, 09:24 PM
#36
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Thread Starter
If u want a hack job with massive boost leaks & damaged MAF then use ur hack shop at 30 min.labor to remove.
Not Me. I want a perfect engine bay with no boost leaks.
Not Me. I want a perfect engine bay with no boost leaks.
04-10-2019, 09:35 PM
#37
"hack job" huh?
my airbox has been on and off probably 10 maybe 15 times at a minimum. this in the 10 years i've had the car.
it's never taken more than 30 minutes to r&r the airbox and i have never had a boost leak or a damaged maf as a result. so please forgive me, for not understanding what you may have been doing "wrong".
if you'd like to share what you do with the "extra" hour? i'm all ears
my airbox has been on and off probably 10 maybe 15 times at a minimum. this in the 10 years i've had the car.
it's never taken more than 30 minutes to r&r the airbox and i have never had a boost leak or a damaged maf as a result. so please forgive me, for not understanding what you may have been doing "wrong".
if you'd like to share what you do with the "extra" hour? i'm all ears
04-11-2019, 01:17 PM
#38
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Why would anyone in their right mind spend $100.00+/hr to remove a 20 yr old alternator @ roughly 4 hrs labor just to replace the voltage regulator? Only to realize they need to spend the same money AGAIN to go back in and replace a possible faulty alternator a few days after?
Thats a pure definition of stupidity.
Thats a pure definition of stupidity.
Its also obvious this so called expert has no clue what an alternator contains! Btw go price a regulator its not close to $100! Its around $35 .Most alternators are rebuilt to minimum standards, unless you want to spend over $400!
So before you call someone names suggest you get up to speed and educate yourself!
04-11-2019, 01:30 PM
#39
Yea. Voltage regulators are like $35 bucks online. If capable, the r&r of the alternator is like 1 hr.
04-11-2019, 07:20 PM
#40
I have found in life there are some people who enjoy pulling an alternator and only replacing the voltage reg and then a year later pulling it again and only replacing the bearings etc etc."This is my grandpa's axe, my dad replaced the handle and I put a new head on it"
Others enjoy doing the job once using the "nuclear option" out the gate. Put in a brand new 150amp AL0815N from Bosch with a lifetime warranty and call it a day.
Not saying one approach is better than the other. These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.
Others enjoy doing the job once using the "nuclear option" out the gate. Put in a brand new 150amp AL0815N from Bosch with a lifetime warranty and call it a day.
Not saying one approach is better than the other. These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.
04-11-2019, 07:35 PM
#41
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Thread Starter
So now we have an armchair expert that says it takes 4 hrs to replace an alternator! Also has no clue statistically what normally goes wrong!
Its also obvious this so called expert has no clue what an alternator contains! Btw go price a regulator its not close to $100! Its around $35 .Most alternators are rebuilt to minimum standards, unless you want to spend over $400!
So before you call someone names suggest you get up to speed and educate yourself!
Its also obvious this so called expert has no clue what an alternator contains! Btw go price a regulator its not close to $100! Its around $35 .Most alternators are rebuilt to minimum standards, unless you want to spend over $400!
So before you call someone names suggest you get up to speed and educate yourself!
No one called any one names.
Last edited by RDS928S; 04-13-2019 at 08:14 AM.
04-11-2019, 07:37 PM
#42
[QUOTE]These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.[/QUOTE]
04-11-2019, 07:41 PM
#43
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Thread Starter
[QUOTE=nbressette;15767491]
True- just like the Left & the Right on Capitol Hill . Good man! nbressette
These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.[/QUOTE]
04-11-2019, 08:29 PM
#44
RL Community Team
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I have found in life there are some people who enjoy pulling an alternator and only replacing the voltage reg and then a year later pulling it again and only replacing the bearings etc etc."This is my grandpa's axe, my dad replaced the handle and I put a new head on it"
Others enjoy doing the job once using the "nuclear option" out the gate. Put in a brand new 150amp AL0815N from Bosch with a lifetime warranty and call it a day.
Not saying one approach is better than the other. These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.
Others enjoy doing the job once using the "nuclear option" out the gate. Put in a brand new 150amp AL0815N from Bosch with a lifetime warranty and call it a day.
Not saying one approach is better than the other. These two camps rarely find common ground except when it comes to deriving joy from screaming from their soapbox that the other camp has no idea what they are doing.
I think it comes down to whether this it is going to be a DIY project. If doing it yourself, from personal observation of the thread here, just doing the regulator will solve the issue 90% of the time. But if one is paying for labor it makes sense to source a quality full unit as a replacement.