Alternator problem?
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Hi Everyone...
I've had ye olde squealing alternator belt (when wet) for a little while now.
This morning I had a permanent battery light on and by the time I got to a roundabout about 3 miles from home, the stereo in the car turned off (serious or what??).
When I got to work and turned off the engine, and tried to restart the car I got nothing no juice basically... After about 4 hours I managed to get the car started and delivered to the garage. (Local garage not a lotus dealer). My nephew runs the service dept there so imagine my surprise when he quoted me £420 (inc vat) to replace the alternator... anyone apart from me think that this is a lot? He said he'd only charge me what it took to do it but the alternator was only charging at 12 (elephants, sausages I don't know)... can anyone with a bit more knowledge shed any light ? From my investigations it looks like a relatively straight forward job...
Just need a second opinion really.
I've had ye olde squealing alternator belt (when wet) for a little while now.
This morning I had a permanent battery light on and by the time I got to a roundabout about 3 miles from home, the stereo in the car turned off (serious or what??).
When I got to work and turned off the engine, and tried to restart the car I got nothing no juice basically... After about 4 hours I managed to get the car started and delivered to the garage. (Local garage not a lotus dealer). My nephew runs the service dept there so imagine my surprise when he quoted me £420 (inc vat) to replace the alternator... anyone apart from me think that this is a lot? He said he'd only charge me what it took to do it but the alternator was only charging at 12 (elephants, sausages I don't know)... can anyone with a bit more knowledge shed any light ? From my investigations it looks like a relatively straight forward job...
Just need a second opinion really.
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