Alternator fault

[phil clark]

Worth checking your earths certainly, but sounds more like an issue with the reg or exciter.

Cheers poodle.
Now this is where I become a little confused.com lol. In your post bud, you spoke of Regulator or Exciter, and to me that sounds like two separate things, yet in the Alternator its just one thing, the part which the brushes attach too (Y/N ???)

I changed that two mths back for a new one and everything worked fine, But im now beginning to think that I may of (by mistake) poured water/antifreeze into the poor thing, due no less to the expansion tank location.

Im considering changing the whole unit now, for a tested used unit, from a Peugeot breaker, as the £165 cost of a Reconn is well above my current means.

What do you think, worth messing about with???.

Thanks