Alternator over chargin..

[Robb]

Alternator problems again seems to be the most common problem with mine!

It's massively over charging. On idle with the fans on level 2 and radio on 16v and the 18v when slightly revved. Could this be a regulator issue or something else?

[schakal]

yupp regulator fooked indeed

[Robb]

Cheers

Got one on order :)

[BristolSam16v]

Be careful, I had an overcharging alternator caused by the big ring thing inside (can't remember the name), I ordered a new plastic thing that screws on the front with the connectors (again forgot the name) but was still ****ed, had it tested and they said it was that ring bit...

Anyway point being it was raping my battery with the overcharging and I ended up with battery acid all over the engine bay because it was getting too much charge!