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it must be lower then...its just above stalling. Not normal at all. Maybe I hit a vacuum hose while working on the alternator?

its an 02 with just over 100k miles. I have had no problems with idle until last night when I replaced the alternator and as I said, when I replaced the alternator last week it was idling high not low like it is now. So it would seem it was something to do with the alternator. The 1st one...

Ok so now after replacing two alternators within a week I have super low idle. The last alternator that went bad after just a week caused super high idle..now I am getting low idle so it almost stalls at a light. Now what could be the problem? This car is driving me nuts!

OK so replaced the new one in about 15 minutes. Everything works fine now..no high rpm or battery light. :) After doing this twice..I can say you dont need to remove the bracket that holds the alternator, nor do you need to go under the car at all. I didn't jack it up or anything. I can get the...

Funny that I found this thread since the EXACT same thing happened to me..bought an alternator from autozone and it caused my rpm to be really high when starting the car. Then the battery light came back on..then it died. Now they are telling me they have to bench test it..when you clearly...

So I call autozone to make sure they have another alternator in stock and they are like oh well we have to bench test it...I was like as far as I know you cannot bench test the protege alternator off the car..they are like oh well we will anyway. Idiots. They better not give me a hassle about...

Yeah I know I'm not the first one with this problem...I noticed several others on the forum has the same experience...replaced the alternator and it turned out to be bad. It worked for a week for me...so idk what caused it to die. I know something must be up because once I got the new one in I...

Well...the alternator is dead...AGAIN! I didn't drive the car yesterday at all...went to take it to autozone today and the check engine light had cleared...but the battery light kept coming on and going off. So the guy checked the battery at autozone and said it was fine then he pulled the neg...

Update: Now I am getting my battery light coming back on again! ARGH! It goes on and off...possible loose battery cable? Loose belt? Its not squealing or anything so it doesn't seem to be slipping. I am going to bring the car to autozone in the morning and have them check the codes, battery and...

Yeah I got it through the top by running a cable through the bracket hole and yanking on it till finally it popped out the top. Replacing the new one was pretty easy. However...now my car idles REALLY high when I start it..like 2500-3k rpm's...then once it warms up it settles down. Then...

Yeah I moved that all out of the way. I just couldn't move the mounting bracket. I will try your method in the morning and see if I can get it out. Is it a bit easier putting the new one in? I hope!

The battery light stayed on even after replacing the battery with a new one. So I have everything disconnected, the alternator is free..but which way do I twist it to get it out the top? I didn't remove the the tension adjustment mount since I read that one guy did it without taking that off...

Yeah its cold here too but not that cold..like mid 30's at night..50's during the day. My belts have ripped off twice so I'm surprised the alternator has lasted as long as it has. I just hit 100k miles so my car is in dire need of maintenance. If I get annoyed changing it tomorrow I will just...

No, I dont have any squealing from the belts..I did before last year and changed them after they ripped off. Its the alternator this time. Actually a mechanic told me my alternator was bad like a year and a half ago- he never tested it and probably just wanted to charge me for labor...but I...

Yeah I am changing mine out tomorrow. Gonna start in the morning cause I dont know how long it will take and it gets dark here at like 4:30pm now. Did it take a long time to do? I got my car home and the thing died as I was pulling it into the driveway...battery lasted that long at least...

Hitting any kind of bumps causes a bobbling sound...and a thud if its a big bump. It creaks when turning the wheel sharp at semi slow speeds. When around 60mph it makes a vibration sound which goes away above 65mph or so.

Yeah that doesn't sound too hard. Easier than replacing the alternator from what I have read..I am dreading that! ugh :( So there is some kind of bushing on the sway bar that goes bad? Man, some of the noises coming from my front end are very odd. Clunks and weird vibrations...

Really? What is involved...I figured it would be hard to do.

by the way..what tools do I need to switch out the alternator? I want to make sure I have all I need before attempting the task.

Yeah I took the sway bar off last night to replace the battery...the bar seems ok..but the bushings must be shot. Same for the struts I would guess. I can't do that work though..have to find a mechanic to fix that stuff I think. I am going to take a stab at fixing the alternator myself but...