emersonlennon
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- 2003 Mazda Protege5
Shredded a belt about a month ago, alternator and water pump. Got a shop to replace it since I was a about 45 min from home. There was a bit of a whine after some work I did that seemed to go away with the new belt, but the shop said the alternator was bad, and the cause of the belt failure. They said they could feel the pulley sticking due to bad bearings, I couldn't feel anything when I inspected it. As the car has 228k I decided it would be prudent to change anyway. I bought a Power Select new alternator from Rock auto and replaced it and 2 new belts about 3 weeks ago. a week ago both headlights went out, then last night after getting above 5000rpm I had some new issues. I was accelerating quickly to merge on the interstate and hit about 5300 rpms and my alternator light came on and my fans got loud and faster than I've ever seen which lasted about 1 min. It was dusk and I had my lights on, but didn't notice till dark that both headlights were out (no other lights that were on were affected). Found that both filaments were melted. Could I have gotten a faulty alternator? Might it be something else? A few things about my P5, 2003 5sp with 228k, replaced heads in march and removed VTCS and installed a MP3 ECU, water pump and thermostat changed last october. Other work includes a clutch last year and motor mounts and coilovers. Any advice would be appreciated.
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