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Originally Posted by Dean
Yes, they are bad(You want them back or I can just recycle?), and as my first sentence says, it could be a bad regulator. 
I am also saying it probably ate another battery. If you can't get the battery above 12.5 volts under load, it is toast as well.
Pep Boys and many other auto parts places will test the alternator and regulator if it is integrated into the alternator for free.
If a new alternator didn't fix it last time, I am not sure another one will.
A quick google search found a "SVX Voltage regulator" part for <$200. Not sure if that means it is not integrated into the alternator or if it is a regulator for a subset of the electrical system, but the regulator could well be the issue and not the alternator. |
There was no problem with the old alternator, at least not until after the radiator hosed hot coolant on it from Roseville to Sacramento. But event since I replaced it, the car's been eating batteries. So I wouldn't be surprised if my current battery were about dead too... but I know that my problem isn't "the battery"... something's killing them.
And the SVX alternator has an integrated regulator. A complete reman alternator is under $150. The parts from Subaru to rebuild your own is close to $1000.
I've got all the instructions for rebuilding it myself, but it's just way easier and cheaper to get a good quality remanufactured unit.