Weird stuff, I recently (Some might remember me) bought a 1991 Peugeot 309. Since the moment I got it the alternator was showing signs of death, the headlights flicker slightly, battery icon on the dash lights up and flickers sometimes and worst of all the alternator itself was producing the ear-piercing screeching sounds, and continued producing it, until yesterday, now the only noise is the engine working properly. I did absolutely nothing on the car before that happened except fiddle around with the idle speed adjustment, but I highly doubt that would affect it.
The alternator belt is fine, brand new, in fact; I don't know much about electrics (hence I only drive old cars) but I know it's either the entire alternator needing replacing or rebuilding or the alternator bearings ( I think that's what they're called in english) being worn. A guy I talked to said it's probably the bearings being worn from non-use since the car's been sitting for the last 2 years and I broke it in. But honestly I wouldn't trust that guy too much, he took an entire bike apart when the only thing he needed to do was replace the spark plug, so I'm not sure how valid that is.
Maybe this is somehow really bad and the car is about to explode or something, or maybe a ninja mechanic visited me while I slept and fixed the car for me, at this point anything is possible.
The alternator belt is fine, brand new, in fact; I don't know much about electrics (hence I only drive old cars) but I know it's either the entire alternator needing replacing or rebuilding or the alternator bearings ( I think that's what they're called in english) being worn. A guy I talked to said it's probably the bearings being worn from non-use since the car's been sitting for the last 2 years and I broke it in. But honestly I wouldn't trust that guy too much, he took an entire bike apart when the only thing he needed to do was replace the spark plug, so I'm not sure how valid that is.
Maybe this is somehow really bad and the car is about to explode or something, or maybe a ninja mechanic visited me while I slept and fixed the car for me, at this point anything is possible.