im wondering if a battery thats getting weaker can strain the alternator and
cause it to go bad.

-jeff


"warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote in message
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> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>
> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.
>

 

it most definitely can. I would say more often than not that the battery and
alternator are replaced at the same time.

Jeff wrote:
>im wondering if a battery thats getting weaker can strain the alternator and
>cause it to go bad.
>
> -jeff
>
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.

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it most definitely can. I would say more often than not that the battery and
alternator are replaced at the same time.

Jeff wrote:
>im wondering if a battery thats getting weaker can strain the alternator and
>cause it to go bad.
>
> -jeff
>
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.

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it most definitely can. I would say more often than not that the battery and
alternator are replaced at the same time.

Jeff wrote:
>im wondering if a battery thats getting weaker can strain the alternator and
>cause it to go bad.
>
> -jeff
>
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.

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"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> It's generally the alternator brushes, and not the whole alternator say,
> that are most likely to fail at this point, assuming the alternator has
> not had anything else go wrong.
>
> See http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id13.html for more
> discussion, reflecting a fair amount of what's been posted here in the
> past.
>

I second that, and will even hazard a number: 150K miles is a rough life
expectancy for alternator brushes. I've seen them go beyond 200K miles, but
150K miles or 200K km is a ballpark figure. 100K miles or 150K km is
premature IMO. For the rest of the alternator I think most last the life of
the car (but not all do by any means.) Aftermarket alternators are a whole
different thing, too.

> "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.
>>
>
>
>

 

"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2ILri.12788$rR.212@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> It's generally the alternator brushes, and not the whole alternator say,
> that are most likely to fail at this point, assuming the alternator has
> not had anything else go wrong.
>
> See http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id13.html for more
> discussion, reflecting a fair amount of what's been posted here in the
> past.
>

I second that, and will even hazard a number: 150K miles is a rough life
expectancy for alternator brushes. I've seen them go beyond 200K miles, but
150K miles or 200K km is a ballpark figure. 100K miles or 150K km is
premature IMO. For the rest of the alternator I think most last the life of
the car (but not all do by any means.) Aftermarket alternators are a whole
different thing, too.

> "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.
>>
>
>
>

 

"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2ILri.12788$rR.212@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> It's generally the alternator brushes, and not the whole alternator say,
> that are most likely to fail at this point, assuming the alternator has
> not had anything else go wrong.
>
> See http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id13.html for more
> discussion, reflecting a fair amount of what's been posted here in the
> past.
>

I second that, and will even hazard a number: 150K miles is a rough life
expectancy for alternator brushes. I've seen them go beyond 200K miles, but
150K miles or 200K km is a ballpark figure. 100K miles or 150K km is
premature IMO. For the rest of the alternator I think most last the life of
the car (but not all do by any means.) Aftermarket alternators are a whole
different thing, too.

> "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote
>> How long (in terms of mileage) does an alternator last?
>>
>> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX sedan.
>>
>
>
>