I hope the 2 are not related. The starter died and I replaced it. The car cranks twice as fast as the old one did and everything seems fine. It was fixed over a week ago.
Today, I sold the car to a guy and he calls me up not 5 minutes from my house and says the car won't start up again after gassing up. I drive over to look and sure enough the car has no voltage or very very low voltage. I boost the car and the car can at least turn on lights and the power windows work slowly. The scanmaster says only 10 V with my other car boosting it. After boosting it for about 2 minutes we notice the alternator is smoking and smelling like its burnt. Is this a fluke? Can the alternator fail like this?
I don't think the guy feels I tried to snow him but I feel terrible about it.
Today, I sold the car to a guy and he calls me up not 5 minutes from my house and says the car won't start up again after gassing up. I drive over to look and sure enough the car has no voltage or very very low voltage. I boost the car and the car can at least turn on lights and the power windows work slowly. The scanmaster says only 10 V with my other car boosting it. After boosting it for about 2 minutes we notice the alternator is smoking and smelling like its burnt. Is this a fluke? Can the alternator fail like this?
I don't think the guy feels I tried to snow him but I feel terrible about it.