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Old 02-20-2014, 11:01 AM   #3532
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Originally Posted by Area86 View Post
I got a weird burning smell coming through my vents and my battery light was randomly flickering on my dash so I took a look and this is what I found.

Anyone else have any issues with the alternator? My alternator still seems to be working ok so I'm thinking I just need a new insulator terminal and not a new alternator. Have no idea what would cause this but could this have led to my coil pack failure?
A similar thing happened to me... not quite that bad, though. The nut that holds the cable to the alternator was loose... it was the one nut/bolt that I forgot to tighten (I hope!) when I installed my kit. Because it was loose, it was causing sparking and started to melt the boot. My tuner caught the mistake before any real damage happened.
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