Alternator rebuild in Chicago area?
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Now that I'm finally home, I can describe what happened a little bit better. For a little while now, I was getting a squealing sound when the car is in gear and sitting still. Once I would start accelerating, the sound would go away. I figured it's a loose belt, but have been so busy that I just haven't had time to get it checked out.
So I'm driving last night, when all of a sudden I hear some strange sound coming from under the hood. I wasn't accelerating, just driving with the cruise control on. It almost sounded like a bit of vibration, then a bit of a thumping sound. Shortly after that, the alternator warning came on, the power steering went out, the abs went out, and then I got the coolant warning. I couldn't stop where I was at, so I had to keep going to the closest exit....which took a while. I got the shut down message on the radio, the dash lights started dimming out, and then the headlights turned off.
So I'm driving last night, when all of a sudden I hear some strange sound coming from under the hood. I wasn't accelerating, just driving with the cruise control on. It almost sounded like a bit of vibration, then a bit of a thumping sound. Shortly after that, the alternator warning came on, the power steering went out, the abs went out, and then I got the coolant warning. I couldn't stop where I was at, so I had to keep going to the closest exit....which took a while. I got the shut down message on the radio, the dash lights started dimming out, and then the headlights turned off.
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Just got a call from Eurocharged, and it isn't the alternator. Apparently, it was the idler pulley that seized....so the idler bearing, water pump, and s/c bearing will need to be replaced. This one is gonna hurt. They were saying about $300 for the water pump, something like $1800 for the s/c replacement kit, and then the idler bearing and belt. I could have sworn when I got the 185 kit that I was told it was with the new upgraded bearing, but now am hearing that it was their older design.
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I got the car back. The Eurocharged guys took great care of me on this and got everything fixed for a lot less than what was initially thought. Hats off to them for great work, as usual. 
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