Hey folks,
Wife came back in the 2006 LX (195k miles) yesterday and it sounded off - a kind of higher pitched whine associated with revs. Drove it myself and on startup it was there but it went away when it warmed up. Happened again today when cold and took a video. When I was driving around with the noise I noticed that the volt meter was around 12V on idle although I haven't really paid attention to it before.
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly where the noise is coming from but it could be in the region of the alternator. Of note, I did flush the power steering fluid just a couple of hundred miles ago with synthetic Mobil 1 AFT but the noise doesn't seem to be related to turning the steering wheel at all.
Came back this afternoon to test it with the multi-meter and initially got some readings around 12.5V but the noise seemed to go away and then it was sitting at 13.5V.
Any recommendations? Seems to be pointing toward the alternator, but weird that it happens right after a PS fluid flush and a lot of other work I did on the AHC! Should I just go ahead and replace it? (local Napa has the Denso 210-1099 in stock).
Cheers,
Francis
Wife came back in the 2006 LX (195k miles) yesterday and it sounded off - a kind of higher pitched whine associated with revs. Drove it myself and on startup it was there but it went away when it warmed up. Happened again today when cold and took a video. When I was driving around with the noise I noticed that the volt meter was around 12V on idle although I haven't really paid attention to it before.
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly where the noise is coming from but it could be in the region of the alternator. Of note, I did flush the power steering fluid just a couple of hundred miles ago with synthetic Mobil 1 AFT but the noise doesn't seem to be related to turning the steering wheel at all.
Came back this afternoon to test it with the multi-meter and initially got some readings around 12.5V but the noise seemed to go away and then it was sitting at 13.5V.
Any recommendations? Seems to be pointing toward the alternator, but weird that it happens right after a PS fluid flush and a lot of other work I did on the AHC! Should I just go ahead and replace it? (local Napa has the Denso 210-1099 in stock).
Cheers,
Francis