alternator voltage regulator?

1999 HONDA ACCORD

150,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC

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Blinking warning lights, discharged battery, dying engine. I'm suspecting a bad alternator, or voltage regulator.

1. How can one tell a bad alternator from a bad regulator without removing the alternator and having it tested?

2. Where is the voltage regulator located on the 99 Accord V-6?

Thanks

Sep 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM

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The voltage regulator is inside the alternator.

Honestly, rebuild kits for alternators are hard to come by, I would just replace the whole unit with a new or rebuilt one.

Sep 16, 2009 at 7:12 PM

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Here is how to change the alternator out. Check out the images (below). Let us know if you need anything else.

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Jan 7, 2024 at 12:08 PM

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