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1987 Toyota Celica altenater

Tiny
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Engine Mechanical problem
1987 Toyota Celica 4 cyl Automatic 96744 miles

can I test for a bad altenater by starting the engine and removing the positive battery cable to see if my altenater is bad. If not how else can I tell without an engine tester before I purchase the part
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Monday, October 20th, 2008 AT 5:35 PM

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Tiny
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HI there,

you should never remove the battery lead with the engine running as you run the chance of destroying the ECU with a voltage spike, you should always use a volt & amp meter to test the alternator, a mechanic will take only a few min to do this test.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, October 20th, 2008 AT 7:31 PM

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