Just wanted to thank you again Colin, and the rest of the board, you guys have been a great help for me. Unfortunately, I'm still having problems with the battery charging. The battery died on me the day after Colin put the new alternator on, which to me told me I just didn't charge the battery enough. So that night I put the battery on a charger, and I was able to drive the car yesterday. I was able to put on a good 45 miles around town, however later that night, after a trip back and forth from the airport, which is about 30 minutes each way, with the lights and the wipers on, I found my headlights were dim, and my sunroof struggled to shut itself.

So my battery is back on the charger now, and hopefully today I'll be able to test the battery a second time as well as the alternator. Since having the battery tested at Wal Mart I've run it down twice so it's possible that if it was holding a charge before, it's not now.

On top of the charging problem, I'm getting a rattling sound from the engine or something attached to the engine. When I listened under the hood it sounds like its coming from the lower passenger side of the engine. My oil pressure is a solid 2 at idle and 3 when I blip the throttle. I thought maybe my oil was low, it was down 2 qts but I topped that off, however the noise didn't go away. It isn't a constant rattle but it is relative to engine speed. What I mean is it'll rattle for a couple seconds and then stop, and start again after so many revolutions of the engine.

I took a look under the hood this morning and my belts look good. I turned the alternator cooling fan and it turns freely but then gets some resistance halfway through it's revolution. I really hope that's all that's causing the noise I'm hearing, or maybe my pulley is loose. I've gotta get this alternator off and see if the noise goes away after that. And then I still gotta get to the bottom of this charging problem. I will be inspecting the battery to block ground strap, the electrical connections between battery, starter, and alternator and see what's happening here.