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Originally Posted by Mxfrank
The first thing do to do with a noise like this is to remove the belts.
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I'll second this. My grey car had a "bell sound" at idle also.
The alternator had split in half on the bottom. Was still charging fine, just randomly made a little "ting" at idle.
I swapped in an AL129X from a 93 Saab 9000 aero with a 4 cyl 2.3L engine as that is a 115A alternator vs the little 55A one that comes factory on our cars.
Headights no longer dim at idle, voltage is more stable across the board.
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1982 300D (w123, "Grey Car")
1982 300D (w123, "Blue Car")
2001 Ford F150 "Clifford" (The Big Red Truck)
1997 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 12V Cummins
Previous Vehicles:
1995 E300D, 1980 300SD, 1992 Buick Century, 2005 Saturn Ion
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