Which alternator to go for?

[Toby]

Evening guys,

As some of you may have read, my alternator is on it's last legs and so I need to find a replacement. From doing some browsing, there seem to be a large amount of options to choose from, ranging from 50 amps to 90 amps, but all stating '306 1.9 XUD fitment'..

Am I right in thinking that from '95 - '99 all XUD alternators used the same bolt fitment? They seem to be made by various manufacturers, Lucas/Bosch/Valeo etc.

If anyone is selling an alternator let me know,

Cheers

Toby.

[samass]

ive a couple in the garage, had a fiddle with the bearings before i stored them, *think* they were good, and were working when removed from the cars a few years back.
one came off an xsi and one came off a p reg 1.9XLDT

wantings? yours for tuppence

[darrenjlobb]

Get as many amps as you can afford.

And no they dont all have the same fitment..

Theres 3 types of fitting, but most likely its one of two as the third is rare...

You either have a double bolt down the back (two big studs) OR one big stud down the bottom and a smaller 13mm bolt that holds it to the pump bracket...so just look and see if the top of your alternator is attached the the front of the injector pump bracket....

[CJ_Derv]

I got a bosch whivh was refurbed 6month ago for sale can have off engine this week

[Joe]

ive got one £20 if you want it

[sweeney1987]

lower amp ones are for petrols, bigger amps for diesels generally speaking.
as darren said, get the biggest amp one you can, even ones of 406s are good replacements

[Ruan]

However it would appear no one read the comment about the fitment...

There's two types.

[Toby]

Cheers for the comments guys, Samass was gracious enough to pop over to mine and we swapped out the aux belt and replaced the alternator in ~90 mins. I had one small 13mm bolt holding it to the fuel pump bracket and a much longer 21mm (I think) bolt which goes through 2 holes in the bottom of the 'nator.

Now just got to sort out my water leak... -.-