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Well my alt. has packed in...it packed in on the M1 on the way to UDs

I've been trying to find out what one i need to replace it. I know it's a 90amp one i need but i dont know which one. Its either valeo or bosch.

I dont have a jack to check it out from below the car. Anyone know how i can work it out without jacking the car up...or what the PNs are??

Just had a look at vagcat.com and prices are around 500 euros! That's stupidly expensive.

I rang VW and they said they're either £190 (Valeo) or £210 (Bosch) or i can go to GSF or ECP and get it for £90 and old alternator. Thing is no one can tell me if the Valeo and Bosch ones have the same mounting points etc? ie. does it matter which i get in the end?!

I just had a word with a mate, seems to think they'll be exactly the same

Tim_GTi wrote:I just had a word with a mate, seems to think they'll be exactly the same

Yeah thats what someone else said too...

I'm going to get the VW scrappy to send me one and see what happens