Important! : alternator?

1. Cole Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 west lothian Posts: 29 saxo vtr,pug 205 turbo

   #1 7th February 2010, 19:50

   alright guys, battery light came on the other nite checked and its not charging! checked all wires are not broken or corroded ect. so was just wondering, its a 1999 saxo with a 106 gti engine, will the alternator from a vts fit and work? or a vtr? any help cheers
   
   cole
2. conal1 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Rotherham/ south yorkshire Posts: 548 Audi a3 tdi sline

   #2 8th February 2010, 09:19

   should do m8
3. conal1 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Rotherham/ south yorkshire Posts: 548 Audi a3 tdi sline

   #3 8th February 2010, 11:25

   yep think it does
4. Cole Newbie Joined: Dec 2008 west lothian Posts: 29 saxo vtr,pug 205 turbo

   #4 8th February 2010, 12:32

   thanks for the reply, do you think the vtr one will be ok aswell?
5. Stevo123 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Redcar Posts: 1971 2000 Posi Blue vtr

   #5 8th February 2010, 14:34

   Pretty sure VTR alternator is different to VTS/GTi 16v motors
6. conal1 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Rotherham/ south yorkshire Posts: 548 Audi a3 tdi sline

   #6 9th February 2010, 09:28

   i have a vts alternator on my vtr and its fine
7. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #7 9th February 2010, 10:29

   an alt is an alt . . .it does the same job.
   iirc a saxo alt, is a saxo alt! same brackets and such!
   
   this gets asked weekly now!
   search, its been answered soo many times!
8. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

   #8 9th February 2010, 10:53

   mk1's have different connectors to the mk2's so make sure, its either a ring connector or plug in. as long as you have the same type it will work
9. Slugshead Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Cardiff Posts: 1087 1.4 Red Westcoast Mk2 Posi Blue VTS

   #9 9th February 2010, 17:48

   They are different, theres serpentine style routing of the aux belt on the gti/vts engines, compared to the corkscrew on the rest...
   
   same alternator from a normal xsara which I got for £15 down scrappies..
   
   if your totally unsure, take the alternator off, go scrappies and say "i need one of these lawl" but make sure you get same voltages/ampage
   
   EDIT: They look different due to patenting of the design between the valeo and the bosch ones
10. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

    #10 9th February 2010, 19:33

    i ran a vtr alternator on my vts with no problems
11. justinowell Newbie Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2

    #11 26th May 2011, 05:12

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Slugshead They are different, theres serpentine style routing of the aux belt on the gti/vts engines, compared to the corkscrew on the rest... same alternator from a normal xsara which I got for £15 down scrappies.. if your totally unsure, take the alternator off, go scrappies and say "i need one of these lawl" but make sure you get same voltages/ampage EDIT: They look different due to patenting of the design between the valeo and the bosch ones

    Bump. I was trying to search online for an effective serpentine belt routing, and I ended up in this thread. I was just curious as how to do this on gti/vts engines. Thanks!