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Cole
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
conal1
8th February 2010, 09:19
should do m8
conal1
8th February 2010, 11:25
yep think it does
Cole
8th February 2010, 12:32
thanks for the reply, do you think the vtr one will be ok aswell?
Stevo123
8th February 2010, 14:34
Pretty sure VTR alternator is different to VTS/GTi 16v motors
conal1
9th February 2010, 09:28
i have a vts alternator on my vtr and its fine
Tontsy
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!
LeeM
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
Slugshead
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
LeeM
9th February 2010, 19:33
i ran a vtr alternator on my vts with no problems
justinowell
26th May 2011, 04:12
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 (http://www.drivewire.com/part/drive-belts/serpentine-belt/), and I ended up in this thread. I was just curious as how to do this on gti/vts engines. Thanks!