The Ford Focus uses an alternator to gallop electrical devices in your vehicle while the engine is running. A voltage regulator maintains a fixed voltage constant and is Often integrated into the alternator meeting. Whether your battery continually runs down or your headlights ripen into dimmer while the engine is running, you may must to interchange the alternator.
Instructions
1. Dispose which alternator your Ford Nerve center Testament commitment. You'll yen to be trustworthy the dewy alternator is compatible with your Headquarters's engine. Models prepared from 2000 to 2007 can be equipped with a 2.0 L or 2.3 L engine. Models imaginary after 2007 Testament keep a 2.0 L engine.
2. Disconnect the dissension battery cable with a socket wrench. Remove the trimming manage cestuses and the electrical harness for the alternator.
If the VIN starts with P, you will need to remove the power steering pipe brackets and heat shield for the exhaust manifold.4. Take off the mounting bolts on the alternator with a socket wrench and detach the alternator from the vehicle.3. Remove the coolant expansion container and ability steering reservoir. Employ a socket wrench to disconnect the bracket for the engine wiring harness and the ground cable. Share off the purge valve for the evaporative emissions canister whether your VIN begins with 3 or 5.
5. Install the new alternator assembly and tighten the mounting bolts with a torque wrench to 18 foot pounds for a 2.0 L engine with a VIN that begins with 3 or 5. Torque the mounting bolts for a 2.0 L engine with a VIN that begins with P to 35 foot pounds. Torque the mounting bolts for the 2.3 L engine to 35 foot pounds.
