2008 - 2011 Honda Accord 3.5L V6 Alternator Replacement
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- How to replace alternator on a 2008 2009 2010 2011 Honda Accord v6 3.5L
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Thanks very much for your video instruction. When the battery light turns on while driving, The problem can be bad battery or bad alternator if the wiring is fine.
After checking the battery voltage when the engine is off and when the engine is on, battery voltage is below 12V, the problem must be the alternator because my battery is new. It takes half a day to replace my alternator.
Here are a few difficult things that I encounter:
1. To remove the fan, remove two 10mm top nuts and loosen two 10mm bottom nuts. To get access to two bottom nuts, I jack up the car and remove the bottom bra.
2. It is almost impossible to disconnect the fan power connector. I remove the tie of the wiring harness from the bottom then push the power connector up so I can push the connector tab.
3. The tensioner operates by hydraulic. I use breaker bar to push the tensioner bolt (19mm) toward the firewall slowly while removing the drive belt. I don't remove the belt completely from the
pulleys, but after working with the alternator for a while, the belt slips off. I need the drive belt routing diagram to reconnect the belt after mounting the new alternator.
4. The width of the the flange of the new alternator where the bottom bolt goes through is slightly bigger than the old alternator. I use a hammer to reduce the width so it can fit into the slot.
Testing: I turn on the engine, the battery light is no longer lit. I put the battery under heavy loads (air conditioner, headlights, loud speakers, ...) and measure the battery terminal voltage. It is 14.6V; so, the alternator is working. When the engine is hot enough, the fan turns on; so, the fan wiring is OK.
The rebuilt alternator from B&J costs CAD $400 including core deposit CAD$ 95.00. The labour saving is CAD$180.00. It might not be worth the trouble, but surely I have fun.
I appreciate your comment! 👊
10 hours later...First time taking off my alternator and this video definitely helped. Now time to put the new one in wish me luck 😅
How’d it go?
He is still replacing it. Wish him luck
@@offhandwinner2259are you sure you don't need to remove the ENGINE FAN ?
It must be that time of the year, my daughter's 2011 alternator just quit suddenly and after being quoted $500 to have it replaced I decided I needed to do it myself. Great video and excellent information!! Thanks!!
Yep my gf daughters went out yesterday. Figured I’d do some research before replacing it.
no problem and thanks for watching!
500 isn't bad! 500 is just the part for a customer that just came in.
@@tougewagon 500 for an alternator!? what are they trying to power a camper with it!?
How hard is this to do ?
Thanks for the video. Walked me through changing out the alternator on my daughter’s 2010 Accord (in her college’s parking deck🙄). I appreciate you man!
Hey glad this video helped you fix your daughter’s accord and thanks for watching!
What alternator you use I'm still deciding on which alternator I should purchase probably go with a not too over priced one
I'm not a mechanic and I am somewhat disabled but I appreciate you making this video so now I can least understand what my mechanic will be doing if I have any concerns
Not a problem and glad this video will help you understand the process. Thanks for watching.
You make it look easy doing it one handed. Thank you for the video. Makes me want to buy the long handle ratchet .
I have to replace the alternator on my 08 3.5L V6 Accord this was ever so helpful. Thanks you saved me a good chunk of change $$$$
Great job bro!!! This will be my 5th Honda Alternator job this year. I did a Honda Crosstour, 2 Pilots, and Accora MDX. They are basically the same steps!!! The fan was the only thing I didn't have to remove from those. I just removed the AC line hose bolt 10mm up to so I could move the alternator out between the hose. I will do this Accord the way you did tomorrow morning, by removing the fan!!! You can teach an old dog new tricks😇 Especially, if we are willing to learn!!!!
Accura!
Hey.... how hard was it to put back the engine serpentine belt on the HONDA Engine Pulleys and reset thr TENSIONER PULLEY ??
Kindly please explain this to me .... thank you Sir !
@@MrQor2 It wasn't hard at all. I did the job in about a half hour. 😇
@@MrQor2 I used a small pipe on the end of the wrench. It took me about 1-2 minutes to get the belt back on. I try not to take the belt completely of. It saves time, so I don't have to reroute it around all of the pulleys.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!! You have saved me, and so many others, so much money! You’re the best!
You’re very welcome and glad to help you and many others! Thx for watching.
Thanks for sharing. Mine literally just ceased up on me and I gotta change it now. Always great to have people like youbtake the time to post info.
Helpful video. Thanks Brian! Unfortunately its the coldest day of the year and I have to change mine out. But at least now I know exactly what tools I need and I won't waste time figuring it out or looking for them while my hands freeze...plus now that I've watched you do it, I'm confident that I can do it much faster than I would have otherwise.
great video. very helpful and clear instruction
Great video! And awesome one handed mechanic skills 👏 👌
I appreciate it. Hope you have a great day and thanks for watching 😀
@@BrianBalatbat of course! You as well!
Awesome video!! My alternator just gave out and I'm in a jam all I have is a socket set no wrenches after watching looks like I can make the swap road side. Thanks for the help!!
There are 4 screws for fan on this 2 on top and 2 on bottom If you guys can’t get the alternator in on the bottom , use a pry bar to move the spacer over on the bracket , it will slide over
Good tip. My first time doing an alternator I had that issue. Took me too long to figure it out. 😂😂
Thank you man. You just helped me change my alternator out. Much appreciated!
Glad this video helped you and thanks for watching
One handed. 👍🏼 you made it look easy.😂 I’m going to do it myself instead of paying the $100 labor to install it.
🤣 💪 thanks for watching and glad I could save you $100!
I do want to add that my 2008 Accord has two 10mm bolts at the bottom of the fan that had to be loosened. I couldn't reach it from the top so I had destroy about 8 fasteners to pull a plastic shroud back far enough to get a socket on the passenger side bolt and a ratcheting wrench on the driver's side bolt. I had to have a floor jack to get under there to reach them.
I wish the auto industry would adopt a universal fasteners for plastic shrouds and panels that are just as easy to get off as they are to put on. That shroud was the biggest time consumer by far of the whole deal BY FAR, followed by trying to get the fan wiring disconnected. That connector is not so hard but there is a squeeze type zip tie holding the wiring loom to a metal tab under the connectors that give you very limited room to move it and get your hand in there until that tie is undone.
Thank you for this. I thought I was crazy. Been trying to get that bottom fastener for about an hour with every 12-24” ratchet I have. There’s a line from the condenser in the way that makes it impossible to get to from the top. You gotta go in from the bottom and get at it with a wrench.
@@WeencieRants I hope you're done with it but I will add that the nut used to release the belt on the tensioner is cast, not machined on my car. I made the mistake of using a 12 point socket and about rounded off the nut. Definitely use the tightest 19mm 6 point socket you have. I believe the tensioner has a pneumatic strut instead of being spring loaded so it's hard to push at first and then gets easier the further you push. My brother-in-law brought some bolt extractor sockets over to get the belt back on. Hopefully I never have to replace the alternator again.
@@zaappp1588 hey thanks for the advice man! I’m sure it’s gonna be helpful for others! Yeah I noticed it was a cast part but thankfully I don’t own any 12 point sockets lol I got tried long ago from rounding off rusted bolts with those hahaha
It was a bitch to get the belt back on without any help. Thankfully I managed to use my 24” breaker bar and was finally able to slip it on. I think the hardest way part of the job for me was getting the new alternator back in place. I measured it with my calipers and the place it goes was something like 1.81” and place where the alternator mates up was 1.804” so it took a lot of wiggling and curse words to get it to slide in.
How did you get the squeeze type zip off I can’t for the life of me figure out how to take it off the wiring loom it was under the connector but don’t know how to take it off
Your video just saved me $500.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you sir. I appreciate your step by step instructions. Also that you clarified the year, make, model and ENGINE SIZE.
No problem thanks for watching!
Thanks heaps Brian this video was so useful
Yeah I was going to do my own but after watching this I'm cool
Give it a try you might surprise yourself.
Thank you for your time to show us.
No problem!
Anybody else struggle with the damn tensioner it’s was too tight for me I couldn’t really get it on
Thank you dude!
No problem and thanks for watching!
Awesome instructional video - thank you very much!
I appreciate your comment and you’re welcome.
Thank you, my dude.
Is loosening the belt supposed to be easy cuz mine doesn’t move to save my life
It’s supposed to be easy. Are you going the right direction?
great helpful video, thanks sir
Great video. 3 rd alternator replacement. Why do they go out so much on the cross tour? And why so expensive? 400$ found cheaper on Amazon and internet sites
One hand good job like all Hondas you have to take off 5 things to get to one and alternator seems to go bad every 5 years
Thank you that was very helpful
Awesome, no problem.
Thanks for the great video! It was a huge help!
No problem and thx for watching!
Thank you for the good work on the video good details on it
Thanks for watching!
This helped a lot! Thank you
Glad it helped you and no problem
great helpful video👍
Absolute legend.
Thank you!
How long is that long ratchet u used for the bottom bolt?
Do you know what time of long ratchet you use
I just replaced mine (thanks) but it surges at idle slightly and the tensioner moves back and forth a little bit. Alternator and battery tested good, all connections checked. Is my tensioner going bad now?
tensioner replaced and still having issues
Question for you man. My battery light is coming on but it goes off when I'm in park and I accelerate a little bit but then comes back on when the RPMS drop again would that be the alternator? Battery is only about 1 year old and my current alternator is a refurbished one about 2 years old.
My advice to you is to take the alternator out and get it tested at Autozone or advance auto to be 100 percent sure. Or if you have a multimeter check the voltage. But it sounds like an alternator going bad.
@BrianBalatbat it was my alternator just replaced it today. Thanks for the videos. Damn job took me about 4 hours but it got done correctly
@@shadowman1992 awesome, and no problem glad you got it done! 👊
Thank you for the video.
No problem 🤙
Mines a 2011 3.5 but my tension spot isn’t that
Great video, thank you.
Thanks for watching! ✌️
Good video
What’s the amperage on this unit? Cause the site says 130 or 110amp
8 months later but deff 130amp
Did you have an issue with the internal fan harness? Mine was snapped to a bracket on the same fan (don't get me started). Absolute nightmare to reach. Failed miserably and punctured my radiator
Dang sorry to hear that. What did you end up doing next?
Very good video!!
Thank you
Man when i was trying to pull with the 19mm socket apparently i stripped that nut, it moved a little but now im fucked up cause the part of the nut when i was pulling the tensioner a piece was inside of the socket broken , so im wondering what else can i do to finish the job and finally pull the hell put of that thing. Also i can see a little hole in the nut where you put the 19mm socket, maybe a Hex but , if so please can y ok tell me what that number of hex bit if i can put it there. Thanks
same thing happend to me today >.
plug plug plug 🤙 🙏
I think I got to see this video because I suppose that what is happening to me in my honda accord has to do with the alternator. Several electrical mechanics have already checked my car, however they can't find the cause of the battery dying from one day to the next. To be honest, I recently changed the battery for one that I found at SAM's and that is an Energizer brand, same amperage as the factory one. My car is the 2009 3.5L two-door coupe version.
Have you checked the voltage while it’s running?
@@BrianBalatbat No i'm not, but i'll do it to see the voltage, ..I guess it shouldn't go below 12 volts
@@dr.hermannrodriguezcastill3589 yes, between 13 to 14v while running is healthy. Anything lower than 13 means you have a charging issue….usually a bad alternator.
@@BrianBalatbat thanks so much.
@@dr.hermannrodriguezcastill3589 no problem
Excellent video! Thank you for doing this. This was very helpful.
No problem thanks for watching
What kind of ratchet did u use
What do you do if you can't get that part to turn to loose the belt..
Make sure you’re turning it the correct way, if you are then the tensioner might be stuck. You can cut off the belt with a blade and replace the tensioner too.
they wanted $1000 for mine. thank you
That’s too much. No problem glad my video helped you.
My belt retention bolt stripped it didn’t move at all
@BrianBalatbat
just got quoted 500 bucks for an alternator replacement so i’m definitely gonna do it myself now cus of this vid
Save you some money just take your time and follow this video. Just remember to disconnect battery before you start. Thanks for watching!
@@BrianBalatbat what tool did you use for the tensioner pulley i’ve been wasting days trying to find itn
Can i ask you how much you charge him im about to do one and i have to go to the cluent house that its 10 min away i don't know how much to charge him i was thinking about 175$
I believe I charged him around $120 at that time. But with the cost of everything rising up now I’d charge him about $180 - $220
@@BrianBalatbat sounds good thank you for replying i end up telling him 200 he agree but he did not want to pay 300 for the alternator anyway he want the vehicle in his father and law garage so i put the battery of car nice and charge and drive 30 min away and i charge him 140
Lol, you fix a car faster with one hand than I can with two!
🤣🤣🤣
11:12 Hello Sir, GREAT VIDEO because it was very helpful... I wish you would complete the Vídeo by showing the REPLACEMENT of this ALTERNATOR Job because the process was very difficult for me., especially putting the serpentine engine.belt back on with the tensioner.
you did damn good for holding the phone the whole time 😁😁
Thank you 😂
Bro it’s not like there’s a playback in reverse button for RUclips.
You got this bro!
I love that you don't even show what to do with the timing belt which Is really an important step to do cuz you can't progress until you do that part. But if you miss that part of you can mess the whole car up which defeats the whole purpose trying to fix alternator to get the car running. And I also love the fact how you're doing this video to show other people how to do it. But yet when you explain it, you use words people readily cannot identify with because they're not mechanics
That's not the timing belt
Hoe long should it take to change....does it come out the top.... also how much would this cost to have done in a garage?
I was quoted $550 for an auto shop to do it.
You didn’t show how to put the new one on
Ok I’m at the last bolt. I always remember lefty loosie , righty tighty. But wit the 14mm bolt. ( Bottom back alternator bolt )
Would I need a breaker bar . I believe My bolt is stuck 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Nice socket set
Thanks!
If he was using both hands he could get the old one out and the new one back in 20 min, took me 30 min.
Nice!
Put the oil dipstick back in
This is very well done. Ty
Thank you for watching
@@BrianBalatbat after watching this video i was able to change the alt and the belt in less than an hour. thanks again
I have a stripped belt tensioner bolt any clues on how to get my serpentine belt off?
You can cut it off with a knife but you would have to fix the tensioner to reinstall new belt.
You can replace the whole tensioner assembly as well
@@BrianBalatbat damn it I was hoping I don't have to do that well thanks looks like that's the best thing to do dam extractor sockets didn't help
@@heyyeshyou Just did mine, same issue. mine has hydraulic tensioner, just replaced. make sure to oil bolt and bleed tensioner or your bolt will break. other forums have discussed this. trick is to put constant pressure on tensioner to loosen not push like spring type.
@@heyyeshyou yeah that’s the easiest option. Best of luck!
First thing you should do is disconnect the battery
I got confused finding the belt tensioner I couldn’t really find it
The tensioner release bolt was actually chipped and broken that’s why I couldn’t see it needs to be replaced
This video is missing some information. I've done this repair now twice. That intake hose on the front needs to be removed as well. I'm certain that's why you didn't take the alternator off in this video. There is also a bolt that goes into the alternator that holds the hose in place that needs to be removed also. I normally take the entire thing off, but it is challenging to put back because of the location of the bolts.
I got to the fan protector and removed the two bolts but there was still a bolt or something holding it on the bottom
You mentioned unhooking the electric component from fan too but there was none I could find. 🥱 stressed.
@@donaldfrancis5512 sounds like you went about it by trying to remove the fan itself. There are additional bolts underneath but you must first remove the splash gaurd which is held by a few plastic clips. This method takes longer to me but if you have access to a lift. It can be much easier for you.
@@nominee0
Thank you. I do appreciate your time and concern!
@@donaldfrancis5512 np man when mines went out my heart sank a bit, but with this guys help and a few others i was back on the road again.
Thank you sir!
Y don’t you have some one help hold your camera
Holy sockets Batman!
Lol cant have too many of them.
awesome job
Thank you!
Also needs a new serpentine belt it's being stretched
Anyone here who can reply right away?
I'm about to do this they really ( auto zone) wanted me to buy a belt too.....is it harder to do when replacing the belt. Do I have to fully remove other parts?
I can't tell where's the tensioner. Everything else was simple, just struggling with identifying the auto tensioner.
You dont just oull the fucking fan out this is not an accurate video
Whatchu talking about buddy?
Not easy
You lost me at 2 14
Replace the belt I always do it with an alternator
How much does a REBUILT ALTERNATOR COST for 2008 HONDA ACCORD V6 3.5 Litre Engine ?
How much for a NEW ALTERNATOR for this HONDA Car ?
I was quoted $ 620.oo for REBUILT ALTERNATOR at NAPA AUTO PARTS in TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Here on socal.on honda dealer is like $900 rebuild
Great video! Thanks