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      09-30-2014, 10:23 AM   #3
JimG Z4
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Drives: 2004 Z4 2.5i
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Originally Posted by papitosabe View Post
what was the sound like that it made. Like a coffee grinding, scratchy kind of sound?
I'm wondering the same thing. Mine only acts up when it's idling - give it some gas and the sound goes away. It sounds more like a rattle than a grind. And it is coming from the alternator. My car only has 37k miles. Do these things fail that quickly?
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