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If you put the wrong engine oil in during an oil change mess up the alternator?
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∙ 14y ago
No, the wrong type of oil within the engine should have no effect on the alternator operation.
However, IF in the process of putting oil in the engine someone were to spill some of the oil onto the alternator, AND IF some of that oil got into the alternator it could cause damage to the alternator.
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