Alternator Workshop

[bonny]

Hey guys, just got a message on my display saying 'Alternator Workshop' there is a whining noise from under the bonnet that's only just started!!! Not the best time for it to appear when all the shops will be closing for xmas 
Will i need a new one or is there a bearing or something i could replace??
Its a 02 mk4 1.9 TDi 130
Cheers

[richw911]

Check the fuse and fuse box on top of the battery.......

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=111624.0

[bonny]

Thanks for the link mate  Just checked that rich, everything seems ok! I take it if one of them fuses has blown it would be broken like a small fuse?

[Mike671]

It's the metal one which blows test the voltage that alternator is producing With a multimeter

[bonny]

Sorted now, i bought a new alternator from GSF 

[bricey]

i had this warning a couple of months ago and nothing has broke yet checked voltage to alternator and it was fine

[Mike671]

Voltage to alternator maybe ok on exciter wire but what about voltage it's producing?