Crispy Alternator wire, I'm so krispy I'm so krispy my jeans 900, shoes 850 Options

[99GT]

So my battery light came on this morning. It would flash as the signals go off, every time I brake, etc.

I took my alternator to go check it passed everything.

So I cleaned this wire up a bit and it went away, but the wire is pretty crispy and crusted. I'm cleaned it up until I source out another wire harness.

Any inputs, suggestions would help.

Thanks.

[Bitter]

trace the wire back to where its clean and replace it, duh. looks like it got nasty and corroded...these things happen to cars that are 10+ years old, well 9 in your case.

iirc the alt wire runs pretty much from the battery, so its entirely possible that at some point some acid seeped out of the battery (comes out around the posts, pretty common actually) and wicked into the wires, seeped up into the wires and over time corroded them something nasty. this causes high resistance, so your alt is putting out some amps trying to charge the battery and run the car. resistance makes heat, heat cooks the wire more and makes things more crispy.

check your other battery cables as well.