oldgradywhite
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2007
- Messages
- 232
I am a 1995 3.0 lx mercruiser. I took off from from the dock today and noticed the my volt gauge was only in the high 12 volts when I gave the boat a little gas it went up to 13 volts. So I opened the engine compartment and noticed the alternator was so hot it burned my hand and so was the wire coming off of it. I turned the engine off and trolled back to the dock with my trolling motor. All my wires are tight on the back of the alternator. Could this be a bad alternator? What should I look for? I am puzzled?