Ok I have had trouble with the alternator in my contour twice first ford replaced it then I bought a alt. from oreileys and had it put on, my battery light came on last night so I took it to a local alt and starter shop they said the belt was slipping and at idle it wasn't charging correctly I said cool simple fix, but tonight I ran it about thirty miles then went to a friends and parked it when I got back in and cranked it the battery light came on so I just shut it off and said screw it for the night. Does anyone have any suggestions a friend said it could be the tensioner and the belt could be loose I dont know though. I have two amps in the car which dim the lights so I was going to put a yellow top optima in tomorrow to help the amps from drawing so much juice and causing the alt to work harder.
