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Electrical / Melting battery

« on: May 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PM »

I have a 91 318i.  I recently had an alternator die on me so i replaced it, jumped it and now it starts and runs fine except i have a check engine light on and a battery which the multimeter says is getting 17 volts at idle.  It smells like sulfer too, so somethings not right.  I replaced the alternator(and regulator) again along with a new battery.  Same thing.   Today after work, with the car running, i removed the ground strap from the battery and the car died.  Anyone got any ideas where I should look for problems?