New battery installed and car ran fine. However, two weeks later, the car experienced electrical related problems: lights dimming, radio dimming, and the car hesitating considerably. I don't remember the charging light illuminating. I replaced the alternator with a rebuilt. I jumped started the car and it ran for about 5 minutes. It then started to have the same symptoms and then stalled. I jump started it again and then smoke started emmanating from the area of the alternator. Upon examimng the alternator, I could see a bubbling liquid within the stator. Some other things observed included the indicator light for my transmission was on the D4 position although the transmission was in Park.
Is it possible that the rebuilt alternator was bad? Could a severely discharged battery (assuming the first alternator was not charging and the car was running only on the battery) load down the rebuilt alternator to smoke it? Are there other things I should/could check before I go out an buy a fresh battery and another rebuilt alternator? In other words, are there other component failures that could cause the condition I experienced? I have already done some of the checks listed in the Haynes manual. Also, is it possible to get a schematic of the alternator. Specifically, I am trying to determine for the four pin connector to the alternator, which wire delivers voltage to and which one delivers voltage from the alternator.