VANAGON archives -- August 2001, week 3 (#147)

Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:47:23 -0400 Reply-To: Bill Knight <bill.knight@USA.NET> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Bill Knight <bill.knight@USA.NET> Subject: Re: Alternator and O2 Dash lights on In-Reply-To: <117.348850f.28ad257e@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

If this is on a Westy, a bad fridge relay under the driver's seat can cause this symptom. To test the relay, you can disconnect the blue wire from the relay and see if the lights go out.

Bill Knight Raleigh, NC

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Rico Sapolich Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:33 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Alternator and O2 Dash lights on

In a message dated 8/16/01 9:10:37 AM, rbias@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< My O2 AND Alternator Dash lights are coming on and dimming simultaneously . . . Where are they grounded . . . >>

They are "grounded" through a malfunctioning alternator.

Rich

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