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Date:         Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:10:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Laurence Smith <lsmith@COGECO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Laurence Smith <lsmith@COGECO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Ticking ECU again..
Comments: To: Don & Christina Preston <betsy@UTAH-INTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <001001c1bed9$6276fb70$18807ad8@redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
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In my 90 Westy I had the relay behind the driver's seat ticking madly. This relay is to power the fridge, light and water pump. It only ticked when I was driving, not at idle or fast idle. It turned out it was not grounding properly at the ignition key. Once grounded properly the ticking stopped.

When I was trying to find out where the ticking noise was coming from I was searching under the dash. It turned out that the relay was projecting its ticking noise from under the seat towards the dashboard. I needed a helper to crawl around the van while we were driving around to finally isolate where the ticking was coming from.

Laurence Smith Hamilton, ON 90 Westy (fanumbos)

> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Don & Christina Preston > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:22 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Ticking ECU again.. > > > I posted this question once already, but didn't hear back. > > Ya see, I've had my rear bench out for the last couple of > days while I do > some interior work, and I've noticed that the ECU > constantly ticks when the > engine is running. Is this normal? Or is something shorting out? > > TIA! > > Don Preston > '87 ASI Wolfy GL > ~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~ > Seattle, WA 98052 >


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