Could mean you ran home on your battery. I've done that before. Could also mean the little blue(?) wire from the alternator broke or got disconnected. This is the one that effectively turns on the idiot light. Get a volt-ohm meter and put it on your battery. It should read around 13.2 volts. Then start the car (if it will start now) and rev the engine a little then measure at the battery again. It should probably read around 14 volts. If the first reading didn't read 13.2 or thereabouts your battery has been drained a bit. If the second one doesn't read in excess of 13.2 your alternator isn't recharging your battery. On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 07:50 AM, Spooner, Robert E. wrote: > The light came on about 30 miles from home, but the van ran just fine > all the way home. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.