At 04:52 PM 1/2/2004, Vanagon Man wrote: >Here is the deal..91 air cooled vanagon. When i go to start, no alternator >light. When i drive, it and the egr light flicker on and off. Sounds like worn brushes on the alternator -- they're part of the regulator. I'm *assuming* that you mean you get ALT/EGR with key on, then they go out with engine running, correct? If you're getting no lights with key on, then the described collection of data seem to fight with themselves...
>I tested it out of the alternator, key on, and there is nothing coming out >of the little blue wire from the alternator..................BUT there is a >slight little bit of voltage coming TO the alternator on the blue >wire...........this is really weird. That's how it should be. When the alternator starts charging, it will put out +12 on that line and shut the light off. d
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