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Date:         Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:22:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Not starting
Comments: To: Aileen Boyd <aileen.boyd@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <651f166d0801251503g61b80349q49822672a68e8a17@mail.gmail.com>
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There are others wayyyy more knowledgeable than I but Battery and Alternator is where I'd start.

On Jan 25, 2008 6:03 PM, Aileen Boyd <aileen.boyd@gmail.com> wrote:

> While I know this could be fairly simple. I am very new to my Vanagon. > It's > been mighty cold here in upstate NY. Close to 16 degrees and sometimes -15 > with windchill factor. I have not been driving my 88' Westy very often > (2-3 > short trips a week). The other I went to start her up, and nothing. > Coolant > light flickered, went off and the battery light stayed on. No turnover or > noise as if it was attempting at all. Is this as simple as a battery > recharge (brand new high-end battery was put in in August). Or could this > be > the Alternator? Anything else? Suggestions welcome. > > -- > If not Peace, then Justice..... >

-- Thanks,

Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus


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