One important thing to note is that this was NOT at all a problem before the winter. Then the van sat for the winter only being started occasionally. And that keeps leading me back to battery..... -Craig
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Try tightening the nut that holds the power cables to the starter motor, if > the nut is even still there. The symptom you describe is not that uncommon > when the connection point at the starter is poor. > > Mark > > craig cowan wrote: > >> SO, >> I have a mystery set of electrical issues. >> My battery keeps testing good. ........ >> >> Symptoms: >> If the car sits for any period of time, even an hour, it will barely crank >> over. Very Labored. Once it finally catches it runs great. If i drive it >> for >> more then 10 minutes, it will put enough of a charge into it that if i >> shut >> it down and restart it pretty promptly, it fires right up......... >> > |
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Vanagon mail messages have been archived.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.