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Date:         Sun, 7 Nov 2010 23:07:34 +0000
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
In-Reply-To:  <4cd727bc.cefde50a.3582.ffff8b3e@mx.google.com>
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David, what's your phone number? Maybe someday this will happen at a time that I really could stop & call.

No time soon, I'm in Morocco at the moment, don't expect to be taking Matilda much of anywhere before the end of January.

Next time I'm near the van, though, I shall take a photo and indicate which light I mean. It is indeed the one on the lower left that blinks for a couple of seconds when you turn the key on, then stops. Which I should think is indeed the overheat/low coolant light. I'm pretty sure that's the only light that goes on when I turn the key on - but I could be all wrong about that.

Joy

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:25 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 05:00 PM 11/7/2010 +0000, Joy Hecht wrote: > >> Mine has mysteriously gone on and off for years. Assuming we're talking >> about the same light - the one that's at around "eight o'clock" on the >> dial >> with the tach. The one that should come on for a second or two when you >> turn the engine on, just to check that it's working, and then go off. >> > > Joy, there are three lights, two in between the speedo and tach and one > smack in the middle of the temp gauge. On your 2.1l (Matilda *is* a 2.1l, > right?), when you turn the key on you should see solid red on the left (ALT) > light, blinking red on the right (OIL) light and blinking that stops after > 2-3 seconds on the OVERHEAT/LOW COOLANT light. > > I think you're talking about the third one, yes? > > Wait until a time when the intermittent problem surfaces and talk to me -- > It's a simple system and we can solve its problem. Seriously. > > Vis-a-vis the rest of your tale -- on both those occasions the lights did > exactly what they were supposed to. The buzzer was from low oil pressure. > > Just because it needs to be said as often as possible -- any of those three > lights lighting on the road should be a "stop Right Now and diagnose before > proceeding" warning. These aluminum engines do not suffer overheating > gladly -- and if the ALT light goes, there's a fair chance it's a broken > belt, in which case you have no cooling. > > Yours, > David >


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