Date:         Fri, 8 Dec 1995 14:08:48 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Alternator & O2 lights on

In a message dated 95-12-08 13:16:31 EST, m.radtke@elm.az05.bull.com (Michael
A. Radtke) writes:

>Now that I know you mean the idiot lights, I can say that this is perfectly 
>normal.  The alternator doesn't self excite from residual magnetism till 
>about 1000 rpm or so.  So, the idiot lights light until you exceed that rpm 
>once.  Not to worry.
>
>Mike
>
You may have missed the gist of what went on here.  The original post said
something like: "my wife was driving along and the alt & oxs lights came on".
 This is definitely not normal.

Jim Davis
87 Syncro
88 Wolfsburg

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