Tonya Pope wrote: > > Okay, I've searched the archives to no avail on this one, even though I > know something similar was asked sometime around Thanksgiving. > > Started yesterday, battery and OXS lights are coming on together. > They'll stay on a while then go off and stay off a while. Road > conditions (i.e. bumps) don't seem to affect it. It was quite rainy > here the last couple of days. Stormed real bad during the night before > this started and water got into a number of places it usually doesn't > (talking my house here--not the van!) I was woken up in the middle of > the night by rain dripping from my ceiling onto my feet! As such, I'm > thinking that maybe the wind was just right to get water behind my dash > somehow? I think a couple of drops actually fell from the bottom of the > dash onto the floor while I was driving--reason for my suspicions. > > If it was the rain, it's going to be a while before it dries up, since > it's kinda cold here now. If it wasn't, I would appreciate any insight > ya'll can give me. Seems like it has to be a short somewhere, just > don't know where. Engine starts just fine, so I don't think anything is > really wrong with the battery or alternator and the belts look good, no > slipping. > > Ideas? > > TIA, > Tonya > 87 Vanagon GL Wolfs > 74 S. Beetle Tonya, I beleive that you are experiencing the effects of old wires with failing insulation. Our Westy is a 1986 vintage and has had similar problems. A cheap band-aid fix is to spray WD-40 liberally over all wires (engine compartment, specially the high tension wires and fuse/relay box). WD-40 is a Water Dispersant and is non-conducting and will do no harm. It worked for me :>) Larry
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