Date:         Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:57:31 CDT
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 88 vanagon oxs light
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:46:37 -0700 julie sommer said:
>Hi, I just subscribed to this list and I've had my wonderful 88
>Vanagon Wolfsburg ed. for almost a year. The oxygen sensor light and
>the battery light simultaneously come on when she wants to shift into
>a higher gear. Is this old news? Any simple solutions? Anyone have an

if BOTH the OXS and Battery light come on, it's the little blue wire
on the backside of the alternator ... it's frayed and getting ready to
come loose. probably due to the high rpm and the vibration from the
engine. when the two lights stay on all the time, that wire is broken.

joel
who got eaten up by the B-29 wasps down by the Platte River near Waterloo,
NE one summer. :)