Date:         Wed, 6 May 1998 21:37:13 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Blink'n Ignition Light (cont'd)
Comments: To: Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson@HALHINET.ON.CA>,
          vanagon List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Is that why they keep coming to my house?  I never knew...

Lawrence Johnson wrote:

> Vanagonites,
> I don't think that this is a unique Canuk thing as Sean Bartnik
> suggested.
> Perhaps some further explanation of what I mean by "Blink'n Ignition
> Light"
> is required. I'm talking about the red light that normally indicates
> when
> your temperature is too high. This light serves a double purpose. It
> blinks
> when the key is turned on and you don't turn the key further to start
> the
> engine until the damned think stops blinking or the VW mug squad will
> get
> you. That's the blink'n light I'm asking about.
> Larry
>
> Original question:
>
> > Knowledgeable Vanagonites,
> > Early in life, I learned that, after you turn on the ignition key,
> you
> > wait for the Blink'n Ignition Light to stop blink'n before starting
> the
> > engine. But what I never learned is 'what am I waiting for?'. What
> is
> > actually going on while I'm waiting? Why does it sometime take
> longer to
> > stop blinking than other times? I hate things like this. I can't
> sleep
> > at night worrying. :-)
> > Larry and his '86 Syncro Vanagon GL Westfalia Camper.