Date:         Wed, 5 May 1999 10:32:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      buzzer, was: Weird electricals
Comments: To: paul banks <paulbanks@NLLFAN.COM>

Paul-

Is it possible that the buzzer you heard was your oil pressure warning
buzzer? With the recent rise in temps, you may be running thin oil, and
depending on WHEN the buzzer sounded (like when you were decelerating off
the freeway) it may be that your oil pressure is low.

Normally, the oil LED will flash too, but that may be faulty, or you may
not have noticed it.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree


-----Original Message-----
From:   paul banks [SMTP:paulbanks@NLLFAN.COM]
Sent:   Tuesday, May 04, 1999 10:01 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Weird electricals

I have been having some strange occurances in my '89 Vanagon lately.

Last week, a buzzer that  I assume was the seat belt warning buzzer (I
haven't heard it since I bought the van 5 years ago)  kept sounding for no
apparant reason. It did this intermittantly for a couple of days. I checked
all the relays and fuses below the steering wheel to see if they had good
contact.

Now I have my right turn signal blinking at twice the pace  as the left
signal. I should also mention that last week I also had a problem with the
idle stabilizer, but that problem seemed to right itself when I
re-connected the idle stabilizer control unit.

Has anything similar happened to another listmember? Also, how would I
check to make sure the relays are functioning properly as I am assuming I
have a short somewhere.

Any help would be appreciated,

Paul Banks
'89 Vanagon Westfalia

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