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• Re: Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 17:26:16 -0400
  ...You should have had a buzzer go off with the flashing LED. Your mechanic probably replaced the wrong sensor. Most likely a bad connection...
• 86 Vanagon, Radiator fan not coming on???
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:44:38 EDT
  ...Before the gauge broke it got no higher than just below the flashing light. Any e-mail help will be appreciated. Dave
• Re: 86 westie NO LIGHTS!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:21:24 -0400
  ...can think of >Highbeam works with flasher only also the fans and wiper only work when >flasher stalk is held up > Whats my problem...
• Re: Intermittently Flashing Coolant & Oil light
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:11:40 EST
  ...20 minutes my coolant than oil >light >started both to intermittently flash. .. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE...
• Re: Meineke Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:01:04 -0800
  --snip-- > because now the memory of the green weenie has > faded. --snip-- You flash people in front of the Meineke shop? Cya, Robert
• Re: So What Cool VW Stuff did Santa Bring you ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:11:18 -0500
  I got Xm Radio and a wind up flash light. No wi just need a mechanic :)
• Re: Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:20:07 -0400
  ...With the key >>> off, the emergency flashers work, but the brake, oil and battery light >> also >>> flash. Turn the key with the previous situation...
• Re: Frydayeism
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:40:48 -0600
  ...I felt it was pretty cool in the store actually, and I > commented "Perhaps it one of those ladies things - you know - hot flashes...
• Re: ?Brighter Turn Signals?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:31:31 +1300
  ...You might fit an electronic flasher unit in place of the old electromechanical one. One which isn't load-sensitive. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans...
• Re: 85 flashing coolant indicator
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:12:56 -0400
  ...wrote: > > The coolant light on my is possessed, it flashes inconsistently, > some days it flashes constantly, other it turns off as soon > as the...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:33:16 -0700
  ...Since the headlights come on in flash mode the problem is in the dash area and not headlight grounds. Ok, turn on the key...
• Slow-poke vanagon warning sign
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:24:55 -0700
  ...http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-camping/ Photo of a vanagon with a special orange striped flashing warning sign to alert other drivers...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:06:07 -0400
  ...Bus" > 85 "No name" blinking coolant indicator "Blinky"? Dave, The light flashing can also be an indication that the level is low in the...
• Random flashing of temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:02:43 -0500
  I was experiencing, again, random flashing of the warning light and wild swings of the needle. Stopped in at the garage to see if...
• Re: flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:45:39 -0400
  I swapped out the temp. gauge part of the clock assembly with a known good one and things are back to normal Thanks.
• Diagnosing flashing lights
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 6 May 2021 13:15:42 +0000
  ...The temp sender and the oil light are flashing as I drive. The temp sender has this intermittent thing where the gauge goes all...
• Re: Headlight wiring for 80/100 bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 15 May 2010 16:57:07 -0700
  ...You've got low beams that are brighter than legal high beams and you've never been flashed. Are your lights adjusted correctly? That...
• flasher lights (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 1994 13:45:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Apparently the >flasher feature was disabled to comply with certain laws. > >Does anyone know how to re-enable them? What wire was cut, what...
• Re: Mini Fluoresent Lite
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:47:26 -0400
  At 11:48 4/28/99 -0400, Robert Rountree wrote: >decent flashlight or a stable area lite. It also runs on 4 AA's...
• Re: Possessed Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:59:35 -0700
  ...The sensor on the top of that tank detects low coolant and hence the LED flashes and the needle pegs. Changes in engine speed...
• Re: Final stage of my long term fuel pump issue - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:07:40 -0700
  I don't know where your mechanic received his training, but have you ever heard of flash rust, ask any machinist about what he...
• Fw: Why is there an additional signal marker dash lamp on European vans?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:01:24 +0100
  ...If the connecting plug(s) is/are not fully > inserted, or if there is a wiring fault, the normal turn > indicator lamp will flash...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:21:37 -0700
  ...When I got the van, light flashing away, the Previous Owner said it was some kind of wiring glitch he had never take time...
• Re: vanagon flashback
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 1 Nov 2017 22:20:00 -0400
  ...1, 2017, at 7:20 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > http://www.motortrend.com/news/1986-volkswagen-vanagon-syncro-feature-flashback/
• speaking of lights,
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:44:44 -0400
  My turn signals aren't on very much at all during the flashing cycle. Moreso off than on. Must I simply replace the relay...
• More flashing temp LED Question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:31:42 EST
  This morning on a run to the post office, the red LED started flashing but the temp gauge stayed right next to the LED...
• Re: Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:12:09 -0700
  ...Early watercooled Vanagons had no coolant level warning system but still had the flashing light, same gauge. The coolant level circuit was added by...
• Re: Westies at Watkins / propex heater repair / Frank Condelli or Greg Potts, maybe this email is for you?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:39:46 -0400
  ...There is a self diagnostics program in the heater which display flashes of the red light when it will not start. So we need...
• Re: What's in your tape deck? (FRIDAY)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:54:21 -0800
  ...hehe don't take that stuff kid you'll have flash backs later on in life ok. LOL * me in my learning days * Happy...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Otter
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:01:44 -0500
  >>>screw Japanese cars.. they suck!! If Subaru came out with a useful van design, I would buy it in a flash! Marshall
• high temp gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:13:46 -0700
  ...If I wait until the light begins to flash before I slow down I am sure it will take some extra time to deal...
• 84 Turn signals-No start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Wallace
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:22:04 -0400
  ...However, I had been noticing that the turn signals were flashing erratically, almost like when a bulb is bad. And, while the headlights were...
• Temp gauge internal photos, was Re: [vanagon] Temp indicator flashing light saga
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 00:51:01 -0400
  ...Come to think of it if there's interest I could put up a picture of the flasher board as well. david ps -- Mark...
• Re: Help locating pin at harness for idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:31:41 -0700
  ...The tech said just show him an idiot light which flashes on then goes out once the van was running. I figured the least...
• Re: Paint color on a weekender I saw?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:28:12 EDT
  ...He thought his van was the same color but when he got here > his '87 Wolfsburg was more of a silver grey (Flash silver...
• Re: blinkers still not working FIXED!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:10:56 -0800
  ...blinkers still not working > When your right and left blinkers are flashing check in the > bulb to see if it the same wire that...
• Re: Brake light problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 5 May 2024 17:25:55 -0700
  ...And the emergency flashers do not work on the brakes, but rather with the turn signals . Ab > On May 5, 2024, at 12:53...
• Re: Blinker Fluid source
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:03:05 EST
  Ok need to ask..is this flasher relay refiller inside of syncros or vanagons in general or just golfs and eurovans?? Thanxs Tim G...
• Re: Turn signal gremlins
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 26 May 2006 11:13:47 -0700
  > turn signal relay is bad. > > Maybe, but if so then my spare flasher relay is bad in exactly the same way... -- John Bange '90...
• the mysterious flash of the coolant light
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 28 May 2012 18:38:09 -0400
  ...The only hiccup was that there were a few times when the coolant light flashed, each time just for 2-3 seconds. Maybe 3...
• Re: Frydayeism
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:35:16 -0330
  LOL! Don, maybe you've never spent much time with a woman of a certain age? Myself, I think hot flashes are pretty funny...
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:30:15 -0800
  ...when I start engine from cold, light flashes for several seconds & then goes out (it behaves this way most of the time) Occasionally: light...
• Advice please! Electrical problems.
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:52:27 -0700
  ...My right turn signal lights work, but flash very quickly. Both bulbs flash. I have swapped the bulbs with those on the left side...
• Stop the Urban Folk Myth: The IGNITION LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 8 May 1998 07:30:50 EDT
  ...This flashing light at start-up is NOT an "IGNITION LIGHT". There is no such thing, it doesn't exist. It is purely made...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:42:58 EDT
  ...Every once in a while, I'll get the high beam indicator when I use the headlight flasher...or it will stay on when...
• 82 I4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:09:29 -0800
  ...timing light on #1 4 misses flashes irregularly- coinciding with the rough running of the motor. NEW rotor cap leads plugs. I'm left...
• Subaru/Vanagon: Chrome exhaust recommendations
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 24 May 2002 16:25:12 EDT
  ...installed a Chrome muffler on their subie-bus? What brand and size did you use? I wouldn't mind something a little flash! JC...
• Re: Tail light lense temps with brighter bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:18:35 -0500
  Mark, Didn't the higher wattage bulbs adversely affect the rate at which the turn signal flashed? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: got hit by a front end loader
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:56:47 +1300
  Were the loader's lights even on at all? Any vehicle with "nonstandard" lighting arrangement should have flashing rooftop lights and use them.
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:58:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...Starting my 88' Westy > > (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not sto= > p > > flashing. > >=20 > > This was with the engine...
• Re: 91 Carat w/autotranny - Turn Signal Issue
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:05:55 -0500
  ...When turned on - >> the light in the signal indicator comes on - but the flasher does not >> work flashing the lights. >> >> If anyone has any...
• Re: 91 Carat - Turn Signals and Flasher
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:43:44 -0500
  ...The >>> usual indication is a fast or erratic flash or no flash at all. Except for >>> breaking a wire there is nothing to separate...
• Re: Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:50:08 -0600
  ...Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks > Found.... if it would have been night time, i would have seen that > everything in the...
• Re: Electrical Anomalies (Continued)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:28 -0700
  ...every now and then my temp warning light flashes�while idling, after the initial flash at start-up, even while the engine is relatively...
• Re: flashing light on temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:23:37 -0700
  ...flashing light on temp gauge What does it mean? It just started happening recently, intermittent at first, now after it warms up it flashes...
• Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first
  Historical mailing list - Keith Pike
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:22:25 -0230
  ...Re: '88 westy water temp light flashing..... what to check first The sender in the expansion tank. I've had this happen due to...
• Flashing red light info
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:04:01 -0400
  Recently someone posted a problem with their red light flashing continously after startup. I just discovered that on my '84 GL .... there is a...
• Re: Flashing dash LED
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:10:15 -0700
  ...The flashing light is the "low coolant level warning light". You have two water tanks in the coolant system. They are in the engine...
• Re: Westy Power Cord
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:09:05 -0700
  ...flash light (there is usually enough auxiliary light at the electrical box to plug the cord into the live outlet without a flash light...
• Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:57:22 -0700
  ...On you > home pc, you can transfer music onto a flashdrive, then just plug in > the flashdrive to the usb on your head unit...