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• Re: battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:29:20 -0500
  ...As I remember, the fix was to buy a new voltage regulator for the alternator. May be some others can give you better information...
• Re: Alternator wobble? questions...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:02:10 -0800
  ...And it's not the voltage > regulator I > think, that doesn't have any wires coming out of it, It's a little > rectangular...
• What does my battery light mean?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:45:03 -0700
  ...alternator/regulator condition, V-belt adjustment, etc., including my current '83 1.6L diesel. I think there is some sort of inherent voltage/RPM...
• Re: Oxygen sensor questions...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:47:07 -0500
  ...This was pretty consistent; lotsa time at > low/zero volts, short spike to higher voltage, quick return to lower > voltage. Average voltage indicated by...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:13:05 -0700
  ...All I need to do is make sure that the engine is revved enough to make the alternator's voltage regulator regulate and watch...
• Re: Opinion on Long Trip w/young driver to Florida from Texas
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:39:11 -0500
  ...Ah yes, but we both know that it was a matter of "Convenience" in that Dutiful Passage's voltage regulator was the only problem...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:57:59 -0600
  Remove & ReInstall the Instrument Cluster Voltage Regulator & see if that is all it needs ~ Connections may be slightly cruddy ~ On 13 Sep , 2017, at...
• Followup to suspected current draw from newly-installed USB ports
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:45:10 +0000
  ...I suspected my battery, only a year old, because even with a new voltage regulator it wouldn't get up to 13 volts. I...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:33:01 -0600
  ...There is a little voltage regulator that is supposed to do that, and the Bentley manual tells how to check if it is okay...
• Is it my generator?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Wheaton
  Thu, 2 May 1996 23:12:15 -0700
  ...So I measure the voltage on the generator - By the way, this is a 1600 DP engine, with the voltage regulator mounted in the...
• Re: weird things happening (peripheral VC)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:14:42 -0800
  ...It could be the internal regulator is finally crapping out, or just the voltage variations. Either way, its voltage related. The radio doing wild...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 May 2011 08:27:03 -0400
  ...If the brushes in the regulator pak are worn, you can get > replacement paks for anywhere between $13.95 and $30.00. I bought...
• Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:01:49 -0700
  ...rev up, dimmer when you idle) then you have > > >an alternator voltage regulator failure, or your alternator's carbon > > >brush (for charging the field...
• Re: Strange clock display
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:39:10 -0500
  Don't know if it has a voltage regulator. I'll have to go through the Bentley and find out. Headlights don't seem...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:20:50 -0500
  ...Got a spare voltage >>> regulator? >>> Let us know what you find. >>> John >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2008 8:33 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:05:20 -0400
  ...the voltage at the starter >battery at idle and 2,000 rpm: 13.1V with the headlights off. > >I pulled the regulator out of...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Annie Anderson
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:06:31 -0800
  Melissa, I tend to agree. Will have it Checked this afternoon. ~Annie Sent from my iPhone On Dec 5, 2011, at 12:50 PM...
• Re: alternator charge initiation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:23:51 -0600
  ...Also thought maybe the >> voltage regulator might be going south.....cheaper than a full >> alternator replacement i guess..... >> >> DM&FS >> >> >> Maybe a capacitor that...
• Re: Little blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:41:19 +0100
  ...voltage you need to lit the xenon gas, you can�t just exchange the bulbs. Also you need an automatic light distance regulator (don...
• Re: Tach, gas, & temp gauge don't work: 90Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:11:28 -0700
  Haven't had this problem in my Westy, but I did in my Ford and it was the Instrument Panel voltage regulator. At 03...
• Re: Temp/fuel gauge transistor...??
  Historical mailing list - patrick paul clerkin
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 02:04:54 -0500
  I think that is a voltage regulator, so it could be getting damaged by a short somewhere in the instruments. /Patrick On Thu, 18...
• Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
  ...Is this more likely a headlight switch failure? Or perhaps ground problems in the fuse box? Or the voltage regulator issue? thx!
• Re: temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:53:47 -0700
  ...I intend to check the voltage regulator in the dash and am having my mechanic go through my system with and IR Temp gun...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:15:23 -0700
  I asked someone who works on nothing but Alternators, if they could make me an external regulator for my alternator (in my case a...
• Re: ...Seattle...alternator...help them!!!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:43:12 +0000
  ...She > needs an alternator and voltage regulator for her 77 bus. The guy at the > gasstation quoted her 390.- and she can't afford...
• Re: Battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sat, 31 May 2008 21:33:12 -0700
  ...The PO of my 85 Westy had a voltage regulator fail and the battery was overcharged to the point of boiling the acid. No...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:32:26 -0700
  ...With the engine running, the voltage was a bit low, so I cranked up the adjustable regulator to 14.2 at the battery. That...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 16:32:43 -0500
  ...Putting the new voltage regulator in >didn't fix the problem as I thought it would. Thus I am trying to figure >out what...
• Re: No Clock & No Temp Gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:17:13 -0500
  ...Fuel gauge works, so panel power is good, voltage regulator is good or at least supplying power. Temp gauge blinks and stops so panel...
• Re: battery lite AND oxs lite are glowing
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:34:10 -0500
  ...If it's a bosch alternator, unscrew the 2 screws from the back of the alternator and pop out the voltage regulator/brushes. See...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:17:35 -0600
  ...alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy The alternator shops know where to get the Chinese knock off regulator brush assemblies for ~$16.00. Almost all the...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:14:00 -0800
  ...Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster > > At 04:38 PM 12/8/2010, Marius Strom wrote: >> I'd need to do some research, but isn...
• fuel/oil sender hybrid?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 25 May 2003 19:48:40 -0700
  ...not melt seals) and have a compatible voltage range with your typical oil pressure guage? A brief search on the net yeilded the part...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 May 2011 21:38:31 -0500
  ...If the brushes in the regulator pak are worn, you can get replacement paks for anywhere between $13.95 and $30.00. I bought...
• re:unsuspecting victims ;-P
  Historical mailing list
  19 Oct 95 17:46:00 -0500
  ...The job of the voltage regulator decides whether or not to let the current through to the battery, or let it dissipate as heat...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:07:29 -0400
  ...Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel >> pump won't work" >> >> Because you changed the alternator voltage >> regulator..... >> >> Could the >> alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow...
• Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston Jr
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:10:22 -0700
  ...Using the Bentley, checked voltage to each injector (one at a time) and found every check between the ECU and injectors to be good...
• Electrical/gauge question
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:29:05 -0500
  ...Has anyone else seen these symptoms? I suspect they are related (bad voltage regulator or something). All my gauges read low: 1)The temp...
• Re: temp guage read-out
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:03:05 -0700
  ...Lots of variables it seems. >I intend to check the voltage regulator in the dash and am having my
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:00:48 -0500
  Are you measuring the O2 sensor voltage with it connected in an operating engine? If the voltage is a "steady 0.55V" there is...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:51:57 -0500
  ...Got a spare voltage > > >>> regulator? > > >>> Let us know what you find. > > >>> John > > >>> > > >>> On Jan 4, 2008 8:33 PM, Greg Potts < greg@pottsfamily.ca...
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:45:39 -0300
  ...voltage regulator (and eventually, no battery), Cunegonde's been running perfectly since the waterpump and transmission were replaced last summer. A new alternator/regulator...
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:05:05 -0700
  ...voltage > regulator (and eventually, no battery), Cunegonde's been running > perfectly since the waterpump and transmission were replaced last > summer. A new alternator/regulator...
• Re: alternator charge initiation
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:26:46 -0800
  ...Also thought maybe the > voltage regulator might be going south.....cheaper than a full > alternator replacement i guess..... > > DM&FS >
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:18:01 -0700
  ...the guy who originally turned me onto solid state adjustable voltage regulators for Bosch alternators ...and starter/alternator rebuilder guy - he likes to see...
• Re: Fridge fan, turbo version?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:31:15 -0500
  ...If your motor draws less than 1 amp, you could design a circuit to vary its speed using the LM317 variable voltage regulator. All...
• Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 22:18:19 -0800
  ...I prefer to have an adjustable voltage regulator which I can dial up a higher voltage for the day to day short distance driving...
• 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Cochran
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:28:12 -0400
  ...There are only about three possibilities here, the voltage regulator for the gage, the gage itself, or the sender. If the voltage regulator was...
• Re: 87 syncro water temperature sender
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:54:47 -0400
  ...If it is the Instrument Voltage Regulator/Stabilizer on the dashboard, check page 90.8 (Fig. 2), under Electrical System-Instruments, Radio. Best of...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---RESOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:43 -0500
  ...You > don't have a problem here. > > As the resistance of the temp sensor drops the current flow through it > increases, lowering the voltage...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:12 -0400
  ...I used a high impedance DMM, so not sure what voltage would be with an analog meter. Bentley says voltage should be 5V. So...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:47 -0800
  ...the cooling system, an oil and filter change, a water pump, voltage regulator, my old but good spark plugs and all the stuff mentioned...
• Re: Alternator out at *high* rpms?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:50:31 -0800
  ...Disconnected the battery and pulled the Voltage Regulator/Brush Assembly. Sure enough, the brushes were shot all to hell, hardly anything left. Used an...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:25:57 -0500
  ...Lower voltage leads to sulphation and incomplete charging. Higher voltages can lead to corrosion of the positive plates and excessive gassing during longer trips...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:54:44 -0500
  ...Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet > > '84 Westy, Digijet, 1.9L case with a 2.2L GoWesty kit > > I've often suspected a less than...
• Re: Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:55:25 -0400
  ...So I'm looking Ample Power's Next Step voltage regulator: http://www.amplepower.com/products/ns2/index.html It monitors the output voltage...
• Re: Fixed; was Baffled, giving up
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 4 Oct 2012 16:26:29 -0700
  ...Perhaps the voltage regulator is not kicking in as early as in other cars. > > Scott mentioned, sometimes it may need to be revved up...
• Re: '85 Vanagon with alternator problem
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 01:11:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...gonna touch your brain going!!! (ohhh-you meant the bus' brain!). > >Seriously at least your voltage regulator is shot, mebbe the whole alternator. > >Austin >
• Re: Ft Lewis troubles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:12:04 -0500
  ...Could be alternator or just the brushes and regulator. If your belt was broken and you kept on driving you would have cooked the...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:49:19 -0400
  ...cost...it's going to be $300 or more for a voltage regulator, $xxx for one or more batteries of the right size and...