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weird brake warning light problem
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:18:45 -0400
brake warning light does not come on with key on or manually triggering the emergency brake switch or low level switch,however it comes...
Low Fuel Warning
Historical mailing list - Ralph P. Geho
Fri, 21 May 1999 16:43:07 -0400
Does anyone on the list know of some sort of an aftermarket low fuel warning light, buzzer, etc. for the Vanagons. Presently, I am...
False oil pressure warnings
Historical mailing list - John
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:06:43 -0500
Hi John, I'm not sure what your problem might be but why not check your dynamic oil pressure warning system with my attached...
FS 1987 automatic GL $1975/obo in Daytona, FL
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:26:33 -0600
...WARNING WARNING WARNING ...it's a Dealer selling it!!!! :( here's the text of the ad .. (call THEM, not me). 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon , 87586...
Re: Oil pressure warning
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:30:16 -0800
...Oil pressure warning >Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:23:56 -0500 > >Hi Brian, > >I just read your latest post about your oil pressure...
Re: Brake Failure Warning Light
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:01:38 -0700
...My issue was that when the brake line failed and the rear brakes >> started loosing fluid, my brake failure warning light didn�t activate...
Re: Need brake light warning unit
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 15 May 2019 11:58:30 -0600
...Need brake light warning unit > > Pull the red lens cover and check the bulbs. Been some time, I think they can be replaced. > > Dennis...
Copy of: Copy of: RE: Fire warning #1201
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
18 Oct 96 14:52:29 EDT
...Fire warning #1201 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- >From: Turner,Ronald L., 102660,66 TO: "Lebron,Nathan", INTERNET:nlebron@troy.cobe.com DATE: 10/18/96 11...
door chime/seat belt light anomaly
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 14 May 2010 09:14:11 -0700
...Funny eh? Anyone else have missing seat belt warning light/switch and no door chime? Hoping electrical expert Mark Drillock will "chime" in. alistair...
Brake warning light on
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:39:22 +0000
My brake warning light is on. Everything seems OK so I want to see if the switches on the master cylinder are bad, is...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 1 Mar 2014 23:17:01 -0500
...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters An important fact to keep in mind: When one adds an improvement of any kind...
Brake warning light flickering
Historical mailing list - David M
Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:12:26 -0800
My brake warning light has started flickering when I'm in motion. I did leave the handbrake on once or twice, could that have...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:55:15 -0500
I think some are missing the main point of the dual oil pressure warning system. The low pressure switch is activated at around 3...
Re: O2 Red Warning Light?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:32:41 -0400
...Disappointingly, the red >warning light still stays ON. Andrew, the warning light has no connection to the O2 sensor, it comes on every x...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:58:01 -0800
...On Mar 1, 2014 7:35 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led...
Fw: Oil Pressure Warning Addendum
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:42:23 -0500
...Oil Pressure Warning Addendum > Date: Friday, October 17, 1997 11:15 AM > > A great explanation of the oil pressure warning system can be found...
replacing ignition switch fixes coolant warning light
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 20:37:05 -0700
I replaced my ignition switch over the weekend and it fixed the problem I was having with the coolant warning light sometimes not going...
Re: Oil pressure switch problem
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:17:52 +0000
Hi, I created a simple test for the Vanagon oil pressure warning system. If you can use a voltmeter, you(or your tech) can...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:46:14 -0600
...In case of brake failure, only the brake warning >> light will come on.) > > That would seem to be a leftover in the manual from...
Re: Brake Light On
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 07:41:01 -0700
Starting in 85 models there is no longer any electrical connection between the two brake pressure switches and the warning light on the dash...
Virus Warning is BOGUS
Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:04:30 -0700
OK, I'm sorry- after doing a little homework, I found out the GOOD TIMES virus warning scare is not legit. The FCC describes...
Re: vrus warning does anyone know if this is real?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:20:22 -0500
...Virus Warning - take Heed!!!!!! David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
Re: Extreme Warning .... beware of jake4parts on eBay aka Ken Morgan
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:59:03 -0500
...A warning from Larry, Bob, and Ken carries a lot of weight. -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78...
Alternator Warning Light
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 24 May 2010 17:24:31 -0700
...Can the alternator fail and not light the red warning light on the dash? Yes, it can, I had it happen to me about...
Breadloaf.EGR_warning_light.what_does_it_mean?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 3 Mar 1996 14:34:50 -0800
...Had to work on Sunday this week :( Problem; on the way to work, just about a half an hour ago, my EGR warning light...
RE: oil light/buzzer
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:50:40 -0700
...Never had the warning buzzer when wheeling, with water temps high and rad fan on etc. on 20W50 oil in summertime. Under 2000RPM the...
2.1L oil light and warning buzzer problem...???
Historical mailing list
Mon, 5 May 2003 01:30:52 EDT
can old oil be a cause of making the oil pressure warning light and buzzer come on on the 2.1L?? oil level fine...
Re: Brake warning light flickering
Historical mailing list - David M
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:11:51 -0800
...Brake warning light flickering My brake warning light has started flickering when I'm in motion. I did leave the handbrake on once or...
Re: RoadHaus - PayPal Fraud Warning
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:16:34 -0700
...Thanks for the warning. --Gnarlie
Interesting '87 Westy charging problem
Historical mailing list - Martin Wilson
Mon, 24 May 2004 13:02:39 -0700
...St Helens, restart and both battery warning and O2 sensor warning lights stay on. Flicker and go off around 3500rpm. 2. Drive 150 miles...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:51:22 -0500
...I definitely want the warning signals in place. After all, the warning gets ones attention. Methinks that is why manufacturers came up with the...
Re: any guesses on oil light woes
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:25:51 -0800
...It is called the Dynamic Oil Pressure Warning System. They eventually phased it into the full product line AFAIK, reaching the Vanagon production during...
Re: Possible...Overheating
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:41:04 -0400
At 03:20 PM 4/23/2013, mark drillock wrote: >pressure warning light had never been a problem before. Having no >working warning light...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:54:48 -0500
...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters > > I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led a blinking > warning to...
Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:47 -0500
FWIW...I do have the door chime(still wish it was a headlight chime instead) but I don't have a seat belt warning...
seat belt relay location
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:36:34 -0600
My '87 came to me with the seat belt warning system disabled/removed. Where would the seat belt warning relay (Bentley 97.115) be...
Re: Solved; OIL warning light up
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:55:11 -0400
...Has anyone ever had the oil light/buzzer warning combination actually indicate a real engine problem? Seems like its always a monitoring circuit malfunction...
Re: 88 Inst. Cluster in 85
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:46:19 -0800
Don't do it that way or you will have NO oil pressure warning light at all. Yes, unplugging the board as Chris suggest...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 07:30:09 -0500
...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters > > I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led a blinking > warning to...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 10:53:11 -0500
...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters >> >> I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led a blinking >> warning to...
Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:46:26 -0800
The dual brake pressure switches only detect a failure and light the Brake Warning light on 80-84 models. In the 85 and newer...
Re: Some potentially stupid actions
Historical mailing list - Rob
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:03:32 -0700
...There is a warning (in caps) to not use the stove while driving. A reason for maybe adding the warning? Lawyers would be my...
troubleshooting coolant level warning light
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:44:25 PDT
Anyone have any experience troubleshooting the coolant level warning light circuit? My warning light won't go out, it blinks all the time now...
O2 Red Warning Light?
Historical mailing list - PhamA
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:59:02 -0700
...Disappointingly, the red warning light still stays ON. Following the Bentley instruction, to reset the Control Unit memory ( I assume this is the same...
Re: Oil warning light and buzzer go off when going uphill
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 18 May 2005 23:16:40 -0400
...I start up...make it > until > the next hill, and the warning starts up again. I pull over and THIS > TIME > check the oil...
Spring comes to Minnesota
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:37:32 -0500
...But once the engine was started and the normal warning stopped i could still hear the faint warning. I killed the engine. I could...
Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 07:13:58 -0800
...Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters >> >> I think the biggest improvement was making the oil warning led a blinking >> warning to...
Catastrophe???(Oil lite and oil alarm on!)
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:11:36 -0600
While driving my 88GL down the interstate from town tonight suddenly all the warning lights on the panel came on.........coolant level warning lite...
Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:47:59 -0700
Additional information, normal operating temp according to the coolant temperature gauge is above the warning light... since the voltage stabilizer serves both gauges, looks...
thanks to those who sent out the warning...
Historical mailing list - Debi
Sun, 30 May 1999 06:23:37 -0700
...I read my e-mail out of sequence and got the warning before the actual "HAPPY" post...lol That was nice! ....................................................... Happy was passed...
Re: Brake warning light flickering
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:49:51 -0500
...Brake warning light flickering My brake warning light has started flickering when I'm in motion. I did leave the handbrake on once or...
WAS: Upper Control Arm Nut .... NOW: Apology. :)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:53:49 -0700
...In reading Bentley, my "view" was limited to looking for the "always replace" warning for lock nuts. (i.e. steering rack) I now see...
1987 Vanagon Brake Light Warning Issue
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 18 May 2019 09:09:40 -0600
Brake Light Warning Light won't turn off ~ Have checked switch under E'Brake Handle & it seems to be functioning properly & Switch on Fluid...
Security warning device
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:41:04 -0800
...There is a device that can send warnings within a mile when your car is tempered with. I think, the receiver is a small...
Dash warning lights?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:13:08 -0700
...Then my alternator warning and 02 sensor warning lights would briefly remain on after engine start until I moved the rams up one time...
Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:05:29 -0600
I have my 1983H2OBoxer OwnersManual in front of me & on Pg29 it states "STOP AT ONCE if the oil pressure warning light comes on...
Re: stereo wiring
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:20:08 +0000
...Don't expect it to prance like a stallion." "WARNING: Do not jumping from this building." "WARNING: Do not use this lawnmower as a...
Re: weird brake warning light problem
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:55:01 -0400
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote: > brake warning light does not come on with key...
Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay
Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:36:15 -0500
...Warning, warning, Will Robinson!! Selling that Doka for > parts is probably not illegal, but putting it back on the road in the US is...
Re: 87GL: O2 Warning Light Flashing Intermittent/No Other Symptoms
Historical mailing list - Austin
Wed, 20 May 1998 22:09:12 -0700
At 10:37 AM 5/19/98 -0500, you wrote: >Water temp guage warning light flashing on >Water temp guage reads normal >Engine had...