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• Re: Coolent light flash!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:24:54 -0800
  My '84 coolant warning light flashes inconsolably when I park it for a few days in the rainy season. It scared the heck out...
• Re: Directionals work, flashers don't, 1991 Subie Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:11:49 -0500
  ...Directionals work, flashers don't, 1991 Subie Vanagon Date: 11/27/2024 10:52:23 AM �Sorry, 1991 emergency flasher fuse #4, from left...
• Re: Flashlight holder source
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:32:35 -0400
  Steve Sullivan wrote: > Playing a peeping-Steve, I noticed a "D" > cell Maglite flashlight mounted to the back of the pass. seat base with...
• Re: Turn signal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 2 May 2000 07:45:12 -0700
  ...In my case the turn signal flasher had been replaced with a non OEM part. Putting the correct flasher in cured the LED glow...
• Re: Fw: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:53:58 -0400
  ...Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van. > > > > > Hi ...more problems! . > > > > > > ..the coolant lamp has just started flashing ....I key on and it starts > > > flashing...
• Re: Flashing light
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:47:07 -0700
  ...Flashing light I started up my 84 today to have the coolant light flash for about 5 minutes before finally turning off (the flashing...
• Flashing coolant level lamp
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:12:25 -0700
  ...Climbing from 2,000 ft to 5,200 ft in hot weather the coolant level lamp started flashing. Temp gauge reading one needle width...
• Re: Funky temp gauge - update
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 00:48:56 -0400
  ...When it was humid, >it would flash for extended periods. Sometimes >if I let it flash for five seconds before >starting it would stop...
• Re: oil idiot light wierdness
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:40:57 PST
  ...Did you get a flashing LED w/ buzzer? If it was just a flashing light look at the condition of the wire coming out...
• Re: Help with coolant light flashing randomly - no leaks
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:04:59 EDT
  Has anyone had this same flashing coolant light symptom only during cold weather? My van has done this the past 2 or 3 winters...
• Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:03:32 EDT
  Folks - I'm still having some problems with the flashing red coolant light. Maybe with a little details on what I have done, someone...
• Re: Flashing temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:39:35 -0500
  ...Temp light flashed continuously although the gauge read normally. It's often flashed longer than necessary - especially when it's humid. Could generally be...
• Re: Flashlight holder source
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 09:48:50 -0700
  ...Playing a peeping-Steve, I > noticed a "D" > cell Maglite flashlight mounted to the back of the pass. seat > base with two > clips that...
• Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:52:42 -0700
  Actually, the Flashing LED serves both functions in 83 and newer water cooled Vanagons. It will flash if the engine temp gets too high...
• Re: Turn signals
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 01:48:18 -0500
  ...The current comes > from the fusebox, through the flasher switch, through > the flasher relay, through the flasher switch again, > through the turn signal switch...
• Re: Flashing temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:50:38 -0400
  ...Prolonged flashing that varies by humidity indicates leaky capacitor (10 uF 16V aluminum or tantalum) inside gauge. If you have an old-type controller...
• Re: What controls pre-ignition flashing of warning lights?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:41:12 -0400
  I once had the temp gauge light flashing at start up. I wiggled the temp sensor plug (behind the thermostat) and the flashing stopped...
• Overheating Issue
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:35:56 -0700
  ...The temp goes up, up up!! It gets hot idling up until the light starts flashing. Took it on the highway after it cooled...
• Re: Blinkers work, no emergency flashers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:07:57 -0700
  For 85 turn blinkers use fuse #11 while the 4 way flashers use fuse #9. Radio power came from fuse #9 as well so...
• Re: '85 Westy Camper: What to watch for?
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:07:52 -0700
  ...Knobs all come off. > > Also, when I first drove the van home, the coolant warning light was > flashing. (I checked fluid level, all was...
• Flashing coolant light?
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Robertson
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:04:27 +0100
  I have an 87 Westy Syncro petrol van, and during this summer we had an intermittent flashing coolant light. I solved it by opening...
• Re: Turn signal puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 May 2016 17:07:37 -0400
  ...If the four-ways don't work pull and replace the flasher to make sure it's making good contact, and try another flasher...
• Re: Turn signal won't work at all
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:52:47 -0800
  The winner is; Rich from San Diego Yes Rich, it was the emergency flasher. When I was reading your message, I thought, it can...
• Re: Blinking Red Light
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 05:44:18 -0700
  ...the light > will flash if the coolant mixture is out of spec. the > probe measures resistance thru the coolant. if the > coolant is not...
• Re: Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:39:35 -0400
  ...Low voltage can cause the light to flash. Assuming that's not it, if the light flashes *with the 43 module removed* then it...
• Directionals work, flashers don't, 1991 Subie Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:59:08 -0500
  Flashers have stopped working. �Green indicator light on instrument cluster comes on and remains steady. �Directional signals work fine. Any easy fixes. �I have...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:06:29 -0400
  ...Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good > > > > >>This flashing light save my Inline 4 this past weekend. It even got me >>to a...
• Re: was The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed! Now ... there is much hope to be had
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:48:20 -0500
  At 09:31 PM 11/4/2009, B wrote: >Doesn't rapid flashing mean one or more of the bulbs is burned out? Only...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 95 09:50:35 bst
  >I have stopped waving, noone usually notices...usually i flash my high beams >twice at oncoming busses of all types. and i have got...
• Flashing Cooling Light
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:22:42 -0700
  Kevin- My temperature light has been flashing for a month now. Coolant level and composition is fine, engine is running great, cooling fan is...
• Coolent light flash!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:34:30 -0500
  Looking for some wisdom! My 87 coolant light is flashing. The expansion tank is full no sign of leaking, things look dry. The temp...
• Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 16:02:50 -0700
  ...For example I have seen cases where each time the radiator fan kicked on the coolant gauge led would flash a few times. Also...
• Re: Vanagon LEDs Flasher resolved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:29:47 -0500
  ...But the flashers didn’t work with the recommended relay. >>>> I matched the numbers from the working LED flasher in my other van and...
• Hazard switch slow to illuminate at night
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 03:32:50 EST
  ...Is this an indication of a faulty hazard switch, or does the power come to the switch through the flasher--and then is it...
• Re: Flashing temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:51:32 -0700
  ...Just try and inform myself through the list. > > Temp light flashed continuously although the gauge read normally. It's > often flashed longer than necessary...
• Re: Sticking Turn Signals?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:00:08 -0800
  ...I fixed it by replacing the flasher relay. Available from Bus depot for approximately $8.00. Replacement was a two minute job. Beats heck...
• Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:37:55 EST
  ...relayed 55/65 and eurolights are good enough and you wont get flashed. i didnt mind the female drivers flashing me though.. chris
• Turn Signal Flasher
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:55:06 -0800
  Seems as though the death of the turn signal flasher on my 84 GL is imminent. Can anyone tell me where it it physically...
• Re: LED lights
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:42:26 -0500
  Replace both flashers, turn signal and emergency, with electronic flashers. I purchased mine years ago on Amazon for about $10 each. Most FLAPS have...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 20:19:43 -0800
  ...The 4 way flasher is not an independent circuit. The flasher will not flash unless it sees enough current being drawn for two bulbs...
• flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:13:44 -0700
  Recently David Beierl and others offered advice on remedies for a flashing coolant light when the coolant level in the expansion tank is normal...
• Temp Gauges: Fake Over Heating?
  Historical mailing list - George Mercer
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:25:19 EDT
  ...Started off with red light flashing but temp normal after driving 25 miles in city traffic. Problem continued after swapping out the relay switch...
• Re: blinkers and flashers don't
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:20:57 -0600
  ...I was running some errands around town today, and, on a whim, tested the blinkers and flashers. They seem to work fine now???? Thanks...
• STOPPED THAT DANG FLASHING!
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 08:08:12 -0400
  I too suffered from the mysterious flashing oil light at low rpm's. Thanks to Bus Depot's sidebar about oil filters, I replaced...
• Re: flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:47:48 -0700
  ...flashing temp light > > > Dear List, > > The overheat alert light in the water temp gauge of my 83.5 is flashing > constantly, though the gauge...
• Re: No Headlights or Turnsignals but Markers OK Update 4
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:08:55 -0700
  ...The flasher works with all lights off from the dash headlight/parking light switch, same as other three flashers. > > Swapping the ignition switch for...
• Re: Need help - the dreaded flashing red coolant light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:50:52 -0700
  If the coolant LED is flashing all the time, it is quite possibly a problem inside the actual gauge itself. There are some electronic...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:41:48 -0700
  ...Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good > > Mine (84 I-4 conversion faux-Westie) was flashing when I bought it. > Likely a function...
• Re: flashing coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:07:06 -0400
  ...flashing coolant light > Within the last week my coolant light has started flashing at start up each > morning. The light will begin flashing right...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:26:02 -0500 (EST)
  ...Starting my 88' Westy > (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop > flashing. (snip >=20 > When I got to work...
• Re: 4-way flashers, halfway
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:39:20 -0800
  I had the same problem with my flashers and it cleared itself up somehow. No fault with the turn signals or the parking lights...
• Temp Warning Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 18:24:36 -0700
  Hi, Todd- FWIW, my temp light intermittantly goes through periods of flashing. The coolant level and composition is correct, the engine runs fine, and...
• flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:12:27 -0400
  Dear List, The overheat alert light in the water temp gauge of my 83.5 is flashing constantly, though the gauge does not indicate...
• Re: temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:21:47 -0400
  ...Normal indication is that the light flashes for 2-3 seconds after you turn the key on, and then goes out. What happens if...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:01:00 -0500
  Actually, from experience, if the water temp gauge warning light starts flashing AND the temperature gauge is still in its normal range, you can...
• Re: Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light
  Historical mailing list - David Greenland
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:00:14 -0700
  ...Need more help - the dreaded flashing red light > Folks - > > I'm still having some problems with the flashing red coolant light. Maybe > with a...
• flashing coolant light wzup?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:43:27 EDT
  The coolant light in my 85 Westy is flashing long after start up and only goes out after the engine has warmed up. The...
• Re: Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:26:17 -0700
  Good morning William, I had a similar problem - temp light flashing without any overheating. My trusted mechanic found some coolant leaking from the coolant...
• Re: Friday flammables-Flammables vs. combustibles. Flash point.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:51:03 -0400
  ...flash point -The flash point of a volatile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatility_%28chemistry%29> material is the lowest temperature <http://en.wikipedia...
• Fwd: Re: Blinking coolant light
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:26:10 PDT
  ...It flashed perfectly >normally on multiple tries -- until I breathed into the gauge, at which >point it started flashing and continued indefinitely. Case closed...