Wes, I had this happen on my '84 three or four years ago.  As I remember,
the fix was to buy a new voltage regulator for the alternator.  May be some
others can give you better information.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Alden Pegden" <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:53 AM
Subject: battery and oxy lights coming on.

> yo,
>
> You know how whenever you start up your vanagon, the battery and oxy
> lights come on for a couple seconds, and then go off?  Well now mine are
> coming back on whenever my rpm's get low enough (at an idle or near idle,
> for example).  Any ideas whats going on?
>
> Thanks guys,
> wes
> '84 vanagon
>