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Subject:Re: Electrical Anomalies (Continued)
From:Stephen Cebula
Date:Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:28 -0700

Thanks everyone for all the input.� I checked my grounds and everything looks good.� As far as the ignition switch goes, it will turn over, but it just won't fire up for a few minutes after it stalls.� Also, my wife noticed that it was blowing out smoke as I was trying to start it.� It doesn't smoke at all when it runs.� The funny thing is that it only does this while idling, never with my foot on the gas or in gear.� The same goes for the flashing temp light..only at idle and usually after idling for a few minutes.

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

From: Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Electrical Anomalies
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 6:27 PM

My dash warning lights are acting strange.� The Alt and OX light come on sporadically for no apparent reason. Sometimes they go out when I shut off the engine, �restart and rev it up.� Sometimes it take 10-15 minutes of driving.� 
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Also, every now and then my temp warning light flashes�while idling, after the initial flash at start-up, even while the engine is relatively cool.� When I turn off the engine and re-start it does its initial flashing and goes out.� I've double checked my connections and everything looks fine...� 
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Another thing that happens from time to time, my engine stalls.� No shuddering, no power loss.� It just shuts off like a switch.� It's happened 3 times now and once it took about 10 minutes before it would start again.
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Everything else seems to be running really well.� Am I missing something here?� Is this just the nature of the beast?� Can anyone tell me what might be going on?
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One more thing...� :)
Is the green light on my refridgerator, the one for the LP pilot light, supposed to come on when I use the 12v setting?� 'cause it does, but�not when I use the 110V.
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Thanks a bunch
Steve

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