BEATS ME ......................... why people so often don't mention WHAT
YEAR and VERSION  vanagon they are asking about  !!
..
cause  if it's a diesel vanagon ..
or a 1.9 waterboxer one, or an air-cooled one, there won't be any durn oil
pressure buzzer system.

buzzing relay ..I've heard that a few times..
it's not in the dash ..
but I have heard many buzzing glow plug relays on diesel vanagons.

Ever seen that thing about ordering parts ..
'just give me year, make and model' ..

it's the same thing ..
people must not realize it...... ..but year and version and model and what
type trans of the  vanagon people are asking about makes all the difference
in the world.  .............in helping people give useful suggestions.

trust me ..
a 'diagnostic mind' is instantly putting many factors together to get an
idea what might be going on ..
some of which are year, model, and type of engine ....and type of trans ...
those all factor in .
when you don't need to ask ..what year ? ..what engine   ? .
it makes it so much easier.

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing

My first thought is oil pressure buzzer.

But.... it's pretty quiet in the file you posted, so maybe a relay going
hinky?

I would check if it's happening at stand still at idle or higher rpm.
If no, maybe something in speedo is buzzing. If yes, I'd look toward
electrical. Try driving with the cluster cover off. See if that
doesn't help pinpoint where it's coming from.

Neil.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com>
wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I have been having a strange dash buzzing sound. Very hard to describe so
> I recorded it for you all to hear. It sounds like it is coming from the
> center or left side of the instrument console. Can't be sure.
>
> http://public.me.com/rmstewart
>
> The file is - Van electrical noise from dash.m4a
>

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