Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:23:48 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
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No red lights suddenly coming on. I DO get a red alternator/battery light
when I turn on ignition and start the engine or shift into neutral with
engine running. It has to do with how the harness is made up. I get no
codes from the obd2.
On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 1:17 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Any red lights on instrument cluster? Probably too busy dealing with
> situation to notice. But one time as I was merrily cruising along on
> freeway in the desert, hit a bump in pavement and total red-light alert!
> Motor was still running, made it off freeway, shut down motor....no
> restart. Turns out, it was a broken Ring terminal on the big red wire to
> starter. Apparently it was just hanging on by a thread; when I hit the
> bump on pavement, finally broke loose. (Root cause was numerous fiddling
> with that ring terminal due to several situations with starter, including
> the Subie installation: it cold-
> work hardened, and broke.)
>
> On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 10:33:05 AM PDT, John Rodgers <
> jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I don't know. Had my hands so full dealing with rush hour interstate
> traffic I didn't notice. I'll check it out specifically.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 8:15 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Is the tach dropping dead during the no power event? If not ignition next
> > to look for is fuel starvation. Inlet screen in the tank or pump could be
> > plugged or the fuel may be heating up enough to cause vapor lock.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of John
> > Rodgers
> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 10:58 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
> >
> > Cruising at 65 mph, the engine shuts off as if someone turned off the
> > ignition. Foot held on the gas pedal and vehicle slows on down as if to
> > stop. Let up on the gas pedal for a few seconds, and the engine starts
> back
> > up as if nothing happened. Only OBD2 code is related to the starter and
> > that's because of how it's wired. That's just ignored. Anyone got any
> ideas?
> >
>
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