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Erik Taylor
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 Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 2:46 pm Post subject: Electrical issues |
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| Hey guys I'm having some electrical issues with my van and couldn't find a forum with my exact issues. Its a 1987 vanagon GL with the stock 2.1 engine. About a week ago i got stuck out at my school and had to hotwire my van to get home. It ended up being a ignition switch and i replaced it and everything seemed to be good. Then the amp i have in my van for my sound system blew a fuse and whenever i go to disconnect or reconnect the battery ground it starts sparking. It also just started to have vanagon sydrome. I started looking into this and checking the air flor sensor and it looks brand new and seems to work. I'm thinking that i have a short someplace and all of this issues might be related. Does anybody have suggestions for where it might be or a fix for this. |
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Electrical issues |
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disconnect the amp from all power. it has filtering capacitors that have shorted and will continue to blow fuses. all other symptoms, including a bad ignition switch MAY be due to high current draw from the amp.
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60% of what you find on the internet is wrong, including this post.
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Silverghost500
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Electrical issues |
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Agree with Danhoug. Get that onboard fireworks display out. Then you can start troubleshooting the engine electrical system without risk of an electrical bonfire due to that amp.
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Erik Taylor
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Electrical issues |
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| Well i took the amp out and took it apart and it seems pretty fried. I then took my van on a drive and everything seems to be good. I think that when the ignition switch went out and i jump started it it probably fried the amp. Then the amp was causing the wired rpm driving |
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DanHoug
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Electrical issues |
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If the jump start had fried the amp you’d have other issues. Amp went down first and took other things with it
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'87 Westy & '89 Westy both 2.1 4spd
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