Mystery orange warning light

Post by **Andy's-Old-Beast** » 11 Jan 2006 05:58 pm

This orange warning light keeps coming on in my instrument cluster, but I have no idea what it is trying to tell me!

It comes on about once a week, then it stays on for an hour or so, then the engine cuts out.

Does anyone have any idea what the light is for and what I can do to fix it?

This is what it looks like:

Can anyone help? Maybe Foggy, with his specialist knowlege of gauges and dials?

Post by **Chris_C** » 11 Jan 2006 06:06 pm

Haha! I hope everyone whos been giving him abuse is prepared either to cover up well if it happens to them, or take extra effort for it not too, I don't think he'd let you live it down

Post by **fidgad** » 11 Jan 2006 09:46 pm

My Dad used to tell me to treat 'Quarter' as empty so you never ran out unless the sender was completely screwed up. No idiot lights in them days .

Post by **redline** » 12 Jan 2006 08:52 am

Is it just a coincidence they are called " idiot " lights or what LOL

Post by **arnagath** » 12 Jan 2006 10:20 am

its warning light for gastank..when you dont have gas, that light blinks sm75

Post by **foggyjames** » 12 Jan 2006 12:33 pm

.....

Trouble is, it doesn't run for an hour!

cheers

James

Post by **Chris_C** » 12 Jan 2006 01:37 pm

It struggles doing 25 miles

I've had to roll down a hill with foot on clutch after not wanting to pay motorway service station prices before, and coasting into the first station in Soton

Post by **5lab** » 12 Jan 2006 08:04 pm

mate.. thats wasteful. if the hills big turn your engine right off

Post by **Chris_C** » 12 Jan 2006 09:14 pm

Did that once.... steering lock came on. Then realised the brake servo wouldn't work

Grand laff!

Post by **classicswede** » 12 Jan 2006 09:27 pm

Vicky has that light on for months. After doing thousands of miles I eventualy decided to rip the petrol tank off and put a resistor between the two wires that went to it. Now gauge always says FULL

Post by **Chris_C** » 12 Jan 2006 09:33 pm

Lol, didn't you wire that up to the gas box? Does that have a pressure gauge on it to tell fullness?

Post by **Japper** » 12 Jan 2006 09:55 pm

A GPL or LPG as we call it in holland doesn't have a pressure gauge but a floating thingy that goes up and down whe the gas levels drops or increases. LPG= liquified petroleum gas.

Post by **arnagath** » 13 Jan 2006 05:58 am

I havent never got balls to try how far I can go when that light blinks

Post by **Cornholio** » 13 Jan 2006 10:30 am

Nah, the light doesn't mean a thing. When the needle passes that little white line on the left you need to think about finding a petrol station though

Post by **foggyjames** » 13 Jan 2006 02:09 pm

I've never seen how far I can go on purpose...

cheers

James