Warning light

I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the engine
is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could anyone
tell me what it means?

The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial, is
yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation in
it.

Thanks
Stuart

Stuart wrote:
> I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the engine
> is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could anyone
> tell me what it means?
>
> The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial, is
> yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation in
> it.
>
> Thanks
> Stuart
>
>

It's a bulb failure somewhere. If it's the headlights/sidelights/front
indicators, be prepared to lose some knuckle skin...

--
Halmyre

Halmyre > wrote:

> Stuart wrote:
> > I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the engine
> > is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could anyone
> > tell me what it means?
> >
> > The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial, is
> > yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation in
> > it.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stuart
> >
> >
>
> It's a bulb failure somewhere. If it's the headlights/sidelights/front
> indicators, be prepared to lose some knuckle skin...

It could be a sensor playing up. I've had that a couple of times with
ours.
--
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:10:25 +0100, (SteveH), wrote:

>Halmyre > wrote:
>
>> Stuart wrote:
>> > I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the engine
>> > is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could anyone
>> > tell me what it means?
>> >
>> > The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial, is
>> > yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation in
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Stuart
>> >
>> >
>>
>> It's a bulb failure somewhere. If it's the headlights/sidelights/front
>> indicators, be prepared to lose some knuckle skin...
>
>It could be a sensor playing up. I've had that a couple of times with
>ours.

If you find that there are NO failed lights or fuses, you may be unlucky.
This is Exactly what we had 2 weeks ago. New rev counter 300 quid :-(
Pete
--
>
156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso

It's just a broken lightbulb.
If you switch of your lights, the amber warninglight should disappear.

Barry

http://bere-design.tk
"Stuart" > schreef in bericht
...
> I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the engine
> is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could anyone
> tell me what it means?
>
> The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial,
is
> yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation in
> it.
>
> Thanks
> Stuart
>
>

Nothing too serious then, thanks for the info.


"Halmyre" > wrote in message
...
> Stuart wrote:
>> I have a 156 that has just started to show a warning light when the
>> engine is switched on. Unfortunately I have lost the car manual so could
>> anyone tell me what it means?
>>
>> The light is in the lower half of the speedo, right hand instrument dial,
>> is yellow/amber and looks like an inverted light bulb with an exclamation
>> in it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stuart
>
> It's a bulb failure somewhere. If it's the headlights/sidelights/front
> indicators, be prepared to lose some knuckle skin...
>
> --
> Halmyre
>

"Pete" > wrote in message
...
>
> If you find that there are NO failed lights or fuses, you may be unlucky.
> This is Exactly what we had 2 weeks ago. New rev counter 300 quid :-(


£300?!

I'd have just taken out the bulb and resort to manually checking the lights
every once in a while. £300 could go towards getting my poor Sprint back on
the road.

Any donations welcome..

ss.

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 15:34:55 +0000 (UTC), "Synapse Syndrome"
>, wrote:

>
>"Pete" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> If you find that there are NO failed lights or fuses, you may be unlucky.
>> This is Exactly what we had 2 weeks ago. New rev counter 300 quid :-(
>
>
>£300?!
>
>I'd have just taken out the bulb and resort to manually checking the lights
>every once in a while. £300 could go towards getting my poor Sprint back on
>the road.
>
>Any donations welcome..
>
>ss.
>
Unfortunately it was not just the lamp. It was a faulty Rev counter that
caused the bulb/wiring fault indicator to stay alight. The Rev counter was
constantly drawing current and leaving me with starting problems daily.

Just a warning to remind folk that the little light doesn't ONLY mean that
a lamp has blown :-(

Pete
--
>
156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso