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Postby declanc » Tue May 31, 2005 2:44 pm

Need your help again!

the orange warning light (top right) comes on now and again, and when I opened the engine oil cap and looked in, to me it looks like its empty, and I know thats not good! When I bought the car, it came with a half drum of Engine Oil, do I just put that in and if so how much :?



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Re: Engine Oil light

Postby soc » Tue May 31, 2005 2:50 pm

declanc wrote:Need your help again!

the orange warning light (top right) comes on now and again, and when I opened the engine oil cap and looked in, to me it looks like its empty, and I know thats not good! When I bought the car, it came with a half drum of Engine Oil, do I just put that in and if so how much :?
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Check the dipstick to see what the oil level is at.....
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Re: Engine Oil light

Postby CJ » Tue May 31, 2005 2:56 pm

declanc wrote:when I opened the engine oil cap and looked in, to me it looks like its empty, and I know thats not good!


shane wrote:Check the dipstick to see what the oil level is at.....


'Nuff said :)

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Postby Dave » Tue May 31, 2005 3:08 pm

sounds like the G-force warning light to me!! :wink:



check your washer fluid declan! :D
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Postby Mustang » Tue May 31, 2005 3:12 pm

DC wrote
the orange warning light (top right) comes on now and again, and when I opened the engine oil cap and looked in, to me it looks like its empty, and I know thats not good! When I bought the car, it came with a half drum of Engine Oil, do I just put that in and if so how much

You sure it's not the windscreen washer bottle light?

when I opened the engine oil cap and looked in, to me it looks like its empty

You'll be able to see oil on the inner surface. Use the dipstick to check the actual level. Don't mean to sound condescending but don't fill up the oil, to the point where you can see the oil level through the filler cap. :!: If so you'd have several litres too many in the sump, which is almost as bad as too little oil!
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Tue May 31, 2005 4:09 pm

http://modifiedfto.co.uk/fto_details/dash.php

Declan - Oil light should be on the left side - take a look at attached link for info on warning lights.
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Postby soc » Tue May 31, 2005 4:51 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:http://modifiedfto.co.uk/fto_details/dash.php

Declan - Oil light should be on the left side - take a look at attached link for info on warning lights.



After looking at the diagrams I'd go with Dave on this - sounds like the G-force meter ;)

FWIW you should monitor your oil levels by checking your dipstick about once a week (better safe than sorry)
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Postby Speedyboy » Tue May 31, 2005 5:15 pm

I just sent you a text Declan ! let me know if you didnt get it !
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Postby declanc » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:33 am

sounds like the G-force warning light to me!!


No, not the G-force, it's working fine :)

I just sent you a text Declan ! let me know if you didnt get it !


Yeah got it thanks, it was just the windscreen washer light!
Bit of a dip stick myself :!:


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Postby soc » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:40 am

declanc wrote:Yeah got it thanks, it was just the windscreen washer light!


Also commonly called the g-force meter :)

Bit of a dip stick myself :!:


Many of us have been there - I know it freaked me out for a few hours once :)
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Postby Dave » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:40 am

everyone gets caught by this at the start!
myself included!
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:39 am

Dave wrote:everyone gets caught by this at the start!
myself included!


Speak for yourself - some of us has done our FTO homework to the extent that it wasn't a surprise. :P :P :P
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Postby Dave » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:42 am

well i suppose i was driving an FTO since i was 19!!
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Postby CJ » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:57 am

Dave wrote:well i suppose i was driving an FTO since i was 19!!


MfFTOs way too old to be driving an FTO since he was 19 :P

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Postby Dean » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:04 pm

Explain the G-force meter?

I am assuming the light goes on if you take off too fast.

Havent pushed it much yet so probably havent seen this.
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Postby CJ » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:13 pm

Dean wrote:Explain the G-force meter?

I am assuming the light goes on if you take off too fast.

Havent pushed it much yet so probably havent seen this.


Hard acceleration is part of it Dean, its also lights up when you hit 0.5 G on cornering. See this link for more info.

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Postby Dean » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:23 pm

Hehe, I dont know what you filled the washer bottle with mustang, but if I squirt the window with it my eyes start watering if I have the air-con on.

Its like pure concentrated evil.
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Postby Mustang » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:26 pm

Dean wrote
Hehe, I dont know what you filled the washer bottle with mustang, but if I squirt the window with it my eyes start watering if I have the air-con on.

Its like pure concentrated evil.

:twisted: :twisted:
Seriously though, it just holts screen wash, blue liquid. Perhaps you are over sensitive?
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Postby Dean » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:44 pm

Mustang wrote:Dean wrote
Hehe, I dont know what you filled the washer bottle with mustang, but if I squirt the window with it my eyes start watering if I have the air-con on.

Its like pure concentrated evil.

:twisted: :twisted:
Seriously though, it just holts screen wash, blue liquid. Perhaps you are over sensitive?


Hehe was it mixed with water?
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