LandyRover23

LandyRover23

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Spent all morning looking on the net trying to find the light that is on on my dash. Cant find it also looked in a online manual that wasnt useful. The Symbol is (as best as i can do it on a pc (!) (P) together. it only comes on when going down a hill.
 
Sorry to hi-jack this thread, but as it's about warning lights it seemed appropriate.
I've got a V8 auto '93 Disco' and recently 1 of the warning has started lighting up, it's only dim but as I have no idea what it means and it is causing me a little concern.
It's the middle light on the bottom row, directly underneath the handbrake light. It would be the coil light on a 200TDI. It looks a bit like a cooking pot with 3 lines coming out the top.
Does anyone have any idea what it is for?
 
LandyRover23 said:
Spent all morning looking on the net trying to find the light that is on on my dash. Cant find it also looked in a online manual that wasnt useful. The Symbol is (as best as i can do it on a pc (!) (P) together. it only comes on when going down a hill.
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i THINK YOU'LL FIND IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH BRAKES:

1. Brake fluid level low;

2. Handbrake coming on a bit;

3. Brake pads worn through.
 
flashpanach said:
Sorry to hi-jack this thread, but as it's about warning lights it seemed appropriate.
I've got a V8 auto '93 Disco' and recently 1 of the warning has started lighting up, it's only dim but as I have no idea what it means and it is causing me a little concern.
It's the middle light on the bottom row, directly underneath the handbrake light. It would be the coil light on a 200TDI. It looks a bit like a cooking pot with 3 lines coming out the top.
Does anyone have any idea what it is for?
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That symbol illuminates when the catalytic converter overheats. It's not fitted to the UK spec vehicles.
 
Thanks for replying:)
Mine's is an import, so that explains why the light's fitted.
I replaced the cats about 6 months ago with a stainless set from Rimmer Bros. The new 1's were missing the housing for 2 strange sensors, so I disconnected them. I did ask on this forum what they were, but no-one had any idea.
As my cats are not connected to any sensors, would it be safe to assume that the light is shorting out somehow?
 
Maybe, maybe not not so don't assume, put a meter on the the sensors first... and see what conditions they require it may be a open circuit to extinquish the lamp.

You could always remove the bulb. :)
 
Thanks for replying Discool:)
I meant that I can assume that my cats are not overheating, as the sensors aren't connected to them anymore.
I broke 1 of the sensors when removing them from the original downpipes.
The thread that I asked about them on before is here; http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f42/1992-3-5-v8-efi-discovery-174635-5.html

There's some pic's of the sensors there. As you can see in the pic's, they connect to an orange box on each inner wing. At the moment I've cut the wires where they come up through the floor, so I'll try disconnecting them and see if the light goes out. If that doesn't work, I'll take the bulb out:)
 
I don't have a clue how the stuff works, my 3.5 didn't have cats and the disco is uk spec so doesn't have overheat sensors, i believe it's only NAS, Japan and possibly Saudi.
 
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