Oil/Choke Indicator Light; Oil Pressure Light; Engine Coolant Temperature Light - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

• Fuel station
pump
may shut on before
fuel
gage indicates
FUU..
• Amount of
fuel
required for fill·up may
not
exactly correspond
to gage.
• Needle
may
not
rncWe
away from FULL until some time after fill-up.
• Needle may move
~ing
turns,
stops and
accelerations.
When ,the ignition
switch
is turned
10
the
OFF
position~
the needle will not
necessarily. return all the way, to the EMPTY 'mark.
Oil/C~oke
-'nd'cator Light (Gasoline Engine)
this light will come on to provide a "bulb check· ... when the i!11ition is turned
on, but
shOuld
go o' u t after the engine
is
started. "
light failS
10
come on with
ignition, tumed on,
it could
indicate a burned-out bulb, or a blown 'instrument
lamp fuse
or
a defective electric choke heater circuit. Have
system
repaired if
light does
not
come on during check.
OccasionaUy, this light may
flicker
momentarily while the engine is running.
Shoold this occur,
CHECK ENGINe: OIL LEVEL
as
outJined in Section
5
"Checking Oil Level." H the light
comes
on
continuously, pull over to
a
safe
place and
STOP
THE
ENGINE
until
the
source
of
trouble can
be located
and
corrected. The source
of
the trouble could be any
01'
the following:
• Loss
~
engine oil
pr~sure
(Check. engine oil
level)
• Blown-lnstrurnem
Lamp:fLise.
• Blown - choke heater
fuse.
. • Loss
01'
electric choke heater vo.!tage .
. NonCE:
Continlling
to
nln 1he
engine
.iIh
.n
il ....
rnn.ted
oII/ cr.oll*
~
till
c:auw
_10111 .n~ cHI~ or
uIIIIMI.11y hlifo
.xtiautt.)'&teIn~,..
which CIIn
resuII:
In
.ariau.
!Ssm.
to the
vehicle.
Oil Pressure Light.JDiesel Only)
When the ignition is, turned
10
"Run," the "Oil" warning lighi appears until the
engine is started. Thereafter, the light. should
be
ott
unless there
is
insufticlent
oil pressure
or
engine idle
speed
is
belOw
normal. If the light-should
come
on
at
any
time -while driving (other than momentarily at idle
_ speed
or
after-
a
sudden stop),
stop
i~iately ancI
irlvestigate
the
cause
()I low oil pressu-e.
This could
pos$ibty
!?e. ·caused
by low
oi\-"level in
'the crankcase.
Engine
operation,
with
low Oil preSsure
will
cause
damage to the
engine.
Engine Coolant TemPerature Ught
This light is
~ati;ld
in
- ! be
instrument -cluster
and
is
~igned
lQ ·come on IQ
warn the driver that the engine
coolant
has overheated and immediate
aCtion
is
required to cOrreet
t~
·condition. As
8
'check that the, bUlb and its circuit are
working, the
fight isatso -designed
to
come
on -Wring
engine
Starting.
If
the
light does
not
come on ooring thiseheck, have it -repaired
,as soon as
possible.
If the light comes ,on at any other
time,:
lake the steps outlined under "Engine
Cooling System Overheating" in ''In 'Case
Of
Emergency;" section, 3 Of this
manual.
CAlITION: It
1tle Engfne CooIIInt
T."...,l1ure 1Ft
~
on or
YO\! ....
GUM
~
to
tlUtpeClthe
..,.ms
m.y "-
onrhwIine.,
conInued
OpW.oo..
Gf the .....
EVEN FOR A SHORT nIlE ""'Y
~n
III • ,...
and
thI
pceslbllIty of . - - . "jllry MCII
or ___ wthIc .. danwga. T ...
·lmmect ....
action _
outII,.. ....
"EngIne CooII"I
SyMem
0v«IIHting"
in
s.ction
3 of lI)iI_ ....
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