Generator Indicator Light; Check Engine Light; Wait Indicator Light; Water In Fuel Indicator Light - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

Ganer.or Indicator
Ught ' .
The VOLT light Is
deSiQnoo
to
~
on when the ·ignition
key
is in the " RUN"
PoSition.
but
before tHe engine
Is
. S tarted.
After
ttie
engine .
stab.
tOe
light
shouk:!@
cot
and
remain
out tf
the·iight
reffiains on
when ·engine
is rtrlning.
have yoUr authorized dealer lOcate
aiid
correct the trouble as sOon as poSsible;
. "Check Engine"
.uQht
Most gasoine
engine
vehicles
sold in the
tWted
States
(..Kt.
some . vehicles
sold In Canada) have
the
Computer
CorTmand :Con~olsystem.
tf
yoUr
vehicle
has
1M
Computer Command· Control system. a
"Check Engine"
light on the instrument
panel is designed 10
rome on
dwing engine
stating to
let
you
knOw
the bulb
is
working. (The light will
stay oil a short lime
after
the
engine
starts.)
If the IiQtrtcomes· on while driving. servica ·lO .the COmpWir
Command
Control system may be required. Although.
the
vehicle may stin
be
driv~
see
yotM"
authoriied
dealer
as soon as·
possibte
fOI'
an inSpectIon
of
the system.·· . . .
COntinued
Bivlng Without · having ·the Cornputef Command Control ·system
serviced ·could cause ·damage lO :the ·emission
~
system."
0CiUk:j
also
affect
fuel
economy encfdrivabilily. .
See also · "Computer
Command
Control System"
in
"Service and
Maintenance~
.. SeCtion 5 01
thi$ rrunaaI.
"Choke" Ught (Guollne Engine)
01
vehicles
equipped
with
(he
optional.
<Ii!
Pressure gage.
Of
a
~
oil
waroing . l Ight. a separate choke:
WEming
~t
is used
. a JaI:Ig. with ·· the oil
pressure
Ig~
.or gage
to
replace the oil/choke light. The light is deSigr)8d to
come on when the ignition is turned on, 10 provide a "bulb
ch8ck."
but
shook:!
go out after
the ·engiQe
is·
s&arted.
If
1he
19rt."
to. come on with the ignition
turned on.
it·
couId'indica1e
a burned
out
bub. a.defective I!l6ectric
choke
heater
circuit or a blown
lnstrtJrner:lt lamp
fuse. ' .
"'VE SYSlSI AEPAIAEO F
LJGHT
IXJen'Q"
COME ON 0UAtNG·CHECK.
W the ight
come&
on
during. _ _ atiOn, the
en9".·shoold·be _
and
the
trouble located and'correCted.·
NOTICE: ..
~
to
!\lit"""
with . . . . . . . . . ,
"CHOKE" .... _
e...
~,..., .m...c~
...............
~-.1iI ,....In·-w.cs.n.roalottt.
Yehle::... ' .
"Wlllt"
Indicator·
Light
This light is
IncIIJded
on
all vetWctes equipped.
with a dieselrengine.,
The
ight
indicates when the
glow ·plug system_ is
operating.
For further iofonnatlon refer
to
"Starting
The
Diesel
Engine,"
In
this
section.
"W ......
in
Fuel" Indicotor Ught
Vehicles with diesel engines have a
.'~ater
In Fuel" light 10' warn
of
excessive
water in the
~
system. For
ctetaus
of
how
this-
!iglI
works,
see "OieseLFuef
~rements Md Fuel System" in
s,ctlon
2_ ot this manual.
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