Silly little fairy lights!!

[robssr]

Hi Guys and gals,

I have Recently purchased a narrow bodied 2.4 td surf (89 on a G) I seem to have a similar problem to a lot of other people on this forum i.e. green and orange dash lights..... Oh god not another one i hear you say!!

The problem I seem to have is that the green turbo light comes on when turning the ignition on then once the engine is running and being driven at any speed regardless of rpm the light does not come on?? I'm not to bothered as it seems to pull fairly well and whistles away nicely but the power does seem to peak at about 2800 rpm although it will carry on reving past that all the way to the rev limiter but with not enough torque to pull the skin of a rice pudding!!

Is this normal??

Also the pretty little orange light does not seem to do anything except give a very dim glow which is just visible at night with the lights turned off. I'm pretty sure thats supposed to come on when you turn the ignition on and then go out and stay out while the car is running/being driven??

I have checked the vast amount of hoses and connections to the many sensors located around the boost sensor and no splits or breaks in wires, also I have checked that they are all correctly connected. And I have checked the larger hoses coming from the turbo to the inlet manifold and all seems well.

I am going to try shorting the dianostics plug tomorrow and see if I get any flashes from the dashboard, although I don't think I will get any joy as the light doesn't seem to work properly anyway.... Also I'm going to try disconecting the battery to see if that resets anything apart from the clock and loosing the preset radio 2 on the stereo (should improve it straight away)

I was just wondering if any of you surfing experts had ever come across any similar problems with your vehicles and if so could throw me a bit of advice.

Apart from the horrible noise I get on a full lock, left or right which I am going to tackle with a smear of grease tomorrow I am really pleased with it and everything else seems to work fine (touch wood)

Any advice will be much appreciated.

Cheers Guys and Gals

[D-Piddy]

i had exactly the same problem with my SSR-G when i picked it up. the green light is the turbo light and should come on whenever it is working. mine wasnt coming on because the turbo wasnt connected to the engine properly, the couplings had come off in transit so had to be re attached. you'll notice a big improvemrnt when its connected. i still had turbo whine but it wasnt connected.

the red light is the engine management light and should only come on if there is a prob with the engine.

[robssr]

Thanks for that, I will get out there now and check to see if anything is loose. Just went and bought some BF GOODRICH tyres and it now looks like a real monster so I'm really happy. I suppose it goes without saying you had a big increase in power??

Rob

[D-Piddy]

yeah, it was pretty significant. it meant that i could pull out on a roundabout with some confidence!!!!!!

but...... dont expect to be beating anyone off the lights.