Dash Light HELP!!

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

So the white one without the bulb is the OXS sensor light and it should not have a bulb now. OK that's fine, but I'd really like to know for sure on the other one. Right now it's in the hole for the idiot light that looks like an engine or tranie with a little electrical emblem in it. What is that one for? Should there have been a light in it? I just stuck it in there because I didn't want to loose it in the dash. Can anyone confirm what this one is really? The one I'm talking about is this one:

>The second one that was just hanging loose in the dash was a black
>straight socket. The light comes on when the ignition is turned on and it
>stays on until the engine is started, then goes off. It  has a black&white wire and a
>lime green&pinkish-red wire. Can anyone tell me where this one goes?

TIA,

Dave
1987 Audi Coupe GT Special Build 2.3 - Anthracite black
1998 VW Passt GLS 1.8T mit UPsolute - FOR SALE WAY BELOW BOOK

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lum [mailto:tlum at flash.net]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:21 PM
To: David Ullrich - 0018 HQ
Subject: Re: Dash Light HELP!!


At 07:24 AM 2/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I took my dash apart to figure out why one panel (digital dash on 87.5
>CGT) wouldn't light. I got it out an noticed 3 BIG problems. There were 3
>lights that had completely fallen out   Yikes! I'm hoping someone has a
>diagram and can help me figure out what does what.
>
>1 that fell out was the backlight for the right hand panel. I knew where
>that went and put it back in (thanks for this list's help). But the 2
>others, I'm not sure where they belong. One has a white L shaped socket
>and has a blue&black wire and a green&bown wire. This socket didn't even
>have a bulb in it, so I have no idea if it comes on with the ignition. Can
>anyone tell me where this does? What kind of bulb does it take?
>
>The second one that was just hanging loose in the dash was a black
>straight socket. The light comes on when the ignition is turned on and it
>stays on until the engine is started. It  has a black&white wire and a
>lime green&pinkish-red wire. Can anyone tell me where this one goes? There
>were several (something like 4) open slots on the back of the dash for
>lights...
>
>Please help a brother out again! :)
>
>Dave
>1987 Coupe GT Special Build 2.3 - Anthracite Black
>1998 VW Passat GLS 1.8T mit UPsolute - For sale, WAY BELOW BOOK

Hi Dave,

I don't remember exactly, but one of those sockets is for the passenger
belt warning light.  The other that stays on with the ignition is almost
surely the OXS sensor warning light.  For some freakin reason, the OXS
light is not resettable on the digital dash.  Once the light activates at
40 K miles, its on forever.  The book say to discard the bulb.  I didn't
believe it, so I put the bulb in and sure enough I had to take it out again.

HTH,

-Tony
1987.5 coupe GT, alpine white