Dan Juday Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Some of you may know I recently acquired an '84 Straman. Last week a yellow warning light lit up on the bottom right corner of the instrument cluster. I didn't get an owners manual with the car and my lame Chiltons manual has no mention of dash lights. The icon looks like an amusement park carousel. I took Auxilarys online class for Japanese pictograms that included the used panty machine but that hasn't helped. Clearly I need another class. I listened to Meatloaf’s "Paradise by the dashboard lights" three times, but that didn't help either. Does this mean the fun-ride is over? Do I need more "wooden horse" power? Help a Z31 noob, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 The little light that looks like a carousel is the low coolant light. The sensor is in the bottom of the overflow tank. Near as I have been able to figure the light is supposed to resemble a radiator. if it doesn't go out when it is full of coolant, or the sensor is unplugged, I highly recomend covering it with Harbor Freight electrical tape. Unless of course you are one of those people who actually expect things to work. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I think the only reason you made this post is because you wanted to refer to yourself as a "noob". Seriously, though, an illuminated carousel logo means the clowns want to get out. No, really: it means the pony has to go poopy. (I got a million of 'em. Really, a million. I can be very annoying when I get started.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Thanks guys, I put water in the recovery bottle and the light went out. What a kick, eh? Now, before I order my new timing belt kit, head temperature sensor, and manual on CD from Courtesy Nissan, is there anything else on this silly car I should replace? '84 non-turbo 139k miles. Yes, I already ordered a new fuel level sender to fix my gas gauge. Oh ya, how do I get the error codes out of the ECM? Scott is so helpful, "The pony has to go poopy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-REX Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I actually read somewhere that at exactly 139K miles, the engine should be replaced with a V8... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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