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Hilux noobie help
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:48 pm
by PLAYToY
Hey all i have a 1988 Hilux surf and I have no idea about some of the lights on the dash. I have had filter, timing belt and charge come up aswell as the turbo and the orange light on the other side come up.
I have checked alternator and changed filter etc but these lights dont seem to go away. Am I not looking at the right thing.
We did go for a swim on wednesday but it still runs fine
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
HiLux lights
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:59 pm
by Desperado
Hiya......
From memory, (it was a long time ago before the hair went grey
), it's a bit of a mileage thing. There's a wee rubber bung / plug on the intrument panel. Remove this and grap a paper clip, straighten it out and give the wee button behind the bung a push. Used to reset my VX Cruiser lights so might work.......
Good luckin
Re: HiLux lights
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:46 pm
by tallsam66
Desperado wrote:Hiya......
From memory, (it was a long time ago before the hair went grey
), it's a bit of a mileage thing. There's a wee rubber bung / plug on the intrument panel. Remove this and grap a paper clip, straighten it out and give the wee button behind the bung a push. Used to reset my VX Cruiser lights so might work.......
Good luckin
That button under the bung is to reset the counter that tells you when you are due to replace the timing belt.....dont press it unless you change it.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:51 pm
by PLAYToY
The lights have all come up at once and the alternator isnt charging the battery. Is this a warning that the alternator is gone or something also
Lights i have up -
Timing Belt
Filter
Turbo
orange light to the right of the turbo
and charge
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:02 pm
by timo
sounds like the brushes in the alternator are worn out
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:52 am
by timotheus
I had this happen 2 weeks ago, pull the bushes out of the alt.
They could be stuck up.
For me it was a combo of the bushes not touching quite right and the relay just inside the drivers guard being filthy.
I just looked for anything electrical, pulled it down and cleaned it.
Its a good way to learn, just remember to do one piece at a time and make the time to do it in one go.
The worst thing is leaving things apart and not remembering where it goes later on.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:57 pm
by Engineer
orange light bside turbo is the turbo overboosting, drill out wastegate hole an put new flap on or get a new actuator