warning light escudo

[wildplumdx]

hey guys my escudo has a red warning light that never goes away on the dash, its on the top right and its a little like diff looking thing with little heat waves coming off it ? no idea what it is ? does anyone know of a manual to download ?

Thanks!

[icekayak]

what year?

[Big-AL]

some one told me it had something to do with the cataylatic converter, i have had 3 escudos and they have all had that light on.

[wildplumdx]

its a 91 and yeah i heard not to worry about it would just like to know what it is and i'd say cataylatic converter is correct! thanks, should i remove it or leave it ? they sap power dont they ?

[Heath]

Just find the wire from the cat and either cut it or short it out (cant remember how the switch works to get it to go out). Have you removed the cat? If not maybe it worth looking at it, could be faulty and replace it with a resonator?

[Weemsy]

cutting the wire at the cat just makes the light dim (on my 92 5dr).
4 screws, pull out the dash panel, 4 more screws, pull out the clocks. remove bulb.
very easy to do.
its an exhaust temperature light to warn of a blocked cat and the switches are shite by the number of failures ive heard about.
i fitted extractors and removed the cat. (then had problems but thats another story )
feels like a new motor now.
hope this helps.
weemsy

[wildplumdx]

yeah maybe i'll remove it and put in a a normal muffler thing ! cheers guys

[lneil]

Definitely recommend removing the cat. In most imports, the cats run a much finer mesh than MZ spec cars and do actually block up on our crap 91 octane. They can sometimes be cleared out with a good, long, hot run. That's why I run at least 95 in all my vehicles. If you just want the light off, remove the cat-sensor wire from the cat' end and earth it out.