orange light on the dashboard

[beechy]

afternoon

I have a P38 and last night after getting dangerously low to running out of petrol and then filling up an orange light appeared on the right side of the dash that looks like a little engine. What does this mean and should I stop driving it?

[cy88]

Personally I've never seen this. Is it something to do with emissions - I think its the "check engine light" referred to here.....

Rangerovers.net says:

Dirt Buildup in Air Intake Plenum and MAF Sensor: This is another cause of syymptoms like erratic idle, stalling, cutting out at idle and when coasting up to a stoplight and stumbling when accelerating off idle. such. SOmetimes the "check engine light" will come on and sometimes not. Barry Higginbottom had this problem with his '95 Range Rover. All it needed was the air intake around the plenum chamber inlet cleaning. The build up of oily gunge around the throttle valve was sufficient to upset everything at idle speeds. A quick cleanout cured the problem. The Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF) has a passage the air takes separate from the main air flow. You can squirt WD/40, water, alcohol, and/or air through it to clean it out.

ETA: although there are probably many other reasons why it may light up

Edited by cy88 on Friday 20th October 15:14

[bluespanner]

It probably means the ecu has detected a fault somewhere - take it to someone with a testbook to have a look-see.

hth