It is two vertical lines that frame what looks like a plane flying towards you (a small circle in the centre with horizontally slanted wings coming out of it). I took a photo and it is posted here: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/burrwati/wtfnow.jpg
2006-11-27 05:23:20 · 8 answers · asked by gingerwombat 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volkswagen
That is the symbol for the 'choke'.
It's a MkII Golf yeah? Guessing that the light comes on on cold mornings and goes out after a while. It's an system of increaseing the revs of the engine when cold, so that the car doesn't stall...
2006-11-27 05:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the tell-tale light for the choke (more technically known as the idle enrichment valve).
I'm assuming its not got a fuel-injected engine.
In cold weather it is often necessary to provide the engine with a little extra fuel to get it started and keep it running until the engine reaches its normal operating temperature. This is done by opening the "choke", letting more fuel into the engine. When you do this, the light will come on. When the engine has warmed up, you close the "choke" and the light goes out. The light is to remind you that you have opened it, as the engine will run less efficiently with it open once it has reached normal temperature.
With modern fuel-injected cars, this function is taken care of by the electronically-controlled injection system, so modern cars no longer have choke lights or levers.
The choke lever on this car is probably a pull-out type, located at the bottom of the dashboard, pretty much directly below the light you pictured. However, it could be that the choke is automatic, or that the car is injected, but that the same light panel was used as on versions of that car with a manual choke.
2006-11-28 08:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the warning symbol for the choke there will be somewhere on the dash a small knob which you pull out and push in if not make sure Somone has not wire rd the stereo to the wiring for the switch
2006-11-29 16:23:00 · answer #3 · answered by big al 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the symbol for the 'choke'
2006-11-30 18:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by Bajan Deane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When its lit the choke is on
2006-11-27 15:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by tommys 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like the choke waring light to me , look in the handbook , it will tell you there
2006-11-27 13:27:23 · answer #6 · answered by welshelf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the choke
2006-11-27 13:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by realkool01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the choke when it is lit its on
2006-11-27 13:26:56 · answer #8 · answered by andy f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋