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should dash lights flash when i turn key?

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should dash lights flash when i turn key?

when i turn the ignition on my oil light flashes and so does my water temp L.E.D should this happen? i dont remember it doing it before or am i loosing it?? then when i start the engine the flashing stops.

cheers if you can help.

tom

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yes thats ok
JOEL GTI
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Coolant flashes; oil & battery steady on???
                                

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my battery stays on and my oil and coolant flash it just to show the bulbs work is'int it ?
JOEL GTI
1979 mk1 c 1.1L 33k sold :(
1983 mk1 GX 1.5L sold
1983 mk1 gti 1.6 cab sold
1984 mk2 polo 1.0 rat sold
1982 mk1 gti 1.8 sold
1984 mk2 GTI 16V vw motorsport project 16V very rare striped dead!
1985 mk2 GTI 8V runing 140BHP (track car) striping! Dead
1986 mk2 GL 1.8Ldead
1987 mk2 GTI 16V SOLD
Lots of mk3 gti's vr6's and a tdi all sold
1992 mk2 GTI 8V  runout edition sold then bought then sold the bought back and striped!
1990 mk2 GTI 8V in tornado red new car :)

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joelgti said

my battery stays on and my oil and coolant flash it just to show the bulbs work is'int it ?

Yep, just physically checked, the oil flashes as well as coolant. Apparently (not fully sure) you're supposed to wait until the coolant light has stopped flashing, before trying to start the car???  :dontknow: I've had one occasion where I didn't wait for this, and the coolant light never stopped flashing - until I'd turned the ignition off and then on again.
                                

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? you dont have to wait for the coolant light to go out before starting, its just the system checking itself, as soon as the ignition is operated or a few seconds after it should go out as should the oil light!! if it dont then theres a problem :lol:
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great stuff cheers folks!

oh and one more thing when it was realy real cold like -4, my oil buzzer buzzed and light flashed but that was the only time that has ever happend!,
i tapped the dials and its stopped! do you think it was caused by the extreem cold or mabey a dodgy conection? was just a bit worried if it was a dodgy conection and i had no oil pressure, not had a problem since though????

good old mk1 electrics!

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might of been a bit of both worth checking out just incase
np it in the bud before it becomes a major problem :D
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