first off folks, its definitely not the cel light.

but recently, and only a couple of times so far, an orange or yellow light has flickered on my dash when hard accelerating in second. its on the same line as the airbag display when you turn the key,sort of just above the steering wheel. not got a pic as it just flickers.

the only thing i can think of is the intercooler spray being low, but surely it would just be on rather than flicker so fast i cant see what it looks like. im pretty sure its orange..or yellow lol.


please help as i'm paranoid now

 

I would suggest you rule out the IC spray light first, have you checked the water level?

 

Doesn't the I/C Spray light flicker on/off when it's actually spraying?

I thought it only stayed on when the water needed topping up?

 

It will flicker when you accelerate as the level is moving in the bottle. Mine does it... just top the tank in the boot up

 

as above

 

+1

 

the STi doesnt have the I/C waterspray in the boot only Spec C's have this the i/c spray on a newage sti is under the bonnet passenger side

HTH

 

UK cars have it in the boot.

Mine is in the boot (MY03 STi).

My brothers under the bonnet though (MY04 JDM STi)

 

I had the same and it turned out to be the I/C light, I was paranoid for a while too.
Topped it up to 3/4 (to avoid the water freezing, tank breaking) and its never happened again.

 

If you have the 12 ltr one attached to the back of the seat then its an aftermarket fitment not a standard item (to my knowledge anyway)

 

Mine is in the boot too (MY02 STi)

 

maybe the UK's were different then

 

Yep

 

If it looks like this then its not the standard location for it



if its a smaller one fitted behind one of the rear lights or similar it might be something that was standard on UK cars although i have never seen it

 

UK STi's have the tank fitted between the drivers side rear light and wheel arch.

Can't find a pic anywhere.

 

ahh well there you go.Ignore my previous posts then as i only really know about the JDM cars

Got a bit of a conversation going though

 

 

Defo type Uk in boot as MY 04 Sti

 

thanks for the replies folks, it was quite low, so i pressed it lots of times and got it lower, and under acceleration it comes on long enough to read it now so i topped it up when i got in from work.

and its in the boot lol