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FBO578
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Symbol in dashboard

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Hi to all,

About a month ago I purchased a 1999 406 HDI and today a light is flashing on my dashboard. It is in the upper right hand corner next to the fog lamp symbol and it is like a tank with lines underneath it. It is not flashing all the time but especially when the vehicle is inclined backwards.

Can anyone tell me what it is indicating?

Thanks
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coolant level?? check the header tank when the car is parked on the level.

im guessing like, but it sounds about right to me.
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Hi there, I reckon it's this one which my handbook says is "Spia livello minimo liquido de raffreddamento" (bluddy Italian import :roll: ) which Babelfish says means "Spy level minimal liquid of cooling". Your cooling system says it needs topping up.
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Welcome in mate! :)
If your coolant level is low check for leaks around the bottom hose area and the thermostat housing. You'll know by the antifreeze residue left behind.
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Thanks guys. I ll check it out. Can anyone send me a user's manual by email? At least what these symbols are referring to?

Thanks again
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Welcome along!

Owners' Handbooks? You'll find them here:

http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com/dd ... _en_us.htm
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They only cover from 2002 onward (close enough?)
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Should be for the most part, with the sole obvious exception of the stalk controls; 2002 onwards would have COM2000, whereas this chap's '99 model won't.
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True. I'm still off trying to find an earlier one though...
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coolant level.....that's it.....and thanks for the link to the manual I can appreciate my 406 better now. People used to tell me it can do this...and do that....and had no clue where to start :)

regards from sunny Malta !
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welcome :mrgreen:

do they still have popeye land in malta , i remember going there for a holiday when i was a young lad
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yep. still up and running as a tourist attraction :)
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