What does this dashboard dial indicate?

[DougMacp]

Hi, this may sound like a daft question but could anyone explain what the furthest left dial on my 406's (2.0 P reg) dashboard is for? It has 1 arrow and the dial has settings from 'off' to 'min' to 'max'. On starting the engine the dial lights-up and the arrow moves to 'max', holds there for a few seconds then drops to 'off'. I wondered if this might be some sort of choke system? I've no manual, I'm afraid.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks.

[steve_earwig]

Hi there, that sounds like the oil level gauge, it turns off because it won't tell you anything useful when the engine's running.

[skyman]

deffo the oil guage indicates oil level before you start the engine then goes off 2.0 r reg saloon owner

[hammerman]

Yes indeed,that is the engine oil level indicator.It only works on start up to tell you the oil level.Once the engine is running,it will go back to "min" or off.

[DougMacp]

Thanks for all replies - this site never lets me down....