Does the L Series have a fuel light?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:37 pm

Just had a look an an 89 Owners manual and it shows a fuel light for models GL and turbo models with a tacho, it isn't shown on DL models that have just the speedo

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:56 pm

Suparoo wrote:Just had a look an an 89 Owners manual and it shows a fuel light for models GL and turbo models with a tacho, it isn't shown on DL models that have just the speedo

Bear in mind that the 89 GL and the turboes are all fuel injected, whereas the DL is carb, and I think thats where the common thread is - if fuel injected, you will have it. If carb you wont.

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:48 pm

i've got a 89 EFI touring wagon with an ej conversion. Should it have one? I have never noticed the warning light go on

hopefully i have it and it works. I'll just keep on driving til it dies and see LOL.

Battlewagon · Post by **Battlewagon** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:27 pm

I need to look at my fuel sender then, see if it has two wires or three.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:13 pm

throw a spanner in ya theory - that it is efi's that got working warning light - to save high presure pump run dry GOOD THEORY anyway,, my NOV87 make date was carb Touring Wagon, also my owners manual referred to this model

T'subaru · Post by **T'subaru** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:48 am

steptoe wrote:throw a spanner in ya theory - that it is efi's that got working warning light - to save high presure pump run dry GOOD THEORY anyway,, my NOV87 make date was carb Touring Wagon, also my owners manual referred to this model

I think your on to something there Steptoe, I checked my 3 L turbo models, except the digi dash ( no battery ) and a spfi all had the light as verified in my manual, recall the rx and wagon worked fine

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:11 am

Yep drove the car dry yesterday and it definitely has a fuel light:)

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:23 pm

guyph_01 wrote:Yep drove the car dry yesterday and it definitely has a fuel light:)

Interesting - what year is yours guyph? My subi is an '88 model running a full '91 touring wagon wiring loom and I've had the fuel guage off the bottom of the "E" for empty

but no fuel light to show.

I've got the touring wagon dash and loom behind the dashboard as well. I'm sure my fuel guage sender unit is a three wire job - will have to confirm next time I'm down in the staff carpark after I've dug all the shit out of the wheel well that lives there now...

Cheers

Bennie

thatsgoodsquishy · Post by **thatsgoodsquishy** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:56 pm

Im 95% sure my 85 Touring wagon had one, im on my third suby since then though so my memory is a bit hazy. Was a fairly bland little orange square that didn't really grab your attention, maybe it got dropped at the same time as the adjustable suspension? In whatever supposed "upgrade" that was

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:44 pm

Its a 89. If you have a good look, you can actually see it. its under the zero kinda in the middle of the flat bar.
In the middle of the red circle. A small black upright rectangle.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:00 am

guyph_01 wrote:Its a 89. If you have a good look, you can actually see it. its under the zero kinda in the middle of the flat bar.
In the middle of the red circle. A small black upright rectangle.

Yeah I've seen that before. In that pick is it lit up? as it doesn't look like it! I've had my guage that low as well and have not seen the light come on...

Cheers

Bennie

SUBYDAZZ · Post by **SUBYDAZZ** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:00 am

I think you'll find GL and RX models had fuel lights and the DLs didn't/ This may have varied throughout the model life though. I had a GL that had one, and a DL that didn't. Most won't work now because they are so old, the send dies and it's very expensive to replace. There are either two or three senders depending on the model. One is for the low fuel light and the others are for the fuel gauge itself.