1990 Buick Dashboard Display/Service Engine Question

this morning i was driving and as i was driving, the check engine
light flicked on, then off almost imediately... then at the same time
a light right above the gas guage flicked as well, so fast i couldnt
tell what it was... I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.

Anyway... about 2 hours later, i was accelerating to highway speed and
the car bucked, and jerked before kicking into speed... the service
engine light came on and stayed on.... until i shut the car off when i
started it back up, the light was off....

the car had no problem reaching highway speed after that......

my questions are:

1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.

2) any idea what the buck was?


1990 Buick Century
v9 3.3 liter engine
65,000 miles.

> 1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
> manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.

When you turn the key to the "run" position, all the dash lights should
light up for a second or two. Unless the bulb burned out as it came on.

Steve

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:25:51 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
<stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:

>> 1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
>> manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.
>
>When you turn the key to the "run" position, all the dash lights should
>light up for a second or two. Unless the bulb burned out as it came on.
>
>Steve
>


not all the lights come on, a few stay off, the one above the gas
gauge is one of them.

Try shinging a flashlight in the area where the light is, maybe you'll see
the outline.

Steve

"grim reaper" <grimreaper@hell.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:25:51 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
> <stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>>> 1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
>>> manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.
>>
>>When you turn the key to the "run" position, all the dash lights should
>>light up for a second or two. Unless the bulb burned out as it came on.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
>
> not all the lights come on, a few stay off, the one above the gas
> gauge is one of them.
>

Why bother responding in the first place if your clueless.


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 1044 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
<stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:

>Try shinging a flashlight in the area where the light is, maybe you'll see
>the outline.
>
>Steve
>
>"grim reaper" <grimreaper@hell.com> wrote in message
>news:krja2191srcl9qhgul35msd8g77frl1nfa@4ax.com.. .
>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:25:51 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
>> <stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> 1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
>>>> manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.
>>>
>>>When you turn the key to the "run" position, all the dash lights should
>>>light up for a second or two. Unless the bulb burned out as it came on.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>> not all the lights come on, a few stay off, the one above the gas
>> gauge is one of them.
>>
>

plonk.......

"grim reaper" <grimreaper@hell.com> wrote in message
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>
> Why bother responding in the first place if your clueless.
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 1044 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
> <stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>>Try shinging a flashlight in the area where the light is, maybe you'll see
>>the outline.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>"grim reaper" <grimreaper@hell.com> wrote in message
>>news:krja2191srcl9qhgul35msd8g77frl1nfa@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:25:51 -0500, "Steve Mackie"
>>> <stevemackie@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> 1) what is the light above the gas guage, i couldnt find it in the
>>>>> manual. I had more then 1/2 a tank of gas at the time.
>>>>
>>>>When you turn the key to the "run" position, all the dash lights should
>>>>light up for a second or two. Unless the bulb burned out as it came on.
>>>>
>>>>Steve
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> not all the lights come on, a few stay off, the one above the gas
>>> gauge is one of them.
>>>
>>
>

sounds like a fuel problem. Try some fuel injector cleaner. CD2 is
good one. If an injector is clogged, it will cause misfires. That i
why the SES light would come on then go off. The code is stored i
your computer- scan for codes. It will most likely show a cylinde
misfire