driving home today nice and steady and noticed the orange engine light on the dash is on what does this mean car still seems to drive ok.is it safe to drive??? please help

 

check fault codes.

.....search on here, plenty of info how to do it.

 

is there any way of resetting the light its a 02 bugeye by the way

 

sorted it, just disconnected the battery for ten mins and all well

 

had mine reset 4 times now on 02 bugeye sti with 0304 code. i did the reset thing and cleaned maf and come back on within a week -doing me head in-cant stand seeing it on dash !

 

So you've cleared a CEL without checking to see what the fault is

Hopefully it's nothing but you should check for faults as it may cost you in the long run.
Can't remember if its possible on a newage, think it maybe, but certainly so on a classic using the green and black connectors under the dash.

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New Ages require PC/laptop, program and OBDII cable:-

Introduction

You may want to reset your ECU because you want to clear a fault code or simply to let you ECU re-learn your settings again, say after a modification or change in fuel (octane).
In summary classic Impreza’s can be manually reset and new age Impreza’s onwards have to reset using a tool plugged in to the diagnostics port.
New Age (Denso) ECU Reset

The Denso ECU’s don’t have a manual reset function like the JECS ones. The Denso units apparently have a non-volatile RAM, so even disconnecting the battery won’t do it. The only way to reset these ECUs is via the OBDII diagnostics port using a computer. Until recently this has only possible at the main dealer or using other commercial solutions e.g. Delta Dash or SECS.
What follows is a description of resetting your Newage ECU using ecuExplorer which, at the time of writing, is distributed free by TARI Racing. This software is described in more detail in the ECU diagnostics and data logging technical article.

1. Download and install the latest release of ecuExplorer
2. Connect up to the OBDII diagnostics port with reference to the connecting to your ECU technical article.
3. Turn on your ignition
4. Invoke ecuExplorer and select the Tools → Reset ECU option as illustrated in the figure below.
5. To complete the reset, turn your ignition off, back on, then start your car.

Figure 1 - ecuExplorer Reset ECU option