Oil light staying on

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:23 pm

Trying to sort my bike after my off, having problems with the oil light staying on, checked oil switch and is working okplenty engine oil checked for engine damage no cracks no lecks visable.

any suggestions

thanks

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:33 pm

is the oil switch wire rubbed threw some where.

Swampy · Post by **Swampy** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:34 pm

PM Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian)

He has had the same problem and over the past 20 years he has been whittling down the possible causes. He should have it down by now.

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:37 pm

swampy wrote:PM Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) ( Super Nanny )

He has had the same problem and over the past 20 years he has been whittling down the possible causes. He should have it down by now.

well i can only say. buy a suzuki

Post by al » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:49 pm

swampy wrote:PM Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) ( Super Nanny )

He has had the same problem and over the past 20 years he has been whittling down the possible causes. He should have it down by now.

I just disconnected the bulb, that stopped it coming on!!!

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:11 am

i disconected the switch and the light went off , reconected and it came back on , could it still be faulty?

coullstar · Post by **coullstar** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:03 am

Not sure on that but I know one of my old cars had the light come on with low oil pressure. When were the filter and oil last replaced?

phatkat · Post by **phatkat** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:00 am

shortassrider wrote:i disconected the switch and the light went off , reconected and it came back on , could it still be faulty?

Well you were doing what the switch does, the switch completes the circuit, I would try another switch but it could still be a wiring fault, if a wire is rubbed through and the wire is going to earth then its acting like the switch, I would get a hold of an oil pressure gauge, it could be the pump...

dude900 · Post by **dude900** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:53 am

ever thought about using a garage ?????????,

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:01 am

shortassrider wrote: the oil light staying on

its a bit like my other half. the lights on but no one home

Post by al » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:22 am

dude900 wrote:ever thought about using a garage ?????????,

No guarantee a garage will be able to get to the bottom without expending a lot of time on the bike going through a process of elimination.

Hopefully in this case it's just the oil pressure switch that is at fault which is usually pretty painless to change out.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:42 pm

dude900 wrote:ever thought about using a garage ?????????,

No ,ill stick with the oil pressure switch , its lighter cheeper and less awkward

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:36 pm

How can i tell its not the oil pump or something serious without seizing the engine.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:46 pm

Remove the oil pressure switch and replace with an oil pressure gauge, you should be getting around 40psi+ above 4k rpm and about 15psi at idle, if you have less than that contact the dealer and ask them what pressure you should have with a diagnostic gauge.

If all is well then change your switch/sender unit.

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:50 pm

Thanks buddy

anyone got an oil pressure gauge i can borrow

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:06 pm

I Took the oil switch out and crancked the bike over , no oil came out . would the oil jet out if there was an air lock , anyone ?

Newbus · Post by **Newbus** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:57 pm

shortassrider wrote:I Took the oil switch out and crancked the bike over , no oil came out . would the oil jet out if there was an air lock , anyone ?

That dont sound good.Airlock could be one reason. Other could be faulty oil pump. There should be at least some oil coming out.

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:15 pm

Newbus wrote:
shortassrider wrote:I Took the oil switch out and crancked the bike over , no oil came out . would the oil jet out if there was an air lock , anyone ?
That dont sound good.Airlock could be one reason. Other could be faulty oil pump. There should be at least some oil coming out.

i agree with this man. threre should be some oil come out.

baldy · Post by **baldy** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:06 am

If the Bike fell over then it could be possible the Pump itself has an air-lock its not the normal place to get one on a bike tho cranking it over should shift air and draw in oil

Its usually where the sensor goes into the block you get the airlock which causes the switch to think you have no oil.Oil pick up pipe blocked maybe ?

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:31 am

maybe you should try and put bike on to opposite side that it was on and give it a couple of windes over and see if it shifts the air lock. thats if it is an air lock. if that dont work i think i would be taking the motor out to fit a new oil pump.

IZINBARD · Post by **IZINBARD** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:14 pm

you have actually checked to see if there is oil in the engine and that it is at the full mark haven't you?

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:27 pm

course there was oil ye cheeky bugger :I can't believe it's not butter! . changed the oil pressure switch , changed oil and filter to get rid of any possible airlock. oil light still staying on . read a print off from another website that baldy gave me earlier in the week and it mentioned something very simple to check . sit the bike upright start the bike and check if oil level drops , and it did , lots , thank f*ck I can't believe it's not butter! . so looks likely that you were right first time around garymitch, oil switch wire earthing somewhere. fwewwww

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:42 pm

no probs mate .allways happy to help.

shortassrider · Post by **shortassrider** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:52 am

taken front faren off to replace indicator and oil light has gone off now. HOWEVER, oil glass has gone white with condiset. the bike has been sitting idle most of the time because of the oil light problem , sitting outside with a cover over it .do you think this is the problem or could it be something more sinister due to the off . she sounds a wee bit tinkery . i think ,or mabe its me worrying about nothing.

oh , the oil and filter was changed last week.

garymitch · Post by **garymitch** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:24 am

its more than likly it just needing to be run.

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