Re: Oil warning light

["Gregory D. Girard" <ggirard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,
Best of luck on this reletively minor issue. The only time it is a "routine
but major operation" is when the detection transducer is on the inside of
the engine case and the engine has to be removed and opened to replace it.
I've heard but cannot confirm that such is the case on some BMW engines, for
example. Regardless, nothing to get worked about. I've seen it before on new
bikes and it often happens just after an oil change or on a new bike,
typically self-correcting. In any case, changes are it will get fixed the
next service and you can comforably move on to new worries. Having such a
nice bike will not eliminate worries, but will instead increase the quality
of the worries. With old beaters I had, I would worry if it were going to
start, now I worry if it is going to run for 20,000 miles in a seasion w/out
a mechanical failure that will screw up a trip.

Greg


>> under warrantee.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gillespie <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: Oil warning light


>Gregory D Girard <ggirard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> I'm no mechanic, but it would not be a strech to the speculate that
>> the little oil-level detector widgit in the engine is on the fritz,
>> since that is the part of the system most likely to be flakey.
>
>    Panic over, that's what Chris at Jack Lilley thinks too :-)  *Big*
>sigh of relief at my end; with the first race meeting this Saturday I
>can do without problems with my road bike.
>
>    Chris went on to say that they've seen this problem with the switch
>many times, but have had no actual low oil pressure problems.  A squirt
>of WD40 may help matters.
>
>> Transducers like that are usually the most suspect element in any
>> detection system.
>
>    Bit of a shame really; the boy who cried "wolf!" and all that.
>
>> I would guess this is a routine but major operation that is covered
>> under warrantee.
>
>    Major operation?  The switch is in an oil line on the right hand
>side of the fairing; it can't be *that* difficult to replace.  Can it?
>
>> As far as water in the electrics, it would seem odd to me that this
>> would *cause* the connection necessary to turn the light on rather
>> than cause it malfunction by not coming on when it should through
>> creation of a short circuit or broken/corroded connection.
>
>    It doesn't seem odd to me that unwanted water would cause a short
>which would make the light come on.  What *does* seem odd to me is that
>the warning light went out after the self-test and then came on again.
>
>    Thanks Greg,
>
>                Jim
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