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From: Lionel on 13 Mar 2010 20:20 Hi All, On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 000kms). Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the ground. It's due for an oil and filter change. Any ideas? Cheers Lionel.
From: Moike on 14 Mar 2010 07:00 Lionel wrote: > Hi All, > > On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for > those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 > 000kms). > > Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about > 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. > > The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, > tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the > ground. > > It's due for an oil and filter change. > > Any ideas? > > > > Cheers > > Lionel. Oil pump? On most bikes, the oil light is not a warning of impending damage, it's a notification. Moike
From: George W Frost on 14 Mar 2010 08:31 > Lionel wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for those >> who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 000kms). >> >> Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about >> 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. >> >> The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, tiny >> bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the ground. >> >> It's due for an oil and filter change. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Lionel. Souneds liuke an oil pump problem, blocked or something Could be the result of a faulty pump when you go up that steep hill and isn't picking the oil up
From: Lars Chance on 14 Mar 2010 09:40 Moike wrote: > Lionel wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for >> those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 >> 000kms). >> >> Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about >> 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. >> >> The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, >> tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the >> ground. >> >> It's due for an oil and filter change. >> >> Any ideas? >> > Oil pump? > > On most bikes, the oil light is not a warning of impending damage, it's > a notification. > It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level light. P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index number). That can cause trouble. -- Elsie. (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)
From: Nev.. on 14 Mar 2010 10:02
Lars Chance wrote: > Moike wrote: >> Lionel wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for >>> those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 >>> 000kms). >>> >>> Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about >>> 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. >>> >>> The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, >>> tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the >>> ground. >>> >>> It's due for an oil and filter change. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >> Oil pump? >> >> On most bikes, the oil light is not a warning of impending damage, >> it's a notification. >> > It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level > light. > P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index > number). That can cause trouble. Do engines have oil level lights? Would have thought there wouldn't be a "level" when the engine was operating, only an acceptable pressure range. I think the hint to the solution is that it happens when the bike is going up a steep hill. I have heard stories of people who do very long wheelies having the same sort of oil light problems, i.e. the oil pickup in the sump is designed to work when the bike is on level ground, and when you tip the engine past a certain angle the oil pickup is no longer immersed in the oil which has returned to the sump (assuming a wet sump), therefore no oil to pump and oil pressure would drop until the pickup is again immersed in the oil. If that is the issue, then it probaby shouldn't be a problem, just make sure the oil is filled to the correct level when the bike is parked on level ground and if you must go up very steep hills, don't labour on them for too long. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8 |