| Author | Message | ||
     Buellathebuzzer |
I bought two 2000 M2s this year and neither of them has had a working oil light. And by not working I mean the oil light does not come on when the key is in the run position and the engine is off. On the first bike I've had the bulb replaced and the wiring from the sensor to the light tested with no results. I haven't done anything to diagnose the second bike yet. Has anyone else seen this? I've searched bad web and couldn't find any other reports. | ||
| Fasted |
if the wire and the bulb are ok, then it can only be the sensor...... | ||
| Buellathebuzzer |
Yup, checked the wire, checked the bulb, replaced the sensor. | ||
| Harleyelf |
Can't help except to confirm you're not crazy. My oil pressure light stopped working for five years. Changed the sender, tested the bulb, couldn't get it to work. Until two months ago, when it started working again for reasons known only to itself. Changing the connector by the sensor is a good idea. | ||
| Jim2 |
You can check your oil pressure with a pressure gauge. I find it strange that both of your bikes have the same problem. Did you buy both bikes from the same person? Could there be check valves installed somewhere that never relieves the pressure near the sensor? Or a kinked line? | ||
| Buellathebuzzer |
I got them from two different guys in the Twin Cities area. But I'm sure they came from different dealers originally. I ran the VINs. I'll try the pressure gage thing. | ||
| Buellathebuzzer |
BTW: Sounds like 3 if you count Elf's. | ||
| Jim2 |
When you installed the new switch did you clean the threads? Did you put anything on them that might cause a ground issue? If the switch doesn't have a good ground than the light will never come on. I know you said you had a new bulb put in but here's what I do. I like to take a bulb out from an indicator I know is good such as one of the blinker indicators and put it into the position of the bulb I'm not sure about. That way I know I'm dealing with a good bulb to begin with. All five bulbs are identical. If I remember right those bulbs are like the bulbs on Christmas tree lights. They have a thin contact on either side. Maybe your bulb just isn't making good contact with the indicator housing? | ||
| Captainkirk |
Mine did that when I first bought it, after a year's storage. I removed it, sprayed the business end with contact cleaner, then worked the plunger with a toothpick while checking it with a multimeter. After reinstalling, it's worked fine ever since. |
