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Just fell over my zzr600 in the drive way today...F*&^ FU$# Fuc&. anyhow. the bike fell over, flooded the carbs, got it to start 10mins later and then the oil indicator light is on.. Should i just ride it and maybe it will turn off or what? .. no i did not crack the case and oil did not come out of the bike. it wasent a crash.
I was taught to never run the engine if the oil light is on. That usually means that there is little to no pressure in the pump, which means little to no oil going to your engine.
Edit: apparently Kawi's are weird
Last edited by NobodySpecific; 08-10-12 at 04:50 PM.
'06 Triumph Sprint ST ABS
'90 Yamaha XT350
Kawi's do that. Just let it idle for a few minutes and the light should go out.
2012 Tiger 800 XC
Had that happen to an EX500 once. I think your oil pump/filter is air locked....crack the filter so oil just starts to drain out a little bit, then turn the engine over. Be quick with the switch and stop as soon as oil comes out. Tighten it back up, clean up the mess and it should be good. Kinda weird but it solved the problem for me.
I'm not sure with your bike, but I do know that both with oil changes, and after laying my EX500 down a couple years back, the filter needed a 'burp' in order to get the appropriate pressure again to turn the light off. I wouldn't run the engine for a long period of time with the light on (less than 30 seconds), but I would def crack the oil filter just loose enough that oil starts coming out when you start it, then tighten it right back up.
Pretty much any other time the advice you got is 100% right. If you're just driving etc... and you get the light I would stop the engine and figure out the cause.
In this case, we know the cause. When you lay over the bike like that oil flows were it normally doesn't and air gets where it normally shouldn't. When you pick the bike up you get the OP light until the thing reprimes. The method b0xmonkey used works because it burps the system faster. I think it was one of the ZX6R's that was notorious for needing this pretty much after every oil change.
Edit: The lights come on around 6lbs. of pressure. You can idle a motor on 6 psi and not wreck it. If there is any flow at all and the motor isn't loaded running it should be fine.
Last edited by e30addict; 08-10-12 at 05:02 PM.
2012 Tiger 800 XC
Sell it and buy a gixxer?
CAVITATION!
The monkey's right. Crack the oil filter.
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
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The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
Thanks guys. I'll try that. Can't burp it from the oil drain plug? Lol would be a lot easer and cleaner
Fixit yet?
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650
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Yes. With the bike hangin upside down.Originally Posted by zzrrider
-Pete LRRS/CCS #81 - ECK Racing, TonysTrackDays
GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Phoenix Graphics | Woodcraft | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
The Garage: '03 Tuono | '06 SV650