Date:         Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:03:50 -0500
Reply-To:     John Fleming <JFleming3@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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From:         John Fleming <JFleming3@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      Flickering oil sensor light (long)
Comments: To: Gregg Scharff <scharff@ENG.KNS.COM>
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Message text written by Gregg Scharff
>
I for the first time, have noticed my oil light flickering on and off. I
was
travelling at approx. 60 - 65 mph (constant highway speed). Pulled over
immediately-oil level was ok and engine idled fine with no oil light.
Started up
on my merry way only to have the light come on again (at 55 mph now), only
brighter and more consistent this time. One thing I did notice this time
was
that when I backed off of the throttle (motorcycle influence still
dominates),
the oil light would always go out, but would eventually come back on when

the
new lower speed became constant. I pulled over again and oil level checked
out
ok. After stopping a third time with engine off for approx. 10 min. the
problem
did not reoccur. The rest of the trip home (with one eye on the road and
the
other on the "idiot light") I did not see even a blink of the light.
<

I had similar intermittent problems.  After trying to determine when light
came on
 (warm, cold, high rev, etc.)I found that the sensor wire was touching the
exhaust
 & shorted out.  It then broke & the light didn't work at all, but in the

meantime I though
 I had a serious oil problem.

John Fleming