another dumb oil light question?
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another dumb oil light question?
i was riding in a rock quarry , temp was around 90, and after riding for a hour or so my light would come on at low idle, rev it up a little and it would go away. my fan was running, oil is full, actully just changed it a week before with mobil 1 10-40 mtx full syn. anybody know what this is?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]
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another dumb oil light question?
I've found with an oil pressure gauge that any oil with a viscosity of 100 cSt or less at 40C will result in low oil pressure. I run the V-TWIN oil with 130 cSt spec and the pressure is normal. When I ran another oil with 100 cSt spec the pressure was very very low.
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another dumb oil light question?
Every oil is rated for it's resistance to flow at a given temperature (viscosity).
What I'm saying is from my experience, when I had oil with a similar rating as yours the oil "turned to water" at temperature which causes the pressure to drop (pressure is created by resistance to flow).
I'm saying all DS owners should check the viscosity spec of the oil they use. I don't recommend anyone use an oil with a viscosity spec of 100 cSt or less.
The V-TWIN oil is greater then 100cSt as are many others.
What I'm saying is from my experience, when I had oil with a similar rating as yours the oil "turned to water" at temperature which causes the pressure to drop (pressure is created by resistance to flow).
I'm saying all DS owners should check the viscosity spec of the oil they use. I don't recommend anyone use an oil with a viscosity spec of 100 cSt or less.
The V-TWIN oil is greater then 100cSt as are many others.
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