Engine Oil warning light came on?

SheltonCoolio

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Air temp was around 45F. I let the bike warm up to 160F before riding. After doing a typical freeway entrance ramp hill climb, medium acceleration was at 80ish mph at top of the ramp. After popping over to the middle lane I looked down nothing was on. But about 5 miles later I looked down and the oil light was on. Was about to move on over and shut it down at next exit. But light went off before I reached it.

Get to work give it 20 mins and check the level. It's between the hash marks close to the high mark. So I'm clueless as to what could have happened.
Something I should worry about? Something I need to look at?
 

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If the oil was between the minimum and maximum marks… ..no need to worry.
For your peace of mind, you can add oil until it reaches the maximum mark. And wait… if it turns back on, “the low oil sensor” may be failing. To add oil, do it with the engine warm and after waiting a few minutes for the oil to descend to the rear sump (which is where the sight glass is)
 

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On my super T if I put in the amount of oil that the book calls for on cold mornings I have had my oil light come on when the engine spun up good for a bit. I am talking cold though not 45 degrees. I usually fill mine to the top line then after I ride it you can't see any window just oil in the sight glass. Also on a couple other bikes I bought so called high oil flow oil filters. when I took off with them in the oil light would come on. In both cases I am figuring the oil was pumped to the top of the head faster than it could fall back to the sump. Anyway no more high flow oil filters for me and I fill my Super T usually with 3 and 3/4 quarts of oil and all is good.
 

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Welcome to the group and please do an intro post in the new members area. It helps to have a rough idea where people are located if nothing else.

The oil light is for low level, not pressure. The engine is dry sump so the sight glass is notoriously inaccurate. It'd be a good idea to add 200-300 cc and even if wrong that small amount won't do harm.
 

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Air temp was around 45F. I let the bike warm up to 160F before riding. After doing a typical freeway entrance ramp hill climb, medium acceleration was at 80ish mph at top of the ramp. After popping over to the middle lane I looked down nothing was on. But about 5 miles later I looked down and the oil light was on. Was about to move on over and shut it down at next exit. But light went off before I reached it.

Get to work give it 20 mins and check the level. It's between the hash marks close to the high mark. So I'm clueless as to what could have happened.
Something I should worry about? Something I need to look at?
I do not know what the problem is but I would suggest that riding away without warming up the engine is better for your engine. Riding very gently for the first five to fifteen minutes until the engine is at operating temps (not coolant temps) and then ride at higher revs.

The above may not be applicable if you live in a very hilly area, or immediately have to join fast-moving traffic that requires high revs in the first few minutes of operation.
 

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Mine has done that a few times over the years, never found a source of trouble. On a real cold day it would be beneficial to warm the oil for a couple minutes, especially with a thicker Summer weight oil, otherwise start it, make sure all the lights go out and go.
 

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My Gen1 bike would do it after a long day or two at high highway speeds, usually as it was getting closer to oil change time. Added a couple hundred cc's & good to go till the next oil change.
 
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My gen 1 has done it on deceleration, engine brake coasting down from freeway speeds a few times. It has also happened about 5-10 minutes into a ride on a flat road, under mild acceleration. The oil level has always been in the sweet spot upon checking after the light comes on. Mine is not consistent enough to worry about.
 
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Air temp was around 45F. I let the bike warm up to 160F before riding. After doing a typical freeway entrance ramp hill climb, medium acceleration was at 80ish mph at top of the ramp. After popping over to the middle lane I looked down nothing was on. But about 5 miles later I looked down and the oil light was on. Was about to move on over and shut it down at next exit. But light went off before I reached it.omegle xender

Get to work give it 20 mins and check the level. It's between the hash marks close to the high mark. So I'm clueless as to what could have happened.
Something I should worry about? Something I need to look at?
thankyou my issue has been solved
 

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I do not know what the problem is but I would suggest that riding away without warming up the engine is better for your engine. Riding very gently for the first five to fifteen minutes until the engine is at operating temps (not coolant temps) and then ride at higher revs chat venezuela bazoocam.

The above may not be applicable if you live in a very hilly area, or immediately have to join fast-moving traffic that requires high revs in the first few minutes of operation.
thank you an error has been solved. it's working well.
 

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Air temp was around 45F. I let the bike warm up to 160F before riding. After doing a typical freeway entrance ramp hill climb, medium acceleration was at 80ish mph at top of the ramp. After popping over to the middle lane I looked down nothing was on. But about 5 miles later I looked down and the oil light was on. Was about to move on over and shut it down at next exit. But light went off before I reached it.

Get to work give it 20 mins and check the level. It's between the hash marks close to the high mark. So I'm clueless as to what could have happened.
Something I should worry about? Something I need to look at?
My ‘13 did this twice, both times not allowing it to “warm up”, verified everything-ok. Is it possible for the oil pump to have an air gap in the flow enough to trip the sensor?
 

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Willing to bet that those of us in the "just pour the whole damn gallon in" (at oil change time) camp have never experienced this.
Since the thread got resurrected, I'm agreeing with him. The last time my light came on, was the last time I didn't use the "whole damn gallon". :D
 

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Saw the oil warning light illuminate on my '15 after I dropped it off-road with the top lying slightly down hill. Got it righted, restarted and back underway when I noticed the oil light was on. I was just about ready to kill the engine when it went back off again. Only thing I can figure is that some of the oil spilled out of the reservoir into to dry sump area of the crank case and it took some time for the scavenge pump to put it back into the reservoir, restoring the proper level. I have not seen the light again, with the engine running, since. I've always just put 3.75 quarts in and have never needed to add any between 5,000 mile change intervals.
 
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Air temp was around 45F. I let the bike warm up to 160F before riding. After doing a typical freeway ome tv entrance ramp hill climb, medium acceleration was at 80ish mph at top of the ramp. After popping over to the middle lane I looked down nothing was on. But about 5 miles later I looked down and the oil light was on. Was about to move on over and shut it down at next exit. But light went off before I reached it.

Get to work give it 20 mins and check the level. It's between the hash marks close to the high mark. So I'm clueless as to what could have happened.
Something I should worry about? Something I need to look at?
thanks issue has been solved now.
 
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