Daytonagrayghost
Just got it firing!
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- Jan 18, 2011
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Hello everyone...
New to this site, new to Guzzi. Just bought a 2007 Griso. Enjoying it so far.
I have a quick question about the operation of the Engine oil pressure warning light system.
I noticed after I turn the ignition on and the dash does it's self check where all the lights come on and the tach makes it's full sweep, that the oil light goes out. Yet the engine is not running therefore not producing pressure.
On all my other bikes and cars the oil light is always on when the engine is off with the key in the run position.
Another clue that there may be something wrong. I changed the oil for the first time and during the first start after the oil change the oil light did not come on. Again on all my other cars there is a brief period of time that the oil light stays on while the system pressures up and fills the filter.
The Griso owners manual regarding the engine oil pressure warning light states "comes on when the ignition switch is set to run with the engine stopped as a lamp test."
This indicates to me that the light should be on so I did some checking to see if the sending unit is bad. I removed the fuel tank and checked the resistance of the oil pressure sending unit with the engine off. It reads 2 ohms, basically a direct short to ground indicating no oil pressure. So why then is the light not on?
After more investigation and finding nothing in the Griso service manual, I found this in the Norge service manual..."There is an oil pressure failure when, with the engine on and over 2000 rpm, the sensor is detected as conduction (closed). In this case, the error is indicated by the lighting of the lighting of the "bulb" icon...."
Does this mean that the low oil pressure warning system only operates above 2000rpm?
Can someone confirm that their Griso and or Norge operates like mine?
Any comments on the system if indeed it only operates above 2000 rpm?
Thanks in advance
Jim
New to this site, new to Guzzi. Just bought a 2007 Griso. Enjoying it so far.
I have a quick question about the operation of the Engine oil pressure warning light system.
I noticed after I turn the ignition on and the dash does it's self check where all the lights come on and the tach makes it's full sweep, that the oil light goes out. Yet the engine is not running therefore not producing pressure.
On all my other bikes and cars the oil light is always on when the engine is off with the key in the run position.
Another clue that there may be something wrong. I changed the oil for the first time and during the first start after the oil change the oil light did not come on. Again on all my other cars there is a brief period of time that the oil light stays on while the system pressures up and fills the filter.
The Griso owners manual regarding the engine oil pressure warning light states "comes on when the ignition switch is set to run with the engine stopped as a lamp test."
This indicates to me that the light should be on so I did some checking to see if the sending unit is bad. I removed the fuel tank and checked the resistance of the oil pressure sending unit with the engine off. It reads 2 ohms, basically a direct short to ground indicating no oil pressure. So why then is the light not on?
After more investigation and finding nothing in the Griso service manual, I found this in the Norge service manual..."There is an oil pressure failure when, with the engine on and over 2000 rpm, the sensor is detected as conduction (closed). In this case, the error is indicated by the lighting of the lighting of the "bulb" icon...."
Does this mean that the low oil pressure warning system only operates above 2000rpm?
Can someone confirm that their Griso and or Norge operates like mine?
Any comments on the system if indeed it only operates above 2000 rpm?
Thanks in advance
Jim