greybeard65
Just got it firing!
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2012
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- 16
Brian,
In my simple terms, the old "red warning light" was so much more successful. Switch on, oil light comes on, start engine, light goes out - you know you've got pressure. Light comes on when you're running and it's declutch/switch off pronto.
A warning that comes on because there was a smidgen of pressure holding the switch open when you last restarted (and you won't know until you've stopped, done the digital alarm clock reset and found you've got DSB 07 - again!) doesn't rank as progress, especially as the magic oilcan symbol would illustrate DSB 08 with the same "Service" warning.
A new sender for my R100CS engined special was £12 - it provides both electrical signals for the oil pressure guage and a separate circuit for the oil warning light. The Breva sensor seems to be around 4 times that price and lives underneath/behind the alternator between the pots - not easy to get at (whether for replacement or simple connection contact cleaning). It would make more sense to delete the DSB 07 error message from the system altogether (rather than after each appearance). I believe I'm riding the wrong bike.
In my simple terms, the old "red warning light" was so much more successful. Switch on, oil light comes on, start engine, light goes out - you know you've got pressure. Light comes on when you're running and it's declutch/switch off pronto.
A warning that comes on because there was a smidgen of pressure holding the switch open when you last restarted (and you won't know until you've stopped, done the digital alarm clock reset and found you've got DSB 07 - again!) doesn't rank as progress, especially as the magic oilcan symbol would illustrate DSB 08 with the same "Service" warning.
A new sender for my R100CS engined special was £12 - it provides both electrical signals for the oil pressure guage and a separate circuit for the oil warning light. The Breva sensor seems to be around 4 times that price and lives underneath/behind the alternator between the pots - not easy to get at (whether for replacement or simple connection contact cleaning). It would make more sense to delete the DSB 07 error message from the system altogether (rather than after each appearance). I believe I'm riding the wrong bike.