oil light coming on
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Could be a bad sending unit? If you can get a gauge on it I'd start there before ripping into things.
22,000 miles on the bike or the build?
22,000 miles on the bike or the build?
Last edited by Bass Player; Dec 31, 2019 at 10:01 AM.
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Bass Player makes a good point, But in MHO I would try using a HD oil filter first, I haven't had much luck with after market oil filters. Just a suggestion and a place to start without tearing things apart. Good luck Ride safe.
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Now that we have that information, we can assume that the work done on the engine is probably not the issue.
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I dumped the oil and put some 20x50 Valvoline motorcycle oil in it. Never a problem with his oil light flickering again. I don't know which solved his issue, but one or both did. That was on an 883, but it was stock other than a Screamin Eagle setup.
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I was just reading the post again and you jogged my memory. I had a friend of mine with a similar issue only he was using Fram filters. (His oil light would flicker ) I had an HD filter and changed the Fram to the HD. He also ran synthetic oil, but hadn't been for very long.
I dumped the oil and put some 20x50 Valvoline motorcycle oil in it. Never a problem with his oil light flickering again. I don't know which solved his issue, but one or both did. That was on an 883, but it was stock other than a Screamin Eagle setup.
I dumped the oil and put some 20x50 Valvoline motorcycle oil in it. Never a problem with his oil light flickering again. I don't know which solved his issue, but one or both did. That was on an 883, but it was stock other than a Screamin Eagle setup.
I believe the Twin Cam has the oil pressure sender, before the oil filter... so the oil filter should not affect the oil pressure light....
Last edited by hattitude; Dec 31, 2019 at 07:15 PM.