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General Ludd

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Low oil pressure.
« on: June 22, 2017, 10:54:43 PM »
Has anyone any experience of fitting a mechanical oil pressure gauge to an air cooled 126 engine? Can you get fittings to replace the standard oil pressure light sender? If so can anyone recommend a source. Ive tried most things to stop the oil pressure light coming on ..im not even sure now I actually have low oil pressure.
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Re: Low oil pressure.
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2017, 01:48:32 AM »
Have you tested that the sender unit isn't faulty ? If it's shorting internally somewhere the light will come on regardless of the oil pressure. I don't have the wiring diagram to hand but typically the 12v supply goes to the warning lamp first, then to the sender switch, and then to earth. If the wire between the lamp and the sender is shorting out somewhere, that too will result in the lamp coming on.

For the first fault, you need to try a known good sender to see if the fault is still there. For the second, disconnect the lamp-sender wire from the sender. If the light stays on then the fault will be in that wire.

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Re: Low oil pressure.
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2017, 08:24:25 AM »
First recommendation is to replace the oil pressure sender with a new one, they are only a few quid. There have been a number of 126`s with the same problem which did turn out to be caused by faulty sensors. If the problem is still there after the new sensor it will probably be something more major, fingers crossed..

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Re: Low oil pressure.
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2017, 11:19:38 PM »
Many thanks re replies. Ive now tried a new oil pressure switch but still getting same symptoms with the light coming on after around 3 miles. Ive also tried going from 15/40 oil to 20/50 but still same.
Ill give the wiring to the switch a closer inspection. Thanks again
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