Hi All,

On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for
those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110
000kms).

Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about
6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time.

The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell,
tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the
ground.

It's due for an oil and filter change.

Any ideas?



Cheers

Lionel.

> Lionel wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for those
>> who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 000kms).
>>
>> Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about
>> 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time.
>>
>> The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell, tiny
>> bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the ground.
>>
>> It's due for an oil and filter change.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Lionel.

Souneds liuke an oil pump problem, blocked or something
Could be the result of a faulty pump when you go up that steep hill and
isn't picking the oil up

Moike wrote:
> Lionel wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for
>> those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110
>> 000kms).
>>
>> Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about
>> 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time.
>>
>> The oil level is fine, there are no major oil leaks that I can tell,
>> tiny bit of oil on the cylinders but never been enough to drip on the
>> ground.
>>
>> It's due for an oil and filter change.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> Oil pump?
>
> On most bikes, the oil light is not a warning of impending damage, it's
> a notification.
>
It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level light.
P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index
number). That can cause trouble.
--
Elsie.
(Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)

"Nev.." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Do engines have oil level lights? ...
>
XJ900s do.
2004 YZF600s seem to also:
http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmot...yzf600/o/m8995
(Note item 9 "OIL LEVEL GAUGE")

--
Clem
(http://xkcd.com/621/)

On Mar 15, 12:40*am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level light.
> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high *viscosity index
> number). That can cause trouble.
> --
> Elsie.
> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)

Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would
like it to...

Correct word (based on context) below

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk

JL

JL wrote:
> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level light.
>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index
>> number). That can cause trouble.

>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)
>
> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would
> like it to...
>
> Correct word (based on context) below
>
> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk
>

Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it,
but thanks for the correction.

--
Elsie.

JL wrote:
> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance<lars.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or oil-level light.
>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index
>> number). That can cause trouble.
>> --
>> Elsie.
>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)
>
> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would
> like it to...
>
> Correct word (based on context) below
>
> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk
>
> JL
depends where you are from.

oxford compendium.
behove // v.tr. (US behoove //) (prec. by it as subject; foll. by to +
infin.) formal
1 be incumbent on.
2 (usu. with neg.) befit (ill behoves him to protest).
[Old English behofian from behof: see behoof]

Although in an australian group it would be better to speak English not
American,but we still understand them.

Nev.. wrote:
> Lars Chance wrote:
>> JL wrote:
>>> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or
>>>> oil-level light.
>>>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index
>>>> number). That can cause trouble.
>>
>>>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)
>>>
>>> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would
>>> like it to...
>>>
>>> Correct word (based on context) below
>>>
>>> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk
>>>
>>
>> Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it,
>> but thanks for the correction.
>
> If the US spelling is different I think it's far more likely that that
> american spelling is the original (ie most correct) spelling, and the
> English later changed it. As for most English language words, there's
> not so much a correct spelling as there is a generally accepted
> spelling. Check out the national archives and have a read of some
> Australian newspapers from the early 1900s. It's suprising how many word
> usages and spellings have changed just in the last 100 years.
>
> Nev..
> '08 DL1000K8
It comes from old english an the Americans would have changed it as they
do with all the other english they have changed.

Nev.. wrote:
> Lars Chance wrote:
>> JL wrote:
>>> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or
>>>> oil-level light.
>>>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index
>>>> number). That can cause trouble.
>>
>>>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?)
>>>
>>> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would
>>> like it to...
>>>
>>> Correct word (based on context) below
>>>
>>> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk
>>>
>>
>> Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it,
>> but thanks for the correction.
>
> If the US spelling is different I think it's far more likely that that
> american spelling is the original (ie most correct) spelling, and the
> English later changed it. As for most English language words, there's
> not so much a correct spelling as there is a generally accepted
> spelling. Check out the national archives and have a read of some
> Australian newspapers from the early 1900s. It's suprising how many
> word usages and spellings have changed just in the last 100 years.
>
Yes this is an irksome truth.
As much as we like to think the Yanks are the illiterate ones it's
actually the Poms who made all the changes and made the spelling of
words less phonetic.


--
Elsie.

Knobdoodle wrote:
> "Nev.." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Do engines have oil level lights? ...
>>
>
> XJ900s do.
> 2004 YZF600s seem to also:
> http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmot...yzf600/o/m8995
> (Note item 9 "OIL LEVEL GAUGE")
>

FZ1 does - it is recommended to slightly overfill the oil to prevent
being bothered by it