[Ducati] 748 oil pressure

[Mikiel Kingsley]

On 10/16/06, PJDemoga at aol.com <PJDemoga at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Listers:
> Do I have a problem because my oil pressure warning light comes on
> at  idle?
> It's only after the engine is hot, but it never used to do it.
> I had a recent oil change, no leaks, and the level is fine.
> The only thing I can think of that might make a difference is the fancy
> new
> crankcase breather.
> Am I worried about something for nothing?
> I'd rather be looking for the apex than the oil light>
> Paul D
> 2000 748/853



If you want to be paranoid about it, you may want to pull your pre-filter
oil screen and make sure it's not clogged up with something.  When my
flywheel worked itself loose last year the first hint of trouble was the oil
light coming on.  I thought the oil level was just a bit low (and it was)
but it turned out the light was on because the screen was so gummed up with
aluminum shavings from the flywheel that very little oil was getting
through.

If there's no junk in the screen or the filter and your idle is set
correctly, it's possible that your oil pressure switch is just going south
on you.

-- 
-Mikiel
'96 900SS/SP "Buttercup"