Hey everyone! Finally nice enough for me to ride today! It was my first time out since I changed the oil when I winterized the bike. I was unpleased to find that my oil pressure red indicator light was still on by the time I had got to the end of the block (DOH! - Guess I was just to happy to be on the road lol).
Anyways, after looking this up it is actually pretty common on our bikes due to the position of the filter and what not. Morale of the story is, if this happens to you don't fret. I guess our bike has a problem priming the filter after an oil change sometimes and you can develop an air lock within it.
To fix it, you simply crack the oil filter loose until a little oil dribbles out. This lets any trapped air get out. Problem solved, light out.
There are a bunch of other threads on this on other forums, just thought Id post it here incase one of you come across it and freak out lol.
Sport-Touring.Net - Ninja 1000 oil change - Oil light question
Anyways, after looking this up it is actually pretty common on our bikes due to the position of the filter and what not. Morale of the story is, if this happens to you don't fret. I guess our bike has a problem priming the filter after an oil change sometimes and you can develop an air lock within it.
To fix it, you simply crack the oil filter loose until a little oil dribbles out. This lets any trapped air get out. Problem solved, light out.
There are a bunch of other threads on this on other forums, just thought Id post it here incase one of you come across it and freak out lol.
Sport-Touring.Net - Ninja 1000 oil change - Oil light question