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Just a small thing, it is the oil light and not the charging light?
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Yep .. oldbmw could have it right ... something to check ... it is after all 'just' another red light.
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Off topic but...
That's a nice clean instrument panel setup with the HPN fairing AliBaba!
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That's a nice clean instrument panel setup with the HPN fairing AliBaba!
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Thanks!
It’s a combination of HPN-design and my own design.
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oil pressure, update
Had a good poke around the oil filter today and found the oil filter bypass valve has come unscrewed, almost to the point of coming off,( it’s a sort of donut shaped screw with a little bearing on a spring gubbins). I have screwed in back in and everything seems to be ok, the oil pressure light is going out on starting and staying out. I guess the spring wasn’t being compressed enough, allowing the oil to circulate without passing through the filter, causing a drop in pressure. Has any one ever come across the bypass valve causing a problem, I have never heard of anyone having a problem with it before!
I have tightened it all the way in, but I am not sure if this is right as there seems to be a line marked in the casing that may have to be line up, but I can’t see any reason why this should be the case. I can’t find any information anywhere on the valve. If anyone has any knowledge of this please let me know.
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Thanks for the update!
That was a new one (at least for me).
The only info I can find is that the spring should be 16mm and the ball should be 8 mm. The valve should open at 1,5 bar (over the filter).
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Had a good poke around the oil filter today and found the oil filter bypass valve has come unscrewed, almost to the point of coming off,( it’s a sort of donut shaped screw with a little bearing on a spring gubbins). I have screwed in back in and everything seems to be ok, the oil pressure light is going out on starting and staying out.
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Glad you found it. is always worth testing this bit when you change the filter, as I said they have a habit of coming off, sometimes the spring breaks. It is one of teh few parts I would recommend carrying on a rtw trip.
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