Unite Motors Matrix II 170cc oil light

[lonewolfdiver]

Ok, so I had my oil changed at 500 miles and all was fine now 400 miles later at 900 miles the oil light is lit and won't go out, their is oil in the reservoir and the shop doesn't know why it is lit and how to shut it off.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[The_AirHawk]

The shop (and I use that term loosely) employs Idiots. Either it doesn't have oil-pressure, the switch is bad, there's an air-pocket "under" the switch that won't let it make, or there's a short in the wiring.

[lonewolfdiver]

Here's the thing, it has happened to all 17 they have sold. There is oil pressure, there is no short in wiring. It could be the switch but all 17?

[lonewolfdiver]

oh and it started 400 miles after the oil change...so air bubble?

[pushrod]

The oil lamp is usually activated by the switch, when it closes (or opens), providing a ground for the circuit.

It sounds like the design is contributing to another ground somewhere.

Disconnect the lead to the oil pressure switch and see if the lamp goes out. Then trace the wire back to the lamp, and see if you can find the 'short.'

If that doesn't work, put a small piece of black electrical tape over the lamp. And check your oil every morning.

[The_AirHawk]

One thing I forgot to add: might be the oil-pressure isn't high-enough to "make" the switch. Essentially, this is still a "no pressure" situation though. Unless they put the wrong switch on the bike.

I would find a gauge, tap it into where the switch is supposed to be, then see what the pressure is. Next, I would use a regulated air-supply and rig-up a "test vessel" to see if the switch is activating, and where.

Both of those are relatively simple procedures that any "shop" should be able to perform.

Even one full of Idiots.

[seruzawa]

Originally Posted by lonewolfdiver

Here's the thing, it has happened to all 17 they have sold. There is oil pressure, there is no short in wiring. It could be the switch but all 17?

Sure it can. It's Chinese.

[The_AirHawk]

Originally Posted by pushrod

The oil lamp is usually activated by the switch, when it closes (or opens), providing a ground for the circuit.

It sounds like the design is contributing to another ground somewhere.

Disconnect the lead to the oil pressure switch and see if the lamp goes out. Then trace the wire back to the lamp, and see if you can find the 'short.'

If that doesn't work, put a small piece of black electrical tape over the lamp. And check your oil every morning.

Or, as pushrod has said - they're "sharing a ground" on another component. That didn't occur to me, but then - if this is a Chinese-made bike, it should have.

The Japanese (and Americans!) quit doing stupid shyte like this back in '60s.

Mostly.

[seruzawa]

Originally Posted by The_AirHawk

Or, as pushrod has said - they're "sharing a ground" on another component. That didn't occur to me, but then - if this is a Chinese-made bike, it should have.

The Japanese (and Americans!) quit doing stupid shyte like this back in '60s.

Mostly.

I seriously doubt that they bothered to design a more complex normally-closed circuit rather than a simple normally-open switch.

It's a cheapshyt switch. Replace it with a better one. There should be switches out there that will fit.

[pushrod]

Originally Posted by seruzawa

I seriously doubt that they bothered to design a more complex normally-open circuit rather than a simple normally-closed switch.

It's a cheapshyt switch. Replace it with a better one. There should be switches out there that will fit.

Yah. Instead of a 'Normally Open' or Normally Closed,' they went with a 'Normally Stuck' design.