This might ramble on for a bit...so if you got about 5 minutes...please read on. Here is the scenario. 2009 Concours ABS with 6000 miles. Fresh Oil change/filter about 1000 miles ago. Oil is at correct level in the window and still has the fresh color to it. A Friend and I were riding the twisties here in Western North Carolina where I live. It is about 55 degrees ..nice day. But then it started to rain...enough to where small puddles were starting to form and rain was beading off the windshield. A couple minutes after the rain started slowing us down, my Oil Pressure light started to light...or at least I thought it was....it was very very dim...and acting like it was trying to come on. I stopped the bike....wasnt real sure if what I saw was some sort of reflective light illusion or something. Needless to say had my riding buddy check the oil in the window with bike level and all is good. No funny smell, not running hot, etc. Started the bike back up...and a few miles down the road in the rain; the light started back up again except this time it was obvious....brighter red light but still flickering. Stop the bike again....checked again....checked for anything suspicious. Nothing. Well at this point I was concerned if I kept driving I was about to have an 8500 hundred dollar rock at any minute. Started it back up and started driving again....light was dim...and even dimmer...all this while it was sprinkling. Then the rain stopped...now we are on dryer pavement....the light finally just goes out....and I never came back on the 40 miles back home. So here I am now picking yalls brain, especially the ones that have been around bikes many years. Is it possible the Oil pressure switch can get crap on on it and with the water ground out showing a false positive of some sort? I know what it states in the owner manual and the shop manual (Because I have them)....laundry list of things possible from oil pump, clogged screen, Bad crank/cam shaft bearings, relief valve, etc , etc. Ultimately tommorrow, I'm going to check of some obvious crud around the sensor. I guess also what I'm asking has anybody experience something like this? with a Connie or any bike. The rain and stuff could have all be coincedences. The Forty miles home with no light coming on could have been luck..who knows. This bike is still a baby mileage wise, and is well taking care. And I'm a "Cruiser" ..not a "race the engine" type of guy. So it hard for me to think that it is a major problem. Any insight or hunches are welcome.
Thanks, John.
Thanks, John.