Oil light on AND horn off :o

The basic forum. Want to show off your XJ or ask questions about it? Maybe you're not sure where to post? Put it here.
Post Reply
User avatar
Giuan
Lookin' Around
Lookin' Around
Posts: 29
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:00 pm

Hello everybody!
I bought a 93 XJ 600 Diversion with the intention of restoring it to its finest state.
I noticed that it suffer of the common problem of the oil warning light turning on while running cold, specially while riding uphill. This bike, however, does something really weird: while the oil light turns on for signalling a dangerous state (other than low oil level, it can be for instance when you try to start the engine with a gear on and the side stand out) it blows the horn! Picture me riding a motorcycle with the horn going constantly off...how embarassing! I temporary disconnected one of the leads to the horn, so I won't have to stop every time.
My question is: is this a feature, like it gives an audio feedback of the warning as well? Or is there something wrong in the electrical wiring, like a current leak to the horn while turning on the oil light? I'm asking this because I haven't read about someone else with the same issue...

Thanks in advance to whoever will shed some light on this!

This topic has 2 replies

You must be a registered member and logged in to view the replies in this topic.


Register Login
 
Post Reply