On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Doug Mitchell wrote:
> To summarize,
>
> Chris has r/r his sump and oil pump. Where the oil pressure light
> extinguished prior to this exercise, it now stays on....
>...If you have oil coming out/pressure, your sending unit
> bought the farm for some reason. I also seem to remember that in
> a previous life, I had a problem with the wires going to the
> sending unit being reconnected in the wrong order causing a similar
> scenario.
It could also (possibly) be related to the brake warning light circuit,
as these are interconnected.
Definitely do check for oil pressure, though. The Smiths sender is not,
perhaps, the single most reliable electrical item on a Triumph, so I
would definitely suspect it. But a gauge will tell you much more.
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