Oil Temperature gauge??

[Guest]

Oil Temperature gauge not functioning. How do you fix this? Any ideas ? Or do they all break?/ Thanx Mike man I hate electrical gremlins)

[posplayr]

what specific type of gauge and if OEM what bike?

[madmikeracing]

OEM 1984 GS 1150 Thanx Mike

[posplayr]

OEM 1984 GS 1150 Thanx Mike

Have you performed the tests for sensor and gauge in the OEM Manual? I would start there.

[chef1366]

If it tests bad I have a complete plate from an 1150 with wires to the bullets.

[madmikeracing]

My Manual Finally came in a Haynes its not too good ,no mention of oil temp test at all ,,I went through it and double checked for test sequence yet other information was there. I was wrong regarding headlight control module (as I had been informed previously) what do I know not too much , so now trouble shooting the Bikes electrical, Im a bit ****ed about the manual but,,,cant have every thing, I wanted every thing to work on it properly like when it was new. NOW my friend has a FJ 1300 and already says he is going to blow me away, I may have to mod the Engine a bit. Later Mike

[Grimly]

There are two established temp sensor resistances for automotive use. One generally European, one U.S.
Assuming Suzuki used the US one, here's a start on sensor checking...

http://tinyurl.com/us-sensor-charts

And here's one to give you the general idea....

http://www.autozone.com/repairinfo/repairguide/repairGuideContent.jsp?pageId=0996b43f8075bc31

[posplayr]

I have an 1150 manual but can't find it at the moment. The next best thing is to download the manuals from BassCliffs website ; he has the 1100's which are probably pretty close.

http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/80-83_GS1100T-LT-EX-1000SZ-EZ-SD-ED-ESD.pdf

[Oleskool]

Found on my 1150 the wire had broken by the sensor input . stripped , spliced , crimped and shrink wrapped and once again functioning as it should.