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People 150 / Re: Low oil cut off???
« on: September 22, 2014, 02:12:17 AM »
Ya know, what makes this funny to me is that in a not dissimilar situation I also thought that I recognized someone in an online post, only I was saying 'Doiley Sucker?!? Is that you?'
That being said, nope I am not Richard.
I have not done a proper compression test yet...need to borrow the gauge in the next couple of days. My reference to it seeming to have good compression was based on a guy that is a local Mobil motorcycle mechanic on the weekends but Honda mechanic during the week who was looking at my People 250 (bad kickstand cut off that was interrupting the ignition whether up or down...felt like a dumbass for not diagnosing that myself) and I asked him about the 150 and he gave me the opinion that it was 100+ psi based on kicking it several times. So if he is right but there is no low oil cut off then I am stumped a bit. If the pressure really is around 40 or so then i am looking at a new top end or selling it for parts...which would blow.
That being said, nope I am not Richard.
I have not done a proper compression test yet...need to borrow the gauge in the next couple of days. My reference to it seeming to have good compression was based on a guy that is a local Mobil motorcycle mechanic on the weekends but Honda mechanic during the week who was looking at my People 250 (bad kickstand cut off that was interrupting the ignition whether up or down...felt like a dumbass for not diagnosing that myself) and I asked him about the 150 and he gave me the opinion that it was 100+ psi based on kicking it several times. So if he is right but there is no low oil cut off then I am stumped a bit. If the pressure really is around 40 or so then i am looking at a new top end or selling it for parts...which would blow.
RICHARD?
There is no oil pressure switch. The compression you "feel" may just be a scored cylinder.
Do a proper compression test 120 PSI is the target.
Not to upset you but my guess is yours will be 40ish..If your not Richard... same thing applies.
(My buddy owns a bar, and has a people 150, as well as a GM that recently caught a DUI.)