ah crap, help?

[Jlittle]

So my bikes been sitting like 2 months doing some painting and stuff. threw the airbox a new battery, fairing and all back into the bike and fired her up she runs great! so i thought, the oil light then flickered then went solid, crap...  its full it just had a oil change before i took it off the road anyone have any ideas?

[werase643]

oil pressure sending unit bad

check with an oil pressure gauge....then remove the gauge.   it will scare the crap out of ya if you actually knew how low it is while riding.

[Jlittle]

are you sure i dont wanna ride it and blow the motor cause i dont have oil. could the oil pump be going bad or anything else, i also dont have a oil pressure guage

[Jlittle]

where is the oil pump located? and if it is a clog in my engine how would i go about flushing that?

[gsJack]

Check the oil pressure sending unit first like werase suggested, it's item 28 in this diagram:

http://images.powersportsnetwork.com/fiche/images/Suzuki/2001/Motorcycles/2102_6.gif

The oil pump is item 15 in this diagram:

http://images.powersportsnetwork.com/fiche/images/Suzuki/2001/Motorcycles/2102_7.gif

Revised post: Budda is correct below, oil pump is on right side.

[gsJack]

PS- Just noticed you don't have an oil pressure guage.  You can take off the valve cover and crank the engine with the starter without starting the engine and observe if you have pressure.  If the pump is working OK you will have oil flowing out onto the floor shortly after you start cranking. 

[Jlittle]

hahaha i wouldnt care about the mess knowing im getting oil flow.  Thanks man for the help i appreciate it.

[Jlittle]

So would i need to drop the bottum of the engine to get to the oil pump. It was only suggested by my uncle that if it used rubber fins to pump the oil they could be worn. Im just going by what he said, im going to do what you suggested though.

[The Buddha]

Oil pump is by your right toe as you are sitting on the bike.
Remove that clutch cover and its hiding under the clutch basket.
Cool.
Buddha.

[Pigeonroost]

check the litte, easy stuff first -- are ya sure it has asequate oil in it, could the filter element be in bassakward?

prs 

[Jlittle]

Yea its full i checked it more then once, and it was fine right before i took it off the road about a month or 2 ago.