oil light on when brake pressed - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

teufel · 01-02-2009, 10:25 AM

when i press the brake,my oil light comes on.even when the sled is not moving and is at stop.so the oil level has nothing to do with this.i am sure its a bad ground somewhere but if somone had that prob,it could save me time.

highmark600 · 01-02-2009, 01:16 PM

What kind of sled do you have? On my Summit, the low oil, and the parking brake light are the same indicator light. So whenever I touch my brake that red light comes on. If the light stays on, even when you're not pressing the brake, then you have low oil.

clodev · 01-02-2009, 01:59 PM

I have an old yami 1985 and my does the same thing when i brake.

teufel · 01-02-2009, 03:47 PM

its a formula 3 1999.
and its on only when i press the brake

clodev · 01-02-2009, 05:13 PM

i wouls suspect its ok. Not sure why they do it maybe someone could chime in and give the technical reason but i would say you are good to go.

you got mach ed · 01-02-2009, 05:39 PM

the light comes on with the brake simply to ensure that it it functioning, i dont use the light as a indicater that the oil is low, i top off every gas fill

White Crow · 01-02-2009, 06:09 PM

Also serves as a parking brake reminder.

**smallengineguy** · 01-02-2009, 09:40 PM

Correct, it's supposed to do that.

teufel · 01-04-2009, 09:58 AM

sry it but and reply 3 times...

jkust · 01-08-2009, 12:39 PM

Had the same question on my Ski Doo when I bought it. The manual says that is the way it should operate. Actually kind of smart. My Arctic cat doesn't do that nor does it have a temp guage which comes in handy on trail rides. Both my sleds are the same year and the Ski Doo just seems to do things a little bit more intuitively than the cat. Kind of like an American car vs. a European car.

teufel · 01-08-2009, 03:55 PM

tks all.and its kinda neat to know my oil light is working.