2006 Honda Shadow VLX oil light on

2006 Honda Shadow VLX oil light on

Hi, I recently went for a ride on my Honda Shadow when the bike started to stutter and then finally shut down on its own. The light on my speedometer turned on ( I think it's the oil light but I could be wrong). I know it wasn't due to low gas because I could still hear a little less than half the tank swoshing around inside. So I kept trying to start it up and it would hesitate so I shook the tank around and switched the fuel switch to "reserve" and after about 6-7 tries it finally revved up and started and I made it home safely. On the rest of my ride back home, the light never came on. Was this due to low fuel or is there something wrong with my oil? Any help is appreciated! Thank you

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2006 Honda Shadow VLX oil light on

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Nov 03, 2011

you may have had trash in the tank that
by: Anonymous

temporarily stopped the gas flow. I had a similar problem with my 08 Shadow and died, then spit and sputtered a while, finally made it to the dealership (when it started acting up I immediately headed there) and we couldn't replicate the problem but they told me to fuel up at main fuel stations as it doesn't take much trash to interrupt the fuel flow

Oct 31, 2011

oil light
by: Anonymous

Sounds to me like you were low on gas. The swishing noise you could hear was probably the fuel in your reserve. When the engines shuts down your idiot lights will come on, like your oil light etc. If it doesn't give you anymore problems after filling with fuel "and switching your reserve back", you should be ok.

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