Suzuki DT140 Oil Induction Filter

Joe Pool Junkie

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Can anyone describe or point me in the right direction of the oil induction filter, I was advised that if I changed types of brands of 2 cycle oil that it might clog or gel up in the filter-problem-my Suzuki runs excellent except that recently I was running about 25 and as soon as I accelerated to at least 30-35 my alarm came on ( intermitten) as soon as I slowed down the alarm quit, I have checked my thermostat,alarm wireing in the throttle casing, my water impeller--good stream, I believe that oil and water temp are the only two warnings in this year/ 1985 type of motor--HELP
 

Marion Moore

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Re: Suzuki DT140 Oil Induction Filter

Assuming your '85 is set up close to my '98 DT140 (my service manual covers '86 to '00) here is what you should look for...

Looking at the parts breakdown, Fig. 8 http://store.brownspoint.com/pdf/DT140(83-85).pdf I don't see an oil flow sensor. I'm not so sure your alarm is associated with the oil flow because I don't think you have a sensor for that. It still may not hurt to remove the oil tank, dump and filter the oil, reinstall the tank, and BLEED THE OIL SYSTEM to remove any air.

On my model, to AIR BLEED:
1) Mix some 50:1 fuel and hook it up to your engine.
2) Fill the oil tank.
3) Start the engine and let it idle.
4) Open the small bolt (8mm on my engine) to let the oil flow out of the pump. This is very messy, use lots of rags stuffed in the engine compartment.
5) Hold the oil flow arm full open to speed the bleed process.
6) Close the bleed screw/bolt.

Mixing any TC-W3 rated oil should be fine. However, I blew my '96 DT115 because there was a clump of gelled oil in the bottom of the oil tank. I have no idea what caused the oil to gel but it was there when I dumped the oil tank. Given the year/age of your engine I think it would be a good idea to dump the oil to make sure everything is good.

If this does not fix your problem you can continue troubleshooting.
 

Joe Pool Junkie

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Re: Suzuki DT140 Oil Induction Filter

Thanks Mr Moore-I did find the oil pressure sending unit and it does have a small diaphram, which I will clean when I clean out the oil tank again Thanks alot
 
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