oil safety kill on Honda motor

texblonigan · Jun 6, 2003

I'm going to post this on a few boards... I bought a TRAC-VAC bagger with a Honda motor on it. The motor has a safety feature that will kill the motor if the oil level is low. When I operate down some of my slopes, the motor kills. When I move up the hills, it is fine. The oil level is full. I will call Honda on this too, but has anybody run into this? Is it really an oil safety issue when the motor is going downhill, or is it just that the sensor isn't noticing the oil because it is pooling away from the sensor?

JerryG · Jun 6, 2003

I have a 9 hp honda that does the same thing. It is on a sprayer that I take over rough terrain. What I do is just add a small amount of additional oil. Not very much mind you, just a little more.

BillyP · Jun 6, 2003

It sounds like the oil isn't reaching the sensor when on a slope. I don't think there's much you can do about it except bypass the sensor. It's no big deal anyway as long as you check the oil from time to time.

Now if it was a generator that runs continuous, it would be an issue. But then again, you wouldn't be having this problem, since the engine would be sitting level.

djradz · Jun 6, 2003

Yep, my Honda-powered pressure washer does the same thing sometimes when I use it on our sloped driveway. I just try to keep the level up or just slightly high, and it seems to minimize the occurances.