Can it express a present statement or because of 了 it's just past tense?
I want to say in general terms that "I like to sing when I take a shower".
Can I say it that way ? :

我洗澡了我喜欢唱歌。

(I know there are many other structures that would express this idea, but I just want to know if I can express present general concepts with 了)

Thanks !!!

Question

Can it express a present statement or because of 了 it's just past tense?
I want to say in general terms that "I like to sing when I take a shower". 
Can I say it that way ? :

我洗澡了我喜欢唱歌。

(I know there are many other structures that would express this idea, but I just want to know if I can express present general concepts with 了)

Thanks !!!

Answer

no
了 use in the present perfect or the past perfect tense and you can think it is a symbol of both
the best is
我喜欢在洗澡的时候唱歌 
it likes present tense

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"了”in a sentence indicates that the event referred to has already taken place,and expresses the situation has changed or a new situation appeared.eg:She’s gone shopping.她去商店了。It is raining.下雨了。
In your sentence，If  you  want to say in general terms that "I like to sing when I take a shower". 
you can say it in this way:我洗澡时喜欢唱歌；OR 洗澡时我喜欢唱歌。

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In your sentence, the "了" expresses action completion. You should use "时" for concurrency. 
洗澡时我喜欢唱歌

or more idiomatically,
我喜欢洗澡时唱歌。

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A sentence with 了 mostly means past tense or future tense. For example: 我洗澡了 means that I took a shower already. 
 我去洗澡了 means that I am going to take a shower, or I went to take a shower. It depends on the context.

About present tense, mostly use sb. 在 V.

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了can't ues in present tense 
You can change it to be 
我洗澡时喜欢唱歌or
我喜欢在洗澡时唱歌

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