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Posted by chief
- April 18, 2013, 14:41:26 PMBack in the old days... my 77 FXS lowrider had an oil cooler. Up the the nether regions of IL and WI... it gets chilly on occasion and I needed to know what the oil temp was to determine whether or not to use the oil cooler. So I drilled out the oil cap and stuck a probe thermometer in there. Turns out anywhere north of Kentucky the oil cooler never allowed the oil to warm up much... so I stuck a leather hat over it while I was living up there.
On harleys the oil is in a big empty can... sort of... nothing in there you could screw up by inserting a probe...it had a dip stick as I recall anyway. Our bikes aren't like that... so you have to use something like what was shown.
Honestly, for most folks the oil temp isn't something we need to know... you can't control the temp except by running or stopping the bike anyway. A good synthetic is very resistant to heat... so I think I'd spend my money on something else.
Posted by John Hopkins
- April 18, 2013, 13:51:47 PMIt's a cool to have thing..the oil temperature is not something you monitor, oil pressure is different, but even if you did want to check the temperature you couldn't do it until you stopped and then it might be too late..
John.
Posted by pcarrell
- April 18, 2013, 13:02:02 PMI was wondering the same thing......
Posted by Troll
- April 18, 2013, 12:59:12 PMIt screws in to the crankcase, replacing the normal oil filler cap...The big question I would have with this device is how accurate it might be. I had one on my hotrod SuperGlide, but it has a temp probe that goes into the engine oil. This one cannot do that because the clutch basket is in the way...How accurate is splash oil off the clutch?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 18, 2013, 12:47:31 PMok were does it go and and how much work to set it up?
do you really need it, or is it one of them cool to have things?
and how much does it cost?
Posted by David Poirier
- April 18, 2013, 12:01:57 PMWhile cruising thru the German xbay site, I found this and was wondering if it was worth investing in or should I just leave it alone?