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2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
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RE: 2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
Actually - I just looked very closely at mine - and it IS off center by 3/4". The hoses for the oil in/out are just inside the left downtube, so then - to keep the hoses from kinking, the oil cooler is off center to the left.
I have jpegs, just too lazy to post it - email me and I'll send them to someone who can do it.
I incorrectly answered an email from someone who emailed me directly.
I have jpegs, just too lazy to post it - email me and I'll send them to someone who can do it.
I incorrectly answered an email from someone who emailed me directly.
Tourer
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ORIGINAL: Alaska Bobber
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
One of the important properties of oil is viscosity, which is like a measurement of the thickness or stickyness of the oil. As the temperature of the oil increases the viscosity decreases (it is said to be inversely proportional) so as it gets hotter it gets runnier. As an example Caltex Revtex Super 4T (10W-40) has a viscosity of;
90 mm2/s at 40'C,
11 mm2/s at 100'C
So from the above you can see that it gets a lot runnier at 100'C.
Oils also have a pour point which is a temperature below which they become so viscous that they effectively cease to 'pour' like a liquid. In the above case, that is -33'C.
Road Captain
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RE: 2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
iwant1,I am about to leave on a round Australia trip next month and will be fitting two oil coolers for this very reason, you know how hot it gets in WA & NT in December.
ORIGINAL: iwant1
One of the important properties of oil is viscosity, which is like a measurement of the thickness or stickyness of the oil. As the temperature of the oil increases the viscosity decreases (it is said to be inversely proportional) so as it gets hotter it gets runnier. As an example Caltex Revtex Super 4T (10W-40) has a viscosity of;
90 mm2/s at 40'C,
11 mm2/s at 100'C
So from the above you can see that it gets a lot runnier at 100'C.
Oils also have a pour point which is a temperature below which they become so viscous that they effectively cease to 'pour' like a liquid. In the above case, that is -33'C.
ORIGINAL: Alaska Bobber
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
One of the important properties of oil is viscosity, which is like a measurement of the thickness or stickyness of the oil. As the temperature of the oil increases the viscosity decreases (it is said to be inversely proportional) so as it gets hotter it gets runnier. As an example Caltex Revtex Super 4T (10W-40) has a viscosity of;
90 mm2/s at 40'C,
11 mm2/s at 100'C
So from the above you can see that it gets a lot runnier at 100'C.
Oils also have a pour point which is a temperature below which they become so viscous that they effectively cease to 'pour' like a liquid. In the above case, that is -33'C.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2006
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RE: 2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
ORIGINAL: iwant1
One of the important properties of oil is viscosity, which is like a measurement of the thickness or stickyness of the oil. As the temperature of the oil increases the viscosity decreases (it is said to be inversely proportional) so as it gets hotter it gets runnier. As an example Caltex Revtex Super 4T (10W-40) has a viscosity of;
90 mm2/s at 40'C,
11 mm2/s at 100'C
So from the above you can see that it gets a lot runnier at 100'C.
Oils also have a pour point which is a temperature below which they become so viscous that they effectively cease to 'pour' like a liquid. In the above case, that is -33'C.
ORIGINAL: Alaska Bobber
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
I just don't get how oil can run "too cool". Please explain.
One of the important properties of oil is viscosity, which is like a measurement of the thickness or stickyness of the oil. As the temperature of the oil increases the viscosity decreases (it is said to be inversely proportional) so as it gets hotter it gets runnier. As an example Caltex Revtex Super 4T (10W-40) has a viscosity of;
90 mm2/s at 40'C,
11 mm2/s at 100'C
So from the above you can see that it gets a lot runnier at 100'C.
Oils also have a pour point which is a temperature below which they become so viscous that they effectively cease to 'pour' like a liquid. In the above case, that is -33'C.
I would think that the longer the oil stayed in place (less viscous) to a certian point the better it would be.
I wrote to Redline Oils and pointed them to this thread and asked them some questions. I hope they jump on the chance to explain oil to 20k users.
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RE: 2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
ORIGINAL: jimw411
Theres a good cheap way to keep your Dyna cool in traffic, split lanes.
Theres a good cheap way to keep your Dyna cool in traffic, split lanes.
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RE: 2006 DYNA OIL COOLER
Hey Roadtrain
Farkin A. There's gonna be some long hot days on those dead straigh highways for ya.
That sounds like an awesome ride man. How many K's you expecting to do ? That's gotta be at least 15-20 thousand right ?
Are you stopping by Canberra ?
Farkin A. There's gonna be some long hot days on those dead straigh highways for ya.
That sounds like an awesome ride man. How many K's you expecting to do ? That's gotta be at least 15-20 thousand right ?
Are you stopping by Canberra ?