Oil Cooler Install
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From: Green Country,Oklahoma
RE: Oil Cooler Install
You are very right to be concerned!! I put the cooler on my 2005,about two months later,I was checking them and one was stuck to the frame rail,it was not installed that close but with the heat it must have gotten closer.I took and put heater hose around the oil lines and cable tied them on,no more problems.I just split the heater hose so as not to have to take my oil lines back off.
Road Captain
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From: behind enemy lines
RE: Oil Cooler Install
ORIGINAL: golfblues
So do the work well to bring down temps? When moving I would expect it but in heavy traffic do they make much of a difference?
So do the work well to bring down temps? When moving I would expect it but in heavy traffic do they make much of a difference?
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From: Illinois
RE: Oil Cooler Install
I put one on my 07 FXSTC before Daytona Bike Week last year. In the stop and go traffic downtown the temp never read over the 215 degrees it is set for. Rember that it is a radiator and heat goes off off it even when standing still. Just like those in houses. Gives more surface area for cooling. The Fins on the motor work when standing still. just not as well. The heated oil is being pumped through the cooler and heat is given off.
At the time I did not know that you could get one with a 215 or 195 thermostat. I would have gotten the 195.
At the time I did not know that you could get one with a 215 or 195 thermostat. I would have gotten the 195.
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From: Illinois
RE: Oil Cooler Install
I have the lower front mount one. The other is mounted up higher. Both look good but the lower mount looks like it should be there. I would post a pic but try as i do I have gotten it to work yet.
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RE: Oil Cooler Install
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Cruiser
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RE: Oil Cooler Install
If I may ask why should you install a cooler.Is HD Moco is stupid to produce these bikes that u hav to adda cooler? Should I not trust the MOCO, if that is the case perhaps I should get rid of my Softail and buy a Big time Jap....?
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From: Illinois
RE: Oil Cooler Install
Many air cooled bikes such as the Yamaha Warrier come with oil coolers. It is not a neccessity just a good idea. Cooler running = more power and longer life.
Do you know that the ideal temp for a four cycle engine is? It is 160 degrees. Back in the day that is the thermastats that cars had then along came polution controls.
Do you know that the ideal temp for a four cycle engine is? It is 160 degrees. Back in the day that is the thermastats that cars had then along came polution controls.