engine temp question
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engine temp question
Yesterday, I finished my first autotune session on my PV2. The bike is a 2014 Breakout. After riding for about 45 minutes, I got back home and flashed the learned info to the ECM. I made a quick run (less than 10 minuets) to see if anything had changed.
I noticed immediately that the decel popping was almost completely gone. At this point I was using the gauges on the PV2 in order to monitor the engine temps. The ambient temperature outside was about 90 degrees and I was riding in traffic for most of the evening. The PV2 was reading a temperature of about 285.
I've been looking for more info and have read different opinions. What's an acceptable range...considering traffic and such. I haven't given it a shot on the highway yet...understanding that temps will drop given the higher speeds and less stop and go.
thanks guys...by the way...the thread on the PV2 were a great help when running my setup over the last few days.
I noticed immediately that the decel popping was almost completely gone. At this point I was using the gauges on the PV2 in order to monitor the engine temps. The ambient temperature outside was about 90 degrees and I was riding in traffic for most of the evening. The PV2 was reading a temperature of about 285.
I've been looking for more info and have read different opinions. What's an acceptable range...considering traffic and such. I haven't given it a shot on the highway yet...understanding that temps will drop given the higher speeds and less stop and go.
thanks guys...by the way...the thread on the PV2 were a great help when running my setup over the last few days.
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I've recently had engine temp issues on my 2004 heritage and had to replace the sensor. While I was working through the troubleshoot with my thundermax software, I think it said the alarm threshold is around 315. It gets to 230+ just starting and letting it idle for several minutes too.
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I've hit head temps as high as 320 in stop and go traffic, my eitms goes into skip fire at 289.
On a hot day my cruising temps will get as high as 270 on a normal day 260
If you take a look at the timing adjust by head temp settings with the winpv you will see the factory timing settings go as high as 486.
On a hot day my cruising temps will get as high as 270 on a normal day 260
If you take a look at the timing adjust by head temp settings with the winpv you will see the factory timing settings go as high as 486.
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