How cool is too cool for oil?

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Apr 25, 2006 | 09:04 AM

KY HDRider

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How cool is too cool for oil?

I just installed Wally's oil temp gauge and I have an oil cooler on my bike. The cooler is the old model that came out in 99 I think. It has oil lines running down the bottom of the bike toward the rear that come up beside oil fill, and goes under chrome cover. There is a block under the bike that I suppose is a thermostat to control when the cooler is working. Anyway, after installing temp gauge, I have never seen the temp reach 200. Mostly on the highway it is below 170, and if putting on twisty roads it will get just over 170.
So, in you guys experience, is the Wally's gauge accurate, and if so, is my bike running too cool to allow proper flow? Should I disconnect the oil cooler, the thermostat if that is what the block actually is, must be defective allowing oil flow through the cooler always. BTW, I am running Amsoil in all three holes.

Thanks, 04Ultra

Apr 25, 2006 | 09:31 AM

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RE: How cool is too cool for oil?

I'm no expert but I've heard you want the oil to get up to 230 so as to burn off any impurities created from start up as well as boil off moisture that collects in your engine when not running.

Apr 25, 2006 | 10:00 AM

Bruce00

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RE: How cool is too cool for oil?

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ORIGINAL: Wally

I'm no expert but I've heard you want the oil to get up to 230 so as to burn off any impurities created from start up as well as boil off moisture that collects in your engine when not running.

You are most defiantly correct! You oil temp has to get above the point of boiling water