Installing oil temp gauge in FLHTC
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I have the McEwan gauge also, I routed mine to the right frame rail on the inside, up towards the battery box and up under the tank and into the inner fairing, fairly simple install. Also, the McEwan you do not need any adapter or anything, looks nice.
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WIthout an oil cooler on my bike I pegged that gauge at 300 a couple times in traffic. That's when I installed an oil cooler and a HD gauge.
Just my 2 cents.
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where did you get the gauge? do you have a part#?
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All kits appear to for 99 and newer. looking at the oil pan on my 98 flhtc, it appears to not have the extra hole for the sender. is this the reason for no kits for 98 and older? would like to make this mod. any suggestions?
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Your right the McEwan gauge only goes up to 300 degrees, but I have an oil cooler already so I shouldn't come anywhere near that temp! And if I do, I guess it's time to pull over and let 'er cool down! I read dino oil breaks down at 250 degrees and synthetic at 300? I run synthetic.
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Just installed one myself. Question though ... I was going to use the (inner) oil pan plug as illustrated in the photos above, but my dealer service manager said not to because that plug leads to an oil pan chamber that "has no oil in it". So I used an adapter to fit the probe into the oil drain plug (outer) hole. Obviously, when I drain oil, I have to remove the probe to do it. I have a feeling I got some bad info! I assume the inner plug works fine for all of you? Thanks.