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Wow i need to get a temp gauge to see where mine is running
No, you really don't need one.
Originally Posted by SafetyMan
Nobody ever has an engine temp. problem until they install a gauge.....
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Originally Posted by LA VIC
No you don't. Ask yourself what are you going to do with the information. You'll only fixate on something that's not a problem and then start another oil thread. Then I'll see it and open it.......just a viscous circle.
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Originally Posted by PeteF
I wouldn't worry about the temp. When it's 95 degrees an air cooled engine is hot. Just ride.
I've got the oil temp gauge. It's a little more useful than that air temp gauge. But all the guys above are right. It's interesting to watch, but I don't fixate or worry about it. I've got good oil, it'll be fine. We don't get much stop and go traffic in East Texas. The highest I've ever seen the oil temp was 290* at about 13,000' just below the summit of Pike's Peak. Normally in the summer, it runs 230-250*.
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