Oil Cooler.
My thoughts. For a while, I was, obsessed, with knowing the, ‘exact’ temp on the oil on the little XT-225.
(Which holds about 3 table spoons of Oil)
Na, it is a lot more, just seems like 3 tablespoons !
Anyway, Oil Cooler ideas looked at them, their was even one being made in Japan.
Then planned designs, to, McGiver, one.
But first. bought the ’Trail Teck’,
did the Oil sensor, ‘ring’ under the plug,
It was showing 400 - 450 degrees !
I have always gone by the credo,
that, ANY, ICE motor oil, over 300 degrees, for 15 min,
it becomes, TOAST.So now, I am really worried.
So went to the local Junk Yard.
(‘er, Used, Automobile Recycling Center)Unscrewed, a, ‘oil immersion’, sensor from a old engine block that was on a pile for smashing.
Went to a local, auto parts store, got a gauge, with a clip on the end,
(to match the one on the sender)
Stuck that ’sensor’, in a pan of water, set it on a outdoor gas burner ring,
(Use that to fry my fish in),
and when the water boiled, the gauge read, 218. (Close enough).
Bought another oil drain cap, drilled & tapped it, put the sensor in.
Put the gauge, on the HB’s.
And, Voloa. Temp, on hot days, in slow traffic, went up to 275.
(One time I got it up to 280)
Standard was 240 - 260.
So as, W.S., said:
“Much to do about nothing”.Long winded version of;
‘Don’t worry about it”However, After taking a LS650 completely apart, have some ideas,
‘ . lets see, put this here, loop over their, do this, than that . ‘But will only do that, when I find, my, ‘roundtuit’.
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