I have never seen 300 oil temp on my ride (07 egc) my sender is mounted in oil pan,I would question whether the ieds are working they should richen your fuel enough to keep it cooler than that. You will hear a lot of claims on oil coolers it is a very hard thing to judge ,the one thing I have noticed is the oil seems to cool off quicker once im moving after being stuck in traffic.I have the HD cooler with 185 thermostat. If it was me,I would do a stage one have HD download a stage one map and take the IEDs off. Your changing the map versus piggy backing and fooling the ECM.. JMO...but the temps seem way too high...Tom..
I would not ride a new bike without at least a Stage 1. New bikes are extremely lean (air/fuel ratio) from HD to pass EPA requirements. Living in So. Mississippi, I believe in oil coolers.
Thus, I would do both. Stage 1 first, cooler second.
I don't care if you let it idle for 5 minutes. I rode a parade this past 4th of July. It was 80F and I didn't go over 5 mph for at least 20 minutes and only went a total of about a mile, and it didn't get over 230F with a probe in the pan, fairing mounted gauge.
Your in a completely different world not having a late model "96". I have a friend who has a stock 2002 (I think it is a "88" model B) and his bike does not go above 225* no matter what or where he drives. For some reason these "96"'s just flat out cook. I was all over this guys bike with a IR gun and could not believe the difference between his bike & my bike. Same day, same ride. I was going into heat mode and his bike was at 225*. Go figure.
Here's my question, and I've looked through the self help section, couldn't find an answer.
My 08 EGC seems to run excessively hot. I was riding a few weekends ago, the outside temp was mid 60s, beautiful day. The bike is completely stock with just a set of Xieds. Was riding in mixed traffic, some city, some country roads. After a long stretch of country road and riding at about 65 pulled into a drivethru for a drink. Sat in the drive thru for about 5 minutes and my scoot went into heat management. Now the air temperature was such that I was wearing long sleeves. This shocked me as I had not been riding her hard at all and five minutes was a very short time with my experience on this scoot. Now the oil is M1 fully synthetic 20/50 and was put in the engine in August of 2010,right before a road trip. This oil did get hot on that road trip, temp guage was reading over 300*.
My question is actually three fold. (1) Would the oil getting that hot in August effect it's ability to cool the engine? and (2) I'm thinking about installing a high flow breather with a TFI and leaving the stock mufflers on...will that provide cooling or do I need to install a new set of high flow slip on?
Finally, would it be better to leave the stock breather on, run a TFI to richen the fuel up and install one of those Ultra Cool Oil Coolers that have a fan?
I'm interested in keeping this motor healthy and want the best option for heat management. thanx.
I am a rookie who just learned I had a heat management system as an option on my HD, that was never turned on.