Rode my bike to Laughlin this weekend in the hot 100 degree weather and got stuck in stop and go traffic for about 20 minutes, my oil temperature gauge read 300 degrees for a short time, my thighs were frying! I'm running synthetic in my 07 and have had it in for the recal flash, should I be concerned?

 

HOLY **** [] ... I can't say for sure if you should be concerned...but..damn. That's a lot of heat.

 

300 won't damage the engine if its only for a short time. BUT, the oil has to go.
Synthetic oils generally are not to badly affected by a temp reading that high.
But the additives that are in it tend to go Bye-Bye real fast at temps that exceed250.
300 is well beyond what they were designed to handle, and 20 minutes is 19.5 minutes too long in my book.
It would be nothing more than just good common sense, not to mention cheap insurance to get rid of it ASAP. Cause what you got in there now isDONE.

 

Just curious, what type of synthetic are you running?

 

I agree with Citoriplusyou should be okay but change that oil.

 

yes...like everyone else says change the oil. Another option to make sure it doesn't happen again is you can install a powercommander...A proper fuel air mixture will keep your bike cooler all the time but...if you know your going to be at a rally or parade with lots of stop and go at hot temps you can have a second map ready to go with a richer map at idle and lower RPMs. That will help keep it cool.

 

Got the PC3 and had it dyno tunedabout a month ago, dont think that was the issue, believe it had something to do the current 100 degree temps and stop and go traffic, I reconair cooled bikes just cant handle it. I like the idea about a second map.

 

That's pretty damn hot 07deluxe! I suppose you're about medium rare by now, huh?

I concur with the other guys...drain the old and get some fresh oil!

Steve

 

Even if you have your bike tuned for optimal performance it may not be tuned for parade type duty. With the proper map for this type of driving you can have much reduced oil temps. Just a suggestion if you do ride in those temps at low speeds often. Riding in 100 degree temps with an air cooled bike its going to reach those kind of temps but you can do things to reduce the amount of time it takes to get there.

 

I live in the high desert of California and summer days are routinely over 100 degrees. My bike has been Dynoed with a SERT and it still runs in the 235 - 260 on normal rides in this weather(on and off the freeway and canyons , speeds of 30 -80 mph). If I get into traffic it is not unusual to hit 300 degrees.

Once in bad LA traffic the engine management system activated and started to cut off the engine. As soon as I got moving and the temp dropped under 310 it ran fine again.

I have talked to my dealer and all they can reccommend is change the oil more frequently.