NAPA # 3220 x 6 x 2 or 3/8 male NPT x 1/8 female NPT.

 

Back when I first got my oil cooler I bought one of the digital dipstick gauges. It's worked fine, & read in the 220 to 230 range where I'm comfortable with my oil temps. When I installed the gauge in the dash I left the dipstick right where it was. Figured it'd be a good comparison.

First couple of rides were short & in cool weather. Damn dash mounted gauge never got above 180, while the digital still read 220. Remembered a lot of people here talkin' about how their oil was just fine at 160 to 180, a little too cool for my taste. For a few days I thought Harley had just provided another marginal quality piece of equipment. Then I got in a longer ride on a slightly warmer day, & the dash gauge got up between 200 & 210. Digital was only slightly higher.

A little reasoning brings me to these conclusions....... The sender for the dash gauge is at the very edge of the oil pool, mounted in what amounts to a heat sink. The dipstick is plunged into the center of the oil pool. The pool cools from the outer edge towards the center, so it's always going to be warmer at the center & cooler at the edge, & it will just take longer to heat the dash sender to the higher temps. Either one of them will probably have a margin of error, so as long as neither says 90 or 900 they're just a guide & information I never had before.

 

I also recommend installing the sender in the oil pan. My gauge reads195-200 in 90 deg temps.I also useMOBIL 1 and have a TMAX.

 

Soos Said: >>>> "The oil temp gauge is just a visual indicator of your scoots operation. You will know when your scoot is overheating when you start to go into heat management mode. "

Soos, what you mean "heat management mode"? Is that the parade download your talking about, or something else?

Steve

 

This is how I've installed the oil temp sender.

In the pan is woking good for me I get a full range of oil temp with this installation.

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My sender looks different then the unit above because I'm using an after market system, not any of the H-D conversion kit. And mine has the sender that is matched to the thread size of the hole in the pan. This way I do not have to run an adpter bung and keep the sender even farther out of the oil I'm wanting measure the temps in.

 

Geez [:@], Why you gotta quote me?

This isn't a download that I am aware of. As far as I know this is stock.
I have gone into this mode twice and it sure is funky[:-]

EFI ENGINE HEAT MANAGEMENT
Injected Twin Cam High Temp Idle

FITC engines use a 4 phase heat management system to reduce engine temps under extreme conditions. A rider with a very hot engine may notice the affects of this 4 phase system and incorrectly assume an idle problem exists.

PHASE 1: When the engine temp sensor signals that the cylinder head has reached approx 266*F the ECM will gradually reduce engine idle speed until the engine temp drops or the engine reaches 900 RPM

PHASE 2: If engine temp reaches 293*F the ECM will gradually reduce engine idle speed until the engine temp drops or the engine reaches 800RPM.

PHASE 3: If the engine temp reaches 322*F the ECM richens the air/fuel ratio to provide additional cooling and advances the spark timing 10*.

Phase 4: If the engine temp reaches 331*F, fuel injector pulses (2 of 8) are randomly interrupted. The air drawn in and expelled helps cool the engine further. Since there is no combustion it would be perceived as a misfire. This 4th stage will only happen when the MC is stationary.

If necessary, engine idle speed will be increased during all Phases to maintain proper battery voltage.

 

mine does the same thing but i have NO cooler and mine IS installed in the oil pan via 3/8 adapter... i rode for 3 hrs the other day and barely touched 180 at a redlight but dropped back down to might near 110 after i got moving. but it has not been over 85* outwhen i riding????

 

Thanks Soos, just seeing this. I'll need to look again in my 07 manual. I haven't see this yet.

I'll reply via PM too.