HD Oil Cooler
#51
09-19-2010, 01:19 AM
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#52
09-19-2010, 05:47 AM
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The oil cooler, & tune work together to help the bike cool itself & run efficiently.With a good tune I would say 20 degrees cooler.With an ok tune about 10 degrees.Either way it helps.Make sure your tune is good also!!
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09-19-2010, 07:10 AM
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35-50 degree drop with the oil bud cooler. http://www.budsbikerparts.net/
Biggest one/most cooling space on the market.
Most expensive too, but hey, ya get what ya pay for.
Biggest one/most cooling space on the market.
Most expensive too, but hey, ya get what ya pay for.
#55
09-19-2010, 08:49 AM
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It's been a while since I installed mine. I've got the Jagg 10 row which is slightly bigger than the HD unit but as I recall, it didn't take as much as a 1/4 quart to bring the oil level to full after the install. I just refilled the engine like I would without the cooler, started her up and let the oil pressure stabilize, shut it down and then slowly added oil until the dip stick showed full. Subsequent oil changes take what the engine would normally take without the oil cooler.
Oh, I have to admit, I was getting pretty nervous on the first start up after the cooler install. Since the engine has to fill the oil cooler, it took longer to develop oil pressure. I didn't get any complaints from the engine during the process and the actual time probably wasn't as long as it seemed but it had me biting nails for a second or too.
Best of luck with yours!
Ride Safe,
Steve R.
Oh, I have to admit, I was getting pretty nervous on the first start up after the cooler install. Since the engine has to fill the oil cooler, it took longer to develop oil pressure. I didn't get any complaints from the engine during the process and the actual time probably wasn't as long as it seemed but it had me biting nails for a second or too.
Best of luck with yours!
Ride Safe,
Steve R.
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#56
09-19-2010, 10:31 AM
35-50 degree drop with the oil bud cooler. http://www.budsbikerparts.net/
Biggest one/most cooling space on the market.
Most expensive too, but hey, ya get what ya pay for.
Biggest one/most cooling space on the market.
Most expensive too, but hey, ya get what ya pay for.
#57
09-19-2010, 10:39 AM
Road Master
Is that temp drop from your own real world experience or the manufacturers own propaganda ? I find it hard to believe you would see or even want a 50 degree drop. That's why the Harley coolers have a thermostat you want the oil to stay in the recommended range of 190 to 220...
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09-19-2010, 04:28 PM
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Is that temp drop from your own real world experience or the manufacturers own propaganda ? I find it hard to believe you would see or even want a 50 degree drop. That's why the Harley coolers have a thermostat you want the oil to stay in the recommended range of 190 to 220...
I bought a HD Premimum oil cooler, but after speaking w/my buddy who has an 09 ultra I changed my mind. My buddy with the 09 ultra said that even with the HD Premium oil cooler that fully loaded and he and his wife ridin' it @80-85 on the interstate it was still peggin' 300 degrees.
It was at this time that I knew that I would be wastin' my time with anything less than what I decided to buy and sent back the HD oil cooler, and bought the oil bud and had it installed during the rally @Sturgis.
So there you have it, no propoganda, and no BS.
That was what I found from the installation.. the 35-50 degrees.
Oh btw; the oil bud does have a thermostat as well..
#59
09-19-2010, 07:01 PM
I was happy for the temp drop, as on 90 degree days ridin' 2 up I was @300, and maybe even a little more, and that was w/a stage 1 & a PC-V.
I bought a HD Premimum oil cooler, but after speaking w/my buddy who has an 09 ultra I changed my mind. My buddy with the 09 ultra said that even with the HD Premium oil cooler that fully loaded and he and his wife ridin' it @80-85 on the interstate it was still peggin' 300 degrees.
It was at this time that I knew that I would be wastin' my time with anything less than what I decided to buy and sent back the HD oil cooler, and bought the oil bud and had it installed during the rally @Sturgis.
So there you have it, no propoganda, and no BS.
That was what I found from the installation.. the 35-50 degrees.
Oh btw; the oil bud does have a thermostat as well..
I bought a HD Premimum oil cooler, but after speaking w/my buddy who has an 09 ultra I changed my mind. My buddy with the 09 ultra said that even with the HD Premium oil cooler that fully loaded and he and his wife ridin' it @80-85 on the interstate it was still peggin' 300 degrees.
It was at this time that I knew that I would be wastin' my time with anything less than what I decided to buy and sent back the HD oil cooler, and bought the oil bud and had it installed during the rally @Sturgis.
So there you have it, no propoganda, and no BS.
That was what I found from the installation.. the 35-50 degrees.
Oh btw; the oil bud does have a thermostat as well..
I was concerned on my 07 Road King when the oil temps went up to 260 on a 95 degree day sitting in traffic and that was before I installed the oil cooler.
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09-19-2010, 07:18 PM
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