Engine oil needs to reach 230-240 to clean the acids out. The coolant fan comes on at 203* and off at 194*. So you can see how cool your bike is running.Īnd I don't lower fan temp in my flashes unless it's on the area P flash or someone specifically requests it. Use the second post, he considered the 1st (below the line) bar that I did not consider. Here's an old post as to what each bar represents. New oil, oil filter, air filter, and engine ice coolant contributed to this seat of the pants observation. and strong, compared to before I did the maintenance. I have no measurement to factually prove this, it just sounded and felt really smooth. The engine seemed to be running really strong today. I will be riding a long trip this summer to MOAB with another COG member, he has a '12 C-14 and well maintained. I have no way to tell what the water temp is or what each mark on the gauge signifies temp wise. When I got back to the house, I had to let it sit in my driveway for 4 minutes before the temp would go up to the 4th mark and the fans finally kicked on, for about 15 seconds then the tuned off for about 1 minute, then turned back on for 15 seconds again turned back off. Once I got to traffic and stopped for a light, the temp went to the third mark and once I started moving, the temp went back to the 2nd mark. The temp stayed at the 2nd mark on the HWY. Today I was running on the hwy at about 60-70. I have a flashed ecu, so the fans kick on somewhere in the 4th mark. On this and my last bike, the temp gauge would warm up and stay at the 4th mark and occasionally it would get to the 5th mark. BUT it definitely was running cooler based on the temperature gauge. As for the Engine Ice, it was 60 deg today so not much of a stress on the cooling system. Took the bike out today after all the maintenance tasks. Is there anything you can think of to do while fairings off? (Valve check will be a while.) One more thing, I only want to pull these fairings 1 time if possible, So I have ready to install, LED turns, coolant, possibly BW headers, Air filter. I still need to do base line tests "as is" before doing the install. I will do my best to keep the COG informed of my findings. If you have any experience with ENGINE ICE or EVANS please share. I think the coolant is toast, may have air in the line, may be low on coolant, protector might be contributing heat, or may just be my over sensitive observations. I noticed the fans coming on at idle, more than with last bike, even in 36 deg weather. The bike has a B and G radiator protector. I am the 4th owner of this bike, I have been able to contact the last three and no one has done a flush and fill since new (13' with 8K MR flash). If flushed properly, it should last, I will be monitoring with infra temp gun. It is polyglycol, supposed to be better for environment and engine. I will need to do a thorough flushing before I put this in. I did my research and pulled the trigger on ENGINE ICE. I liked the idea of EVANS coolant but didn't like the "put it in once and never again", I also did not see any evidence that EVANS did a better job of cooling than traditional antifreeze. cocktail but saw some issues with WW and didn't want to recreate the cocktail with RP's ICE. I am looking to "help" the cooling system as much as possible especially with stop and go traffic. I am in the process of going through all fluids in my new to me bike. **** I live in the bottom of SC, very hot humid temps, I will also be traveling to Moab Utah in the summer****
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