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[NicoV]

I am amazed about the oil temperatures on my Bullet. I read in a post that the average temperature is 60 centigrade. I nearly never get that. Only in Summer when I am in busy traffic in Oslo. I live in the countryside 95 km north of Oslo.Until now my average oil temperature is 45-50. Today I left from Oslo to Hurdal. In Oslo it was 7 degrees, in Hurdal 2 degrees. After a 95 km ride at an average speed of 70-80 km/h, my oil temperature was hardly 40 degrees.
Overheating will probably never be a problem The riding season will soon stop for me , because it already freezes at night, and riding by day at less than 5 degrees is rather challenging, especially for the hands.

[Exile]

Summer is over here in Denmark. It's too wet, too cold and too windy. Thumper has gone into hibernation.

Roll on Spring...

[Paulk]

Nico,

I'm not suggesting they'll get you through a Scandinavian winter but heated grips are one of the best accessories money can buy - I was amazed how effective they are.

[papasmurf]

Nicov, where is the sender for the temperature gauge positioned? I ask because it is just a personal opinion but the dipstick type of oil temperature gauge is as much use as a chocolate spanner. The sender should be where the oil exits the engine, and I have no idea if that is even possible on a Royal Enfield.

[Leon Novello]

There are two places for the sensor; on mine, it is through the centre of the oil reservoir drain plug; another position is at the rear of the oil filter housing.
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[papasmurf]

Is the rear of the filter housing a difficult mod to do?

[NicoV]

Papasmurf, it is an oil dipstick temperature gauge.
Very funny to compare it to a chocolate spanner
Novello, interesting. I might install a sensor at the rear side of the oil filter.

[papasmurf]

NicoV. I very much doubt that the dipstick type of oil temperature gauge is of any practical use, because it is not checking the oil temperature as it leaves the engine. The dipstick type on a dry sump system will always show a low temperature.
Having said that I wonder how accurate the readings are using this method. (Apart from the sump temperature is about what I would expect it to be)

[JTL]

Hi...I have a dipstick oil temperature gauge too and it works just fine as an indication of the general temperature situation of the engine oil. It gives a correct reading of the oil tank temp. So the question is, what reading is it that I need to know, to tell me what? If it's the engine exit oil temp, then of course the gauge should be positioned where the oil is exiting the engine, but if it's ok to know the oil tank temp app. where the oil is returning from the timing chest, a dipstick gauge is the gauge to go for. A gauge mounted where the oil is pumped into the oil filter housing will give an even lower reading than the tank reading. This can work fine as well, as long as one knows the conditins a reading is meassured under. To know the engine temperature the IR termometer is the instrument to use. But then again who needs to know temps that accurate? ... Jacob

[Leon Novello]

It saved my engine on one occasion. I had changed the oil and for some reason I did not put enough oil back in; went for a 60km run and on the way back I saw the oil temperature indicator suddenly start to move quickly across the dial to over 100c; I pulled in the clutch and shut off the engine. There was no oil showing on the dipstick. A lady pulled up and asked if everything was alright, offered to go back to the village and buy some oil. She came back with 2 litres and the engine took 1 1/2 litres to top up. A gauge might not show exactly what the oil temperature is, but it certainly will move if there is not enough oil and things start to heat up. Which is the reason I fitted it. At that stage of its life I had to often top up the oil on runs as it was using a lot.