EOT meter for OEM oil cooler

[the Ferret]

Well I am interested in your project and data, do please keep posting data. Also please post the details of the fan and temperature sensor.

I do not see how this can hurt other than maybe reducing air flow if fan fails. Question is how well does it help.

However I would suggest not letting bike idle for so long as a warm up for the good of your bike.

Keep going, as projects like this help all that are interested.

Facts and data can never hurt.

That was my only point, don't let the bike sit there and idle for 10 to 15 minutes. The project will return some valuable info for the owner, and may return some benefit on engine longevity if he would end up keeping the bike long enough and ride enough miles.

Even with a fan I would not let my bike idle for extended periods of time. When I get in heavy traffic or stopped, as were were at the rally by construction, I turn the bike off so that those plugs are not firing producing heat for which there is no air movement to carry the heat away. Once traffic ahead starts to move I will fire it up again and get air moving thru the oil cooler and over the cylinder fins.

I do believe the manufacturers know what they are doing and I know of no over heating issues with air cooled bikes except on some Harley Davidson models with the rear V cylinder when not moving, and I believe there was a modification from the factory for that, and if memory serves me it involved shutting down of the rear cylinder. Maybe someone else can remember.

Even Harleys and BMW's partial addition of water cooling is directed at the heads where the spark plugs are firing and not directed to the cylinder walls.

by all means continue with your project and report your findings.