00:00:05.480 welcome to the service clinic at 00:00:07.55000:00:07.560 Lowcountry harley-davidson I'm Carly 00:00:10.00900:00:10.019 standing right next to a 2017 and you 00:00:13.49000:00:13.500 know the 2017 sarees are twin cooled 00:00:16.25000:00:16.260 with water or oil cooled and of course 00:00:19.31000:00:19.320 that means that these 2017 s have a very 00:00:22.82000:00:22.830 large oil cooler because it's part of 00:00:26.21000:00:26.220 the cooling process of the new 2017 and 00:00:29.06000:00:29.070 the question comes up doc do I need an 00:00:32.24000:00:32.250 oil cooler on my motorcycle need well 00:00:34.88000:00:34.890 that's a great question here let's talk 00:00:38.45000:00:38.460 about oil coolers first let's both agree 00:00:40.76000:00:40.770 a harley-davidson is air oil cooled 00:00:43.97000:00:43.980 alright it has air coming across it and 00:00:46.31000:00:46.320 as the air comes across the motor it 00:00:48.38000:00:48.390 draws heat away and also as the air goes 00:00:50.56900:00:50.579 past the oil pan it cools the oil and 00:00:53.36000:00:53.370 the oil is one of the items that is 00:00:55.43000:00:55.440 cooling a harley-davidson inside we have 00:00:58.49000:00:58.500 piston jets that are spraying cooler oil 00:01:01.43000:01:01.440 hopefully underneath the Pistons to help 00:01:03.38000:01:03.390 cool them and of course the oil goes 00:01:05.47900:01:05.489 through the motor and comes back to the 00:01:07.37000:01:07.380 oil pan to cool off and come back it's a 00:01:09.26000:01:09.270 big process but we both agree it's air 00:01:11.53900:01:11.549 oil cool alright so adding an oil cooler 00:01:14.89900:01:14.909 let's look at the pluses and minuses the 00:01:17.39000:01:17.400 pluses I'm adding more capacity more oil 00:01:20.69000:01:20.700 alright so that means I've got more oil 00:01:23.39000:01:23.400 to cool the motor so I think that's a 00:01:25.58000:01:25.590 plot all right - it's an air-cooled 00:01:28.34000:01:28.350 motor well if I'm putting the oil up 00:01:30.74000:01:30.750 front where usually the oil cooler is on 00:01:34.52000:01:34.530 a Harley Davis and I've got air coming 00:01:36.26000:01:36.270 across the oil and cooling it and that 00:01:39.14000:01:39.150 brings up the subject of technology has 00:01:41.12000:01:41.130 come a long way with oil coolers back in 00:01:44.14900:01:44.159 the Shovelhead days we used to take a 00:01:46.16000:01:46.170 cooler from an auto transmission cooler 00:01:49.28000:01:49.290 and put those on our Harley's on our 00:01:51.64900:01:51.659 shovel heads and that was just a tube 00:01:53.33000:01:53.340 with some fins on it not real efficient 00:01:55.63900:01:55.649 but we had the best intentions well 00:01:57.88900:01:57.899 technology is updated a lot with the oil 00:02:00.46900:02:00.479 coolers one they've redesigned the oil 00:02:03.28900:02:03.299 cooler so it dissipates the oil the oil 00:02:05.53900:02:05.549 comes in and it spreads the oil out so 00:02:07.99900:02:08.009 there's more area for the oil to get 00:02:09.71000:02:09.720 cooled off so while it's up front the 00:02:11.90000:02:11.910 air is coming it's cooling 00:02:13.24000:02:13.250 more and bringing it back to the oil pan 00:02:15.61000:02:15.620 so it can bring it through the motor so 00:02:18.28000:02:18.290 the technology has come a long way that 00:02:20.38000:02:20.390 technology is also bringing a plus to 00:02:23.83000:02:23.840 put in an oil cooler on your motorcycle 00:02:25.93000:02:25.940 because harley-davidson with their oil 00:02:28.24000:02:28.250 coolers the adapter has a thermostat in 00:02:31.15000:02:31.160 it all right and all thermostats are set 00:02:33.43000:02:33.440 at 185 let the motor warm up warm up the 00:02:37.44900:02:37.459 oil because oil yes works the best in a 00:02:40.75000:02:40.760 certain temperature range 00:02:42.82000:02:42.830 all right you go above it it starts 00:02:44.26000:02:44.270 breaking down below it it really doesn't 00:02:46.27000:02:46.280 get the viscosity going so yes a 00:02:48.67000:02:48.680 thermostat is a fantastic idea 00:02:50.94000:02:50.950 harley-davidson has one in their product 00:02:53.53000:02:53.540 when you add one on to your motor and so 00:02:55.81000:02:55.820 under 185 your motor is circulating the 00:02:58.93000:02:58.940 oil just as it always is above 185 it 00:03:03.01000:03:03.020 opens up let's the oil go through the 00:03:04.75000:03:04.760 oil cooler and it starts cooling the oil 00:03:06.85000:03:06.860 down and usually you get about 20 00:03:09.37000:03:09.380 degrees doesn't sound like much but when 00:03:11.53000:03:11.540 you're up there at the 250 mark bringing 00:03:13.75000:03:13.760 it back down to the 230 to 20 mark 00:03:16.44900:03:16.459 really helps a lot in keeping that oil 00:03:18.52000:03:18.530 viscosity working and protecting your 00:03:20.77000:03:20.780 motorcycle so buying an oil cooler 00:03:23.56000:03:23.570 that's one of the questions you should 00:03:25.03000:03:25.040 ask a lot of you search the internet and 00:03:28.09000:03:28.100 look at aftermarket that's fine but ask 00:03:30.03900:03:30.049 them do you have a thermostat that's in 00:03:31.81000:03:31.820 it because yes if you don't you're just 00:03:34.42000:03:34.430 throwing the oil out into the air and 00:03:36.40000:03:36.410 back and it's keeping you all maybe a 00:03:38.56000:03:38.570 little bit too cool in some of your 00:03:40.27000:03:40.280 areas that you're watching some of you 00:03:42.25000:03:42.260 live in the Midwest and they up north 00:03:43.72000:03:43.730 now here in South Carolina we stay above 00:03:46.99000:03:47.000 50 degrees most of the time and 80 00:03:49.36000:03:49.370 degrees so an oil cooler even without 00:03:51.55000:03:51.560 the thermostat is helpful in this area 00:03:54.25000:03:54.260 and if you ever get stuck in stop-and-go 00:03:55.99000:03:56.000 traffic here in Charleston or Atlanta 00:03:58.27000:03:58.280 yeah you want an oil cooler on it 00:04:00.34000:04:00.350 because you want that extra air to cool 00:04:03.22000:04:03.230 and you want that extra capacity now 00:04:05.83000:04:05.840 some of the negatives for an oil cooler 00:04:07.78000:04:07.790 one it didn't come on your motorcycle 00:04:10.15000:04:10.160 all right I get that all right your 00:04:12.49000:04:12.500 motorcycle is designed without it but 00:04:14.97900:04:14.989 that's just one - yes you are adding it 00:04:18.81900:04:18.829 on to your motorcycle so wherever you 00:04:20.65000:04:20.660 add it the gaskets or the adapter or the 00:04:23.29000:04:23.300 warm clamps that hold the hoses they can 00:04:26.08000:04:26.090 work themselves 00:04:26.98000:04:26.990 over a period of time and you might get 00:04:28.96000:04:28.970 a little drip of oil so you replace the 00:04:30.90900:04:30.919 clamp or you make sure that they're 00:04:32.53000:04:32.540 tight or you replace the gasket so yes 00:04:35.11000:04:35.120 there is that - you have the possibility 00:04:37.51000:04:37.520 of a small oil leak yes there is that 00:04:40.03000:04:40.040 horse story and in my 30 years maybe 00:04:42.64000:04:42.650 just once I've seen it happen 00:04:44.74000:04:44.750 some big stone comes up and puts a hole 00:04:47.65000:04:47.660 through your oil cooler and you got to 00:04:49.33000:04:49.340 stop yes it can happen so those are some 00:04:52.93000:04:52.940 of the minuses buying a cheap 00:04:55.51000:04:55.520 after-market oil cooler can also be a - 00:04:58.51000:04:58.520 because sometimes where they route the 00:05:00.55000:05:00.560 hoses pinches the hose and now you have 00:05:03.25000:05:03.260 a flowing problem of getting the oil 00:05:04.84000:05:04.850 back to your motorcycle or the attaching 00:05:07.57000:05:07.580 areas aren't the best and they weep and 00:05:10.45000:05:10.460 leak all the time and you just finally 00:05:12.46000:05:12.470 get tired of it you take it off so yes 00:05:14.46900:05:14.479 there are plus and minuses in my book I 00:05:16.75000:05:16.760 think with the new technology and the 00:05:19.60000:05:19.610 way they are designed an oil cooler is 00:05:21.85000:05:21.860 good for your motorbike especially if 00:05:24.82000:05:24.830 you're in the high-performance range as 00:05:26.50000:05:26.510 I am is if you make your 96 to a 103 if 00:05:30.15900:05:30.169 you'll notice that CBO Harley Davidsons 00:05:33.67000:05:33.680 103 s1 tends the performance motorcycles 00:05:36.58000:05:36.590 they come with oil coolers there is a 00:05:38.92000:05:38.930 reason there's more heat because you're 00:05:40.90000:05:40.910 creating more heat with the more 00:05:42.67000:05:42.680 performance so if you're thinking of hot 00:05:44.98000:05:44.990 riding your harley-davidson or making it 00:05:47.05000:05:47.060 a big bore to a 103 or 110 yes and oil 00:05:50.23000:05:50.240 cooler helps manage that extra heat that 00:05:53.26000:05:53.270 you put in that wasn't designed in the 00:05:55.81000:05:55.820 original motorcycle now last question 00:05:58.75000:05:58.760 it's becoming a thing and oil coolers to 00:06:02.77000:06:02.780 add the fan is it a good thing I don't 00:06:07.12000:06:07.130 think it's a bad thing I think trying to 00:06:09.37000:06:09.380 do it yourself and adding the little fan 00:06:11.20000:06:11.210 that's into your computer yeah that's 00:06:13.00000:06:13.010 bad but a manufacturer that is designed 00:06:16.15000:06:16.160 with a fan has the idea that when you're 00:06:19.48000:06:19.490 in stop-and-go traffic you're really not 00:06:21.27900:06:21.289 bringing that air and helping the oil 00:06:24.27900:06:24.289 cooler do the best so they put a fan on 00:06:26.43900:06:26.449 it to suck either the air over the oil 00:06:30.27900:06:30.289 cooler or they put it in front of it to 00:06:31.77900:06:31.789 help blow the air through it so it can 00:06:34.00000:06:34.010 be a good thing and for your knowledge 00:06:36.58000:06:36.590 the new 2017 free wheeler trike 00:06:40.64000:06:40.650 comes with a fan behind the oil coolers 00:06:44.87000:06:44.880 so harley-davidson must be thinking 00:06:47.06000:06:47.070 about all right a trike it's not moving 00:06:49.64000:06:49.650 as fast it's a lot of stop and go 00:06:51.08000:06:51.090 they've added the option of the fan so 00:06:54.37900:06:54.389 keep that in mind maybe it is a good 00:06:56.48000:06:56.490 thing 00:06:57.35000:06:57.360 this is an ultra cool and it does work 00:06:59.60000:06:59.610 on their models and they actually tell 00:07:01.43000:07:01.440 you with a little light saying that it's 00:07:03.20000:07:03.210 on and it's off see you know when it's 00:07:05.27000:07:05.280 working so I hope I've given you a 00:07:07.24900:07:07.259 little bit more knowledge because that's 00:07:08.57000:07:08.580 what you need when you make the decision 00:07:10.49000:07:10.500 to put an oil cooler I can't stress 00:07:13.04000:07:13.050 enough harley-davidson products are made 00:07:15.40900:07:15.419 for Harley Davidson so keep that in mind 00:07:18.14000:07:18.150 when you're thinking of adding an oil 00:07:19.73000:07:19.740 cooler to your Harley Davidson just a 00:07:22.79000:07:22.800 few tech tips and a little ideas about 00:07:24.71000:07:24.720 the oil coolers if you've got an opinion 00:07:26.18000:07:26.190 they post it on our Facebook or on our 00:07:28.49000:07:28.500 site I'd love to hear from you I'm Carly 00:07:30.86000:07:30.870 we'll see you next week
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