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Hi all. Just stripped all plastics off, and was just wondering where my oil cooler is???
Model is a 92 ru 1000...
Im sure its supposed to have one. Or am i being stupid?
Has a previous owner modded her, and if so, what grade of oil should i now be using....as engine cooling must've been affected..
Temperature sits under halfway, and fan only comes on in heavy traffic etc.....
On RU the cooler is part of the rad set up. You should be able to follow the oil lines to rad area
Alt if it's been modded, the previous owner may have removed the cooler if the bikes been fightered as the engine then gets its own fresh cold air
Cheers stig,,,,definitely NO oil cooler.....so as to oil, do i need to change to say 5/30, which is thinner, stick with recommended 10/40,or go thicker, which i probably am, cos your gonna call me a fuckwit, and stick to original recommended oil.
I presume its a simple job of buying a cooler, and just plumbing it back up,( bolt on and oil seals)....yes im very confident working on engines, ive just bought a new hammer and im dying to try it...
Seriously though,, if its been plugged at the engine. Is it a simple case of just removing the plugs, and re installing the oil cooler...
Is there a mod that allows you to lose the oil cooler????
The oil cooler on a 92 model is behind the oil filter,it is water cooled, you should see some pipes going to it, the oil filter screws onto the cooler asm
I seen someone on here before put pics up where they just replaced the oil cooler with a bit of plastic pipe.
Going from 1 side to other over the oil filter housing ?
could anyone tell me can you change the old oil filter housing (cast finned on) for a newer canister type housing as im just about to fit a earlier engine in my RU but id rarther keep the RU radiator than try and fit the two separate coolers(water and oil ) many thanks rich
