Given that the oil rarely gets up to temperature during a British winter, should I consider covering the oil cooler on my 2006 Breva 1100 until spring? If so, would you recommend just wrapping kitchen foil round it, or is something else recommended? And would cable ties be OK, or would they melt on the oil cooler?
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Breva 1100 Oil Cooler
- Thread starter Graham UK
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There is a thermostat in the sump of the Breva 1100 to control the oil temp. In the parts diagram for the sump its #5 on page 45. You can get a temperature gauge that fits in place of the dip stick if you want to monitor the oil temp.
Toby Jug
Just got it firing!
This might be slightly off topic -- but if you're not warming up the oil you're probably not warming other things. I used to live in Leicester (I'm in Canada now) and my journey to work was only 3.5 miles. I used to get through silencers about every 6 months because I never warmed them up properly. Then I started going the long way to work so as to make sure I warmed up the V50.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Just thought I'd mention it.
iainw
Cruisin' Guzzisti
On days where it's around 5c or less it can take a good 15 minutes of riding to get the engine properly warmed up, that being a good temperature throughout. You'll need another 15 - 30 minutes to blow off any condensation that had previously formed in the rocker covers or anywhere else in the engine. This is quite important to stop the oil emulsifying and not doing its job properly.