What happens when a Harley Davidson engine overheats?
HEAT is the killer of the air-cooled engine. While cooking oil at 300*, the oil has long gave up it’s lubrication function and damage to the pistons/rings/wall is probably there at that temperature…. Change like Glider suggested. Hopefully your engine will not show the damages it could of sustained.
How does oil cooling work on a Harley Davidson?
Oil-cooling allowed Harley-Davidson to continue using the air-cooled Big Twin engine on its bikes. H-D’s engineers created a dual-cooling system that used both oil-cooling and air-cooling to reduce engine heat. This way, oil-cooling could further complement the efforts of air-cooling.
What should the oil temp be on a Harley Davidson?
Oil Temp 225-240 seems to be the norm. This all depends on where you ride and riding style as Bob mentions in the videos. As we all know, oil coolers work to cool the oil and a cylinder fan works to cool the engine.
Is there heat management on a Harley Davidson?
Heat management yes, but complete shutdown no. On the positive side I believe your bike does not have O2 sensors for ecm feedback so it probably runs richer than most factory FI bikes.. And as Glider suggested, change the oil. If you don’t use a full synthetic, think about it. Now is the time. ? how hot is too hot????? you were there! and more!
HEAT is the killer of the air-cooled engine. While cooking oil at 300*, the oil has long gave up it’s lubrication function and damage to the pistons/rings/wall is probably there at that temperature…. Change like Glider suggested. Hopefully your engine will not show the damages it could of sustained.
Oil Temp 225-240 seems to be the norm. This all depends on where you ride and riding style as Bob mentions in the videos. As we all know, oil coolers work to cool the oil and a cylinder fan works to cool the engine.
How do you do an oil change on a Harley?
Shut the motor off, install a new oil filter that you pre-filled with new oil, run the motor and top off the oil tank as required. We used to call it the “5-quart oil change”. Remove the oil filter. Drain the old oil in the conventional manner. Re-fill the oil tank. WITHOUT installing a new oil filter.
Heat management yes, but complete shutdown no. On the positive side I believe your bike does not have O2 sensors for ecm feedback so it probably runs richer than most factory FI bikes.. And as Glider suggested, change the oil. If you don’t use a full synthetic, think about it. Now is the time. ? how hot is too hot????? you were there! and more!
What causes an engine to overheat in stop and go traffic?
The effectiveness of air-cooling depends on one factor: airflow. It is the natural airflow that passes over the fins and cools the engine. Once the air isn’t moving across the engine, the engine can overheat. Stop-and-go traffic is one of the situations where the airflow across your engine is reduced/restricted.
What causes a Harley Davidson Road King to over heat?
Any answers what would cause this, this wasn’t the first time it happened, seems to be over heating, I use synthetic Amsoil. My bike is a 2006 Road King with 20,000 miles. You bike was over heating. Parades are torture on an air cooled engine.
What makes a Harley Davidson overheat in traffic?
Harley is an air cooled and oil cooled engine. Slow moving your bike and stand-stills will ruin a good engine. The traveling at idle speeds in stop-n-go traffic is not the way the harley is designed and nothing short of a 20 mile an hour breeze would improve that situation much. HEAT is the killer of the air-cooled engine.
This weekend there was an old hot rod show in town, hotrods and harleys (mostly) cruising up an down the blvd. Engine got extremely hot, oil temp was almost at 300 degrees ( normally runs around 200) before I pulled over and shut the bike down for awhile.
Where does the heat go in a Harley Davidson engine?
The engine transfers heat to the oil, which then goes through the oil cooler. The cooled oil now goes back into the engine to cool it, and the cycle repeats. Oil-cooling allowed Harley-Davidson to continue using the air-cooled Big Twin engine on its bikes.
What causes an air cooled motorcycle to overheat?
In particular, idling for long periods of time or moving at slow speeds will cause the engine’s temperatures to rise rapidly. An air-cooled engine has metal fins cast into the cylinders and cylinder heads. As the motorcycle moves, the fins dissipate the heat in the engine.