| Author | Message | ||
     Billybob |
I have been riding in cold weather a lot short trips temp around 50f a lot of yellow stuff is coming out my breather is ok to block air to the oil cooler or just block half of it | ||
| Jramsey |
Its hard enough to build temp during warm weather....block it off, won't hurt a thing. Summer is the only time mine are open and the oil temp has never been over 160. | ||
| Glitch |
Also, on your short trips, take the long way. Your engine needs to come up to full temp, a cold bike, almost warmed up, then shut down, a few times will be hell on your gaskets, and seals. Do that all winter, come Summer you'll start seeping from the base gaskets first... | ||
| Bumblebee |
You can block the oil cooler off in cool weather. The white/yellow you are seeing is water and oil mixed, so the engine isn't getting warm enough to boil the water off that's a bi-product of combustion out of the oil. You need to take longer rides.  | ||
| Froggy |
Yep, stuff a rag in it.  Even then, it still doesn't get anywhere near as hot as it does during the summer according to my oil temp gauge. |
