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  • zuzu
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    Need help identifying part

    The parts picture is highlighting a hole that has a bolt and rubber type washer on my bike, it is inside of the oil filter cavity. Does anyone know what the bolt and rubber grommet is for. The Oil Cooler?

    I should have taken a picture before replacing the Oil filter cover.





    Thanks,
  • Agemax
    Forum Guru
    • Apr 2008
    • 8371
    • plymouth uk

    #2
    yep, i believe that is for the oil cooler take off.
    1978 GS1085.

    Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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    • koolaid_kid

      #3
      Yes, that engine was designed for an oil cooler but was never offered. I purchased an 1150 cooler for my GS, made my own stainless steel lines, and installed the cooler using those two inlet/outlet holes. Looked very stock. Engine temps dropped way down; I was very pleased.

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      • zuzu

        #4
        Yes that hole is for the oil cooler line. I highlighted the wrong hole. This is the correct highlighted area.



        Thanks, Agemax
        Last edited by Guest; 06-22-2013, 06:09 PM.

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        • koolaid_kid

          #5
          That is the current oil path to your filter. If you install a cooler, that hole needs to be restricted so oil flows to the cooler as well as the filter.

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          • zuzu

            #6
            Originally posted by koolaid_kid
            That is the current oil path to your filter. If you install a cooler, that hole needs to be restricted so oil flows to the cooler as well as the filter.
            Thats what I was thinking. I did not install the Lockhart oil cooler my brother did. Every time I changed the filter I would wonder what the plug was for.

            Thanks....koolaid_kid

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