Oil cooler?

[blowerbike]

high zinc content is a thing of the past in diesel oils..not much higher than car oil content(but a little higher).
off road/racing oil has the high zinc levels but at 8 bucks give or take for a quart...
brad penn makes excellent oil(old kendall green formula)
not sure if the zinc additive would be ok for wet clutches...i'm not sure if they have other stuff in them.

[rapidray]

Terry, the Brad Penn works AWESOME & no problems with it. Ray.

[TeamNeal]

Triam, where can one obtain one of these 8v oil cooler adapters for a 8v 550?

[Triam]

Triam, where can one obtain one of these 8v oil cooler adapters for a 8v 550?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GS1000S-Wes-Cooley-GS1000-oil-cooler-adapter-/310844418469

That's the only one I could find listed anywhere. Mine came with an adapter on the bike, but no oil cooler. they had just plugged those two holes and were starving the engine head for oil.

I saw somewhere that someone took the OEM oil pressure switch housing and added two holes tapped with pipe threads so they could divert the flow to a cooler.

[Triam]

Triam, where can one obtain one of these 8v oil cooler adapters for a 8v 550?

I just checked out the numbers, and it looks like if you buy just the adapter from this kit:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=216922

It should fit on your bike, and you can use it for an oil cooler instead of top-end lubrication. Apparently the switch housing didn't change on all these bikes.

[posplayr]

I just checked out the numbers, and it looks like if you buy just the adapter from this kit:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=216922

It should fit on your bike, and you can use it for an oil cooler instead of top-end lubrication. Apparently the switch housing didn't change on all these bikes.

Actually they are different. The 8v distribution block has a neck to capture all flow to go to the cooler then return it back to the same distribution block. The 16v returns through the filter with no neck.

[Greg B]

Exactly.
My parts will NOT work for an 8 valve GS.

[gs11ezrydr]

I was under the impression that you had a gs1100 with the oil cooler lines on each side of the filter cover, These GS 550 coolers are cheap and plentiful. You would just either adapt them or install a restrictor or an 1150 efe cover depending on your model. But coolers, lines etc. are reasonable I think. Just check Ebay for the Gs550 oil coolers and see what I mean if it may help you if your looking for a cheap cooler.