oil cooler on a gs 000

[Nessism]

thats a neat looking adaptor, i will have to try and get hold of the plate with the little boss on it as mine hasnt got that.
i may be wrong but if 100% of the oil flow is directed to the cooler will that not starve the top end of the motor as you are effectively blocking off the oil feed gallery that feeds the head?

Oil comes up the main galley line and fills the cavity covered by the adapter plate. The cavity has two holes on the ends: one going up to the head and one going down to the transmission. I'm not stealing the oil, just borrowing it for a while to cool it, the return port will fill the cavity.

Going to install an oil pressure gauge on the cylinder before going much farther; need to make sure my kit does not effect the pressure. What I'm doing has been done before so it should be okay (I think).

[Agemax]

Oil comes up the main galley line and fills the cavity covered by the adapter plate. The cavity has two holes on the ends: one going up to the head and one going down to the transmission. I'm not stealing the oil, just borrowing it for a while to cool it, the return port will fill the cavity.

Going to install an oil pressure gauge on the cylinder before going much farther; need to make sure my kit does not effect the pressure. What I'm doing has been done before so it should be okay (I think).

that sounds cool,if you pardon the pun! will you be increasing the amount of oil in the engine to account for the oil that is through the cooler, also what size cooler are you using?
where are you fitting the gauge, is it where the bolt goes on the right hand side of the crankcase? will have to be a very low pressure gauge

[Nessism]

that sounds cool,if you pardon the pun! will you be increasing the amount of oil in the engine to account for the oil that is through the cooler, also what size cooler are you using?
where are you fitting the gauge, is it where the bolt goes on the right hand side of the crankcase? will have to be a very low pressure gauge

Yea, more oil. Not sure how much more; going to fill up the system off the bike and measure how much it takes.

Ordered an Earl's cooler; the curved type - getting the smallest one which is larger than most OE coolers.

On the right side of the cylinder there is an oil galley plug, which is where the gauge is typically placed. 15 psi gauges are fairly common, mostly for use to measure fuel pressure. VDO makes a nice one (about $20 USD). Going to have to fiddle to figure out an adapter fitting since the plug is metric.

Takes some fiddling but that's part of the fun.:-D

[Agemax]

keep us posted on how it goes mate. gonna keep my eye out for that pressure switch plate with the boss on it. had a trawl through ebay but nothing there, maybe its a US part only. may advertise in the parts wanted on here if i get stuck

[Guest]

You can modify your plate like Nessisum is doing, or you can buy or find on ebay an adapter. The ones on ebay are few and far between. "Terry", a member here from Australia, sells an adapter for around 100.00 US.

Here's a link to pics that show my adapter and cooler.

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/renobruce/GS1000/

[Guest]

Yea, more oil. Not sure home much more; going to fill up the system off the bike and measure how much it takes.

Ordered an Earl's cooler; the curved type - getting the smallest one which is larger than most OE coolers.

On the right side of the cylinder there is an oil galley plug, which is where the gauge is typically placed. 15 psi gauges are fairly common, mostly for use to measure fuel pressure. VDO makes a nice one (about $20 USD). Going to have to fiddle to figure out an adapter fitting since the plug is metric.

Takes some fiddling but that's part of the fun.:-D

My set-up required about 2/3 qt. more oil.

The adapters for mounting the oil pressure gauges are hard to find. I sell a kit with adapter, elbow, and gauge for $48.00 shipped to the US for GSR Members if you're interested.

[Agemax]

that oil cooler takeoff looks the nuts renobruce, where did you get that from?

[Guest]

that oil cooler takeoff looks the nuts renobruce, where did you get that from?

I found it on ebay along with an old oil cooler. I tossed the old cooler and kept the adapter. If you get lucky you can find one there. If not, Terry sells new ones that he custom makes which are similar.