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  • tbirdhd
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    oil cooler help

    I know there is a lot of people talking about them, oil coolers, in some pics I seen , some lines were in the oil filter cover, and some in the ports next to it, witch is best and why? , any pics you have of yours will be nice , an other then earls, does any Suzuki bikes have a good one to use ??
  • dorkburger
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    • Jan 2013
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    • Stupid Freehold Boro NJ

    #2
    The ones with the fittings in the cover are aftermarket.

    1150s had them factory mounted.

    This isn't a bad price actually. The 1150 cover is a specific part with a built in restriction to force oil up thru the cooler.

    What bike do you have?
    Last edited by dorkburger; 11-11-2017, 09:33 PM.
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    • Nessism
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      • Mar 2006
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      • Torrance, CA

      #3
      Originally posted by dorkburger
      The ones with the fittings in the cover are aftermarket.

      1150s had them factory mounted.

      This isn't a bad price actually. The 1150 cover is a specific part with a built in restriction to force oil up thru the cooler.

      What bike for you have?
      Nice all up kit. Much better than drilling into the filter cover and more reliable.
      Ed

      To measure is to know.

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      • posplayr
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        • Dec 2007
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        #4
        what bike?

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        • tbirdhd

          #5
          sorry 82/83 1100E with a 1290 , gsxr1100/bandit head , build crank

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          • trippivot
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            • Aug 2006
            • 2815
            • Des Moines , IA

            #6
            1150 stock cooler works really well. that is one that uses the engine case ports. I have a old lockheart phillips that is hooked to a filter cover that has been collecting dust for years.

            how hot is your bike's oil getting?
            SUZUKI , There is no substitute

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            • posplayr
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              #7
              The first step is to get a Series R/R; it will cool down that motor.


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              • Nessism
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                #8
                Originally posted by posplayr
                The first step is to get a Series R/R; it will cool down that motor.


                http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...S-R-R-Install\
                A series R/R is a good thing...but not for temp reduction.
                Ed

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                • steve murdoch
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                  • May 2004
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                  • St. Catharines, On.

                  #9
                  Tripp, with a 1290 kit would a top-end oiler be of any benefit?
                  2@ \'78 GS1000

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                  • tbirdhd

                    #10
                    Hi have a cumpffire R/R , Electrosport stator , and top end oiler ,

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                    • gsxkat

                      #11
                      I used an oil cooler plumbed into the two take offs either side of the oil filter that are blanked off by the large bolts and and an 1150 oil filter cover. Works very well with no other modifications required.

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                      • bobgroger
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                        • Jun 2013
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                        • Enumclaw, WA

                        #12
                        He has a GSXR head which on a GS has the oil cooling feature largely disabled. I think but can't prove a top oiler would help with cooling if it was routed like the GSXR. But the GSXR had dual oil pumps, one for lube and one for cooling. I guess a temp gauge tells all....
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                        • swanny

                          #13
                          That's the way to go AND you must use the 1150 cover so that oil flows through the cooler.

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                          • trippivot
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                            • Aug 2006
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                            #14
                            topend oilers always help
                            SUZUKI , There is no substitute

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                            • Downs

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Nessism
                              A series R/R is a good thing...but not for temp reduction.
                              Well since you're not shunting all that extra current though the stator generating extra heat it removes a heat generating source from the equation. Someone on here did teh work and gathered the numbers and found that going to the series R/R dropped oil temps by as much or more than adding an oil cooler.

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