Hi again guys. I started the thread on the love jugs, and I’m guessing that I’m being referred to as OP, although I don’t know what OP means...
Yes I had read about the many bad experiences riders were having with the M-8 as a result of “hot” oil, and it concerned me for I bought a 2017 limited in Dec 17 for long range trips, and as I said in my original post.
Also it had been my experience that transferring heat away from an engine is always good, and was looking for an oil cooler that would fit my bike. I’ve installed oil coolers on my past Harleys and my cars for the reason stated above...no luck finding an oil cooler for my bike, so I started researching love jugs... asked the Taptalk folk about them.
As an FYI, I rode the bike a couple of times during the winter (outside temp 45 degrees) and the bike still ran hot (did not have a temp gauge to read the oil temp).
I understand Harleys run hot historically, but I had a bad experience with a hot engine on my 09 CVO Limited (rear plug seized) so I get AR on the topic of hot Harley engines.
I did call about the oil bud (thanks for the tip Jerry) and they are in final stages of testing one that will fit the ‘17 Limited. We chatted a bit more and the guy told they had received a lot of phone calls about oil bud availability for the above bike.
Was not intending to offend anyone for not answering sooner... and I’m sorry if I did. I do appreciate everyone feed back.
Safe riding all. V/r, Paul, A.K.A. pcpisano
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