Always like to know what's going on with engine temp.
Our CTX doesn't have a gauge so I dug around and found one to use.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009D3HXEG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Went out for an hour and a half today to see how it works. Outside temp was 81* Engine temp before starting was 77* (water in the hose where the sending unit is).
Half a mile only 79 got about a mile and it was 109-mile or so later 177.
Cruising at 3000rpm it was 179-181. Rolling at 4000-4500 is was 188 or so.
Is it accurate? Don't know. What should the temp be? Don't know but the thermostat opens at 183.
This gives me a base to go by, 's all I wanted.
When I got home I sat and idled in the driveway-it slowly crept up to 210 then 219 then 217 and 212. My guess is the fan comes on at 219. Now 219 may seem hot but it isn't. My Valkyrie would very often run at that temp and my Road King was near 230 a lot of the time.
Install was easy, remove the top radiator hose (requires draining the coolant) mark for the connector and cut out about 5/8" of hose. Install connector in each piece of hose (remembering to put the hose clamps on first) and reinstall the hose without tightening the clamps. Get everything lined up and tighten all 4 clamps.
There is plenty of wire from the sending unit to the gauge so then route the wire up under the tank to the top of the triple tree. If you have a faired model you can likely find several places to mount it. The sending unit comes with double face tape for a surface mount but that seemed a problem to me to get to the back of the unit if you ever need to (change battery, set calibration) so I went a different way. I screwed it to a small piece of 90* aluminum and then double face taped that to the dash as seen in the pic. 3M makes some outside double face tape at Home Depot for 5 or 6 bucks-it is awesome.
So now I know if I see above 219 for any length of time, I should probably check it out.
Last thread I started was pirated by jfc at the other place-wonder if this will get there too?
Our CTX doesn't have a gauge so I dug around and found one to use.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009D3HXEG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Went out for an hour and a half today to see how it works. Outside temp was 81* Engine temp before starting was 77* (water in the hose where the sending unit is).
Half a mile only 79 got about a mile and it was 109-mile or so later 177.
Cruising at 3000rpm it was 179-181. Rolling at 4000-4500 is was 188 or so.
Is it accurate? Don't know. What should the temp be? Don't know but the thermostat opens at 183.
This gives me a base to go by, 's all I wanted.
When I got home I sat and idled in the driveway-it slowly crept up to 210 then 219 then 217 and 212. My guess is the fan comes on at 219. Now 219 may seem hot but it isn't. My Valkyrie would very often run at that temp and my Road King was near 230 a lot of the time.
Install was easy, remove the top radiator hose (requires draining the coolant) mark for the connector and cut out about 5/8" of hose. Install connector in each piece of hose (remembering to put the hose clamps on first) and reinstall the hose without tightening the clamps. Get everything lined up and tighten all 4 clamps.
There is plenty of wire from the sending unit to the gauge so then route the wire up under the tank to the top of the triple tree. If you have a faired model you can likely find several places to mount it. The sending unit comes with double face tape for a surface mount but that seemed a problem to me to get to the back of the unit if you ever need to (change battery, set calibration) so I went a different way. I screwed it to a small piece of 90* aluminum and then double face taped that to the dash as seen in the pic. 3M makes some outside double face tape at Home Depot for 5 or 6 bucks-it is awesome.
So now I know if I see above 219 for any length of time, I should probably check it out.
Last thread I started was pirated by jfc at the other place-wonder if this will get there too?
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