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I just got my "Hi-Temp" ScottOil. It says it is good for "20-40 degrees C". This is 68-104 degrees Farenheight. The 68 deg F doesn't sound that hot to me. Here in Alabama, it is normally 85-95F or more on summer days. No wonder my ScottOiler has been slinging the "normal" temp oil off the chain, etc, even on the low settings. Not a good thing when I just bought my wife a new mesh jacket.

Now, I guess I will have to take off the Oiler to empty it before I refill it with the Hi-Temp oil. Unless...someone knows an easier way.

Pull the hose off of the bottom of the oil bottle (dispenser) and plug in the bottle of oil to the top air vent line and squeese the bottle and force air into the dispenser, the oil will run out of the dispenser. The same way you prime it the first time you fill it or it runs out.

The thin blue "cooler temp" oil has been working fine for me. No sling, ever. I turn it up to 3 or higher, and I get a faster, heavier (but still light) film of oil on the rear wheel - but I have never seen any sling on the tire, my saddlebags, or any other parts of the bike or garage floor.

I usually keep it set at 1-2, and have been amazed at how long a fill lasts...I worried about it at first, but I am convinced it is working properly. The chain looks great and is never dry. A lot less mess than what I made spraying the chain every 300-500 miles.

I have to have mine on the lowest setting. This time of year average high temp runs over 100 F every day. That oil just plain thins out big time.

Thanks everybody. Larryshep-it worked just great. Keith/Kevin: since I got a bottle of each now, I went ahead and swapped the standard oil out and put the Hi-Temp oil in, and set the indicator setting to 4. The Hi-Temp oil still flows through the tubing, but it seems like a heavy paste/greese on the chain with no throw-off at all. I recommend you guys in Arizona and Texas try it when it is convienent for you. However, I have only used it one day, and at about 92 deg F.

Thanks for all your inputs.

In order to save money over the cost of the scottoil I have been using a heavy weight gear oil. Its thick as syrup buit it does flow in the Scottoiler with no probs