 Is the oil cooler controlled by thermostat?
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A freind of mine just installed an oil cooler on his Harley and he was telling me that it was controlled by a thermostat, so the bike could warm up sufficiently before kicking in, this seemed very reasonable to me and it got me wondering if my 2007 TBA's oil cooler was set up the same way. Anybody know?
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Nope.. the oil flows all the while the engine is running. Odd that one would have a thermostat... new one on me.
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he probably has a thermostat on his antique VW Beetle too!
we should do this every weekend!
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Maybe it has an electric cooling fan?
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Nope.. the oil flows all the while the engine is running. Odd that one would have thermostat... new one on me.
+1 I've never heard of that either...sounds more like a water cooled radiator doesn't it?
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there are oil coolers with thermostats in them, it is actually not that rare with cars and i am would not be surprised if the harley coolers worked that way
Frank
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Odd that one would have a thermostat..
I had an oil cooler with a thermostat on my old '77 Shovel~~straight 60w thins out very fast and with one cylinder
hide'n behind the other ya need sumptin to keep that juice from reach'n 300 degrees 
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Guess what happens if the thermostat doesn't open.
if life gives you lemons keep them because hey,free lemons.
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