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1100e running lean

chef1366 said:
I think the needle is good.
Try a 125 on the main to see if you can get some color on those plugs.
What temp are you running?
Good on the 47.5 pilot. No popping on decal? Should be 2.5 to 3 turns out on mixture screw.
Lean is mean but it melts engines. :eek:
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Mine is canadian so its not degrees. The gauge goes to 160 and I have hit as high as 150!!! Today though with the elevation change never went highr than 130 is I'm close.
 
trevor said:
Mine is canadian so its not degrees. The gauge goes to 160 and I have hit as high as 150!!! Today though with the elevation change never went highr than 130 is I'm close.
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Not good for a stock engine
 
trevor said:
Mine is canadian so its not degrees. The gauge goes to 160 and I have hit as high as 150!!! Today though with the elevation change never went highr than 130 is I'm close.
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I suspect you meant to say that it is not Fahrenheit but Celsius (or Centigrade). Still, 150C = 300F, which is quite warm. Mine used to get that high until I installed an oil cooler; then it dropped around 100F (38C).
 
koolaid_kid said:
I suspect you meant to say that it is not Fahrenheit but Celsius (or Centigrade). Still, 150C = 300F, which is quite warm. Mine used to get that high until I installed an oil cooler; then it dropped around 100F (38C).
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Lol..yes I did I'm on my cell phone. Azr and I are installing the oil cooler next week.
 
trevor said:
Lol..yes I did I'm on my cell phone. Azr and I are installing the oil cooler next week.
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A stock engine shouldn't 'require' an additional cooling mechsm. (But they do look bitchin'!!). It's not like the suzuki engineers screwed up or anything. And you don't live anywhere hot. I would be concentrating on reducing 'natural' running temperature before installing cooler. Seems like just a band-aid. (?)
Folks with way more knowledge than me can correct me, if wrong ?

(Last yr riding down to Paso Robles inland ... I almost fell asleep it was so hot ... but stock engine ('83 1100) sat right on 210 mark (100C))
Just my 2c

ps I have one without (mentioned) and one with cooling doodad (extra brick on bike thingy) and notice no difference. (both stock engines ... ie no hot-rodding)
good luck!
 
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Not really a band-aid, the GS1100E were designed to have an oil cooler, they even have the connections to hook one up. They just were not sold with one. An 1150 oil cooler is a direct install.
 
koolaid_kid said:
Not really a band-aid, the GS1100E were designed to have an oil cooler, they even have the connections to hook one up. They just were not sold with one. An 1150 oil cooler is a direct install.
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I figured that was for when the hot-rodding began! :)
 
ptexotik said:
A stock engine shouldn't 'require' an additional cooling mechsm. (But they do look bitchin'!!). It's not like the suzuki engineers screwed up or anything. And you don't live anywhere hot. I would be concentrating on reducing 'natural' running temperature before installing cooler. Seems like just a band-aid. (?)
Folks with way more knowledge than me can correct me, if wrong ?

(Last yr riding down to Paso Robles inland ... I almost fell asleep it was so hot ... but stock engine ('83 1100) sat right on 210 mark (100C))
Just my 2c

ps I have one without (mentioned) and one with cooling doodad (extra brick on bike thingy) and notice no difference. (both stock engines ... ie no hot-rodding)
good luck!
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That would be my concern continuing to ride on a lean condition because you "fixed it" with an oil cooler.
 
koolaid_kid said:
LOL.
posplayr, trevor has been around a while; I don't think he confuses cooling with carb tuning.
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Just going off what was stated, going on a trip in the great nor west coast and having a stock 1100e hit the equiv of 300 deg f there is a problem Houston. An oil cooler is not going to change what is most likely a lean condition. If he knew how to fixit this thread would not have gotten started. Towit the comments fix the lean first the. Worry about the cooler later.
 
koolaid_kid said:
Not really a band-aid, the GS1100E were designed to have an oil cooler, they even have the connections to hook one up.
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Yes, a band-aid. Treating the sympton ... not the cause!! (EXACTLY like the medical establishment, but that's for another thread! :D)
 
posplayr said:
Just going off what was stated, going on a trip in the great nor west coast and having a stock 1100e hit the equiv of 300 deg f there is a problem Houston. An oil cooler is not going to change what is most likely a lean condition. If he knew how to fixit this thread would not have gotten started. Towit the comments fix the lean first the. Worry about the cooler later.
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If you read my posts you will see that I'm fixing the jetting issue first. The oil cooler is lent to be just a bonus. Going on a trip to bamff two up riding with gear in 35-40 heat. Over a hundred degrees! I have said along I want the bike to run properly, then and only then will a cooler be going on! Sorry if I wasn't clear on that.
Thanks for the help guys,
Trevor
 
Really I think you should just throw in the towel and sell me your bike for $500 :D
 
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