B12 oil temp sender fitting

[Alrick]

ordered a digital oil therm guage for my 1200 bandit engined polygon, where would be best to fit the sender , is there a ready made point for it? It's a 97-99 lump I think

Edited July 27, 2015 by Alrick

[fatblokeonbandit]

Mines in the sump plug hole

 

[Alrick]

I wondered if I could tap in to an oil cooler bolt? Mines fitted at the front. Is running the cables from the sump a bit of a ball ache to keep tidy?

[fatblokeonbandit]

What size is the sensor thread??.

Ive drilled a web on thr sump and fitted a P clip to hold it al, out of the way, then fed the wire up with the neutral switch wiring....

[Nelson]

Hi Alrick

Just received an oil temp gauge for my slabby from Koso, it came with a fitting for the main oil gallery on the right-hand side. 

I didn't like the look of it, (don't really know why I didn't like it) & they were selling an oil sump plug adaptor for about eight quid, so I ordered that as well.

Haven't fitted it yet, but got two easy options to go at.

 

[Ben Slabby]

Sump temperature would probably be a more accurate reading. 

[Alrick]

Which one is the side oil gallery?

[Ben Slabby]

The hex plug by the timing pickup case. 

[JK1]

I have two  temperature sensors in my 1100GSXR turbo engine, one is tapped to the cam oil feed plug(bolt?), and the other is in the oil  sump. The first is Koso tacho sensor and the one in the sump is for fuel injection ECU. There is a huge difference in readings: When Koso reading is around 105- 110 deg/C, the one in the sump is 75deg/C! The ecu is shutting the engine down in 110deg. Could there be so big diffrence betrween those two sensors, or one of them giving a wrong reading?

J

[Captain Chaos]

the oil in the sump is cooler. The head warms up pretty fast after starting the engine, the crankcases and everything below take longer to warm up. The readings you get could be accurate.

[vizman]

like el'capitan underpants said...if the oil was the same temp everywhere there would be no point in having an oil cooler....so do you want to monitor the oil at it's highest or lowest temp while the bike is running? that might give you an idea of where you'd like to take the reading from.

[I wonder if they do a jeans/drive/workshop floor fitment...as that seams to be where my oil ends up]

[fatblokeonbandit]

 

[I wonder if they do a jeans/drive/workshop floor fitment...as that seams to be where my oil ends up]

So your sump leaks like an old pussers submarine, dose it shipmate

[Beevis]

Mines in the sump plug hole

 

 

Wee oil cooler looks cool down there

[ABDW]

where would be best to fit the sender 

Do you want the temp it reads to be before or after its been cooled?

[ABDW]

Mines in the sump plug hole

 

Fatbloke, that rear brake torque bar looks awfully close the tyre! does it miss? the standard bandit torque bars are doglegged to get around the tyre?

 

Looks bloody clean too!

[fatblokeonbandit]

Fatbloke, that rear brake torque bar looks awfully close the tyre! does it miss? the standard bandit torque bars are doglegged to get around the tyre?

 

Looks bloody clean too!

Its clean as the picture was taken half way through building it a few years ago , its close to the tyre as the front bolts not even done up, and yes it dose clear the tyre by loads, standard bandit torque arm wont fit as its not a bandit....

[Alrick]

The hex plug by the timing pickup case. 

sorry if I'm being dumb but what one is this, do you mean the cam end blank hex plugs?

[Gixer1460]

sorry if I'm being dumb but what one is this, do you mean the cam end blank hex plugs?

No - its the round one with the allen key center down below and in front of the timing cover as above! Its the main crank oil gallery so make sure your adapter don't leak!

Edited August 14, 2015 by Gixer1460

[Nelson]

Took a bit longer than anticipated, holidays, family etc., but here's the sender fitted in the sump plug drain.

 

 

Here's where I put the gauge.

 

 

 

[Nelson]

Can't post it yet, I've exceeded my self, that's the first time that's happened, technology, uh. 

I'll try again.

ps, quick 10 mile run, about 70 degree C.

[bluedog59]

IMO, I would put the sensor in head or between it and the cooler. This will give your maximum oil temp, after the cooler will tell you how good your cooler id but in the head will tell you how hot the top end is running. 

[Nelson]

I like the idea of knowing the temp as it goes in, as it passes through, it picks up heat from all over the engine.

From the top, its like a measure of how efficiently the oil is taking the heat away.

Also, I would think there would be rapid changes, like you go a bit mad, temp goes up, go through a village, temp goes down.

The sump is more like an average measure of how hard the engine is working.

Having said that, I ragged the arse off it when I get the chance without knowing the oil temp & never really thought about it.

Its probably one more thing to think about & it's an easy fit.

Here's where the gauge is.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jaydee]

Any one put a sensor here? Seems like a very desecrate place to put one. Knowing my luck I'd somehow kerb the sensor off the sump.  

[Suban12]

Any one put a sensor here? Seems like a very desecrate place to put one. Knowing my luck I'd somehow kerb the sensor off the sump.  

That's where I put my sensor.Ordered an adaptor for the sensor and fitted just fine.Out of harms way.Cant remember the size tho.

[1260pete]

On my Koso set up i just tapped the bottom of the clutch cover, temp was around 80 degrees cruising