Finally got my oil cooler installed

It only took me a year but the planets finally aligned and I got my oil cooler installed. I took it out for a short ride and even without a temp gauge I could tell a big difference.

Why didn't you put the cooler in with the oil line fittings on top? :silly:

I originally mounted it with the fittings on top but there wasn't enough clearance. When I turned the front end the forks would hit the fittings so I put them on the bottom.

dont you want the oil to drain out of the cooler and back to the case when not in use.

Dosent it also keeps some of the oil contaminates from setteling in the cooler?????????

dont Lockhart coolers for the kz mount fittings down.

just thinking out loud....sounds right to me?????

I don't think it really matters how it's mounted. I did a lot of searching both on this site and the web and general and saw oil coolers mounted fittings up, down and sideways on everything from Porsche's to pit bikes and really saw no consensus on any particular way to mount oil coolers so I did it the way that was the easiest for me. The way I ran my lines there's always going to be some oil in the cooler and the lines. But I wanted to have a clean look so it was either under the tank or under the frame since I didn't want the lines down the side of the engine. Bottom line is it's on, It works great and I'm happy with it.

I want to install a GPS 750 oil cooler also.

Where did you buy the aluminun machines pieces for the oulet and inlet hoses? I see you manage to conserve the oil pressure sensor, awesome work!

Greetings from Argentina

You can get them at
www.z1enterprises.com
www.americanclassix.com/kawa_improvements.html

These fittings are for the Kz900and Kz1000. I don't know what is needed to put a cooler on a 750.

Welcome to the forum.

OK, thanks for the info. I will check with Z1 Enterprises fi they also fit KZ 750. I know GPZ750 carried an oil cooler from factory, and since engines are almost the same... may be I will get lucky.

:evil:

it's upside down

dejavoodo41 wrote: I don't think it really matters how it's mounted. I did a lot of searching both on this site and the web and general and saw oil coolers mounted fittings up, down and sideways on everything from Porsche's to pit bikes and really saw no consensus on any particular way to mount oil coolers so I did it the way that was the easiest for me. The way I ran my lines there's always going to be some oil in the cooler and the lines. But I wanted to have a clean look so it was either under the tank or under the frame since I didn't want the lines down the side of the engine. Bottom line is it's on, It works great and I'm happy with it.

IMHO it's on correctly. If the connections were on top I would think you would leave a pint or so of dirty oil in the cooler every time you changed your oil unless you removed the thing and emptied it out each time. Ed