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My guage was a simple 0-120 Borg Warner gauage screwed into a 90 degree
elbow at the right side of the engine, no lines involved. Low
probablility of guage failure (probably the same as a pump failure).
Advantage to having the guage? Probably none other than as an indicator
of your main crank bearings condition or as an indicator of how hot that
engine really is in the stop n go traffic on I93 in Boston in July, and
don't need a guage to figure that one out!
The one time I lost my oil neither the idio light nor the guage saved me,
it was the change in the sound of the engine that alerted me to the fact
that the oil reservoir plug fell out and the oil was being pumped out of
the engine pretty fast even at 35MPH.
Common sense dictates that you won't be looking at the guage at any speed
and if you do then I would remove it as an avoidable distraction. Other
than that I see no hurt in having one, but not really much advantage. I
have never put one on my current ride.
Howard in Maine
Lloyd Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Oil Pressure guages on SOHC4s
Help me out here please listers.
Am I the only who remembers a previous disscussion about putting oil
guages on SOHC4s? Wasn't the sumation; that it was a bad/unneccessary
thing and the death of many motors due to failure of the connection/
line/guage next to your foot dumping out all the oil and the engine
seizing due to oil starvation? Further, that the guage next to your
foot put your eyes focused on the worst possible area while riding, from
a safety standpoint?
Was it a dream? Fantasy?
I have to tell you that I love instrumentation. And, one of my bikes
has a guage down by the left foot. I didn't put it on. But, I have
repaired oil leaks there. I have this gut feeling that the probablility
of an oil pump failure is so low that adding an oil pressure gauge and
lines into the reliability equation actually increases the probability
of an oiling failure. I have to admit, though, that I have a very
unimpressive test case of just one.
Anyone care to share some stories about how having the gauge saved their
engine and was worth the distraction and diverted attention from
road/traffic conditions?
FWIW. Just trying to expose an alternative point of view... Feel free
to express your opinion. :-)
Cheers,
Lloyd SOHC4 #11
72 500, 74 550, 75 550K, 75 550F, 76 550F, 77 550F X2, 78 550K, 77 750F,
78 750F
phil jones wrote:
>Hi, I was interested to to read about oil pressure gauges for 750 fours.I
>received a smashing E-M<ail from 'Brian Hoover' in Utah-many thanks-who
also
>supplied me with a pic of a gauge.I would daerly love to get hold of an
oil
>gauge for my 1974 CB 750 K2,if anyone out there has one to sell please
>contact me.In the UK would be easier but all offers considered,thanks!!
>
>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My guage was a simple 0-120 Borg Warner gauage
screwed into a 90 degree elbow at the right side of the engine, no lines involved.
Low probablility of guage failure (probably the same as a pump failure).
Advantage to having the guage? Probably none other than as an indicator of
your main crank bearings condition or as an indicator of how hot that engine really is
in the stop n go traffic on I93 in Boston in July, and don't need a guage to figure
that one out!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The one time I lost my oil neither the idio light
nor the guage saved me, it was the change in the sound of the engine that alerted me
to the fact that the oil reservoir plug fell out and the oil was being pumped out of
the engine pretty fast even at 35MPH.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Common sense dictates that you won't be looking at
the guage at any speed and if you do then I would remove it as an avoidable
distraction. Other than that I see no hurt in having one, but not really much
advantage. I have never put one on my current ride.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Howard in Maine</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Help me out here please listers. <br>
<br>
Am I the only who remembers a previous disscussion about putting oil <br>
guages on SOHC4s? Wasn't the sumation; that it was a bad/unneccessary <br>
thing and the death of many motors due to failure of the connection/ <br>
line/guage next to your foot dumping out all the oil and the engine <br>
seizing due to oil starvation? Further, that the guage next to your <br>
foot put your eyes focused on the worst possible area while riding, from <br>
a safety standpoint?<br>
<br>
Was it a dream? Fantasy?<br>
<br>
I have to tell you that I love instrumentation. And, one of my bikes <br>
has a guage down by the left foot. I didn't put it on. But, I have <br>
repaired oil leaks there. I have this gut feeling that the probablility <br>
of an oil pump failure is so low that adding an oil pressure gauge and <br>
lines into the reliability equation actually increases the probability <br>
of an oiling failure. I have to admit, though, that I have a very <br>
unimpressive test case of just one.<br>
<br>
Anyone care to share some stories about how having the gauge saved their <br>
engine and was worth the distraction and diverted attention from <br>
road/traffic conditions?<br>
<br>
FWIW. Just trying to expose an alternative point of view... Feel free <br>
to express your opinion. :-)<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Lloyd SOHC4 #11<br>
72 500, 74 550, 75 550K, 75 550F, 76 550F, 77 550F X2, 78 550K, 77 750F, <br>
78 750F<br>
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phil jones wrote:<br>
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>Hi, I was interested to to read about oil pressure gauges for 750 fours.I <br>
>received a smashing E-M<ail from 'Brian Hoover' in Utah-many thanks-who also
<br>
>supplied me with a pic of a gauge.I would daerly love to get hold of an oil <br>
>gauge for my 1974 CB 750 K2,if anyone out there has one to sell please <br>
>contact me.In the UK would be easier but all offers considered,thanks!!<br>
> <br>
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