Berardi3
Active member
So today I was commuting to work on my R 18 B ands stuck in traffic only about 65 degrees outside and got a warning on my screen to keep idle low as engine was running too hot has anyone encountered this ?
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yes it was pretty much stopped with inching forwardWhen I say riding around, I was inferring stop and go traffic. Like your commute to work. So yes, idling/riding around in 113 degrees all week, zero overheat issues. The fact it did that in 65 degree weather is concerning (at least to me would be). Unless you were stopped without moving for 30 minutes+
I’ve seen that warning or caution at a traffic in an intersection with no movement for a long time. Temp was high 80s or low 90s in San Diego. Slightly uphill…. My r18 at the time only had 300 miles or so. Once I started moving the warning cleared. Later that week I checked my oil level and it was low, i couldn’t see oil in the sight glass. That might be a factor as well.So today I was commuting to work on my R 18 B ands stuck in traffic only about 65 degrees outside and got a warning on my screen to keep idle low as engine was running too hot has anyone encountered this ?
That's odd. Everything I've ever seen from Bob is the oil guy to all sorts of vehicle forums have said synthetic oil is the one to run for high-temp use, as dino oil has a greater chance to break down at those temperatures.I don’t recall the specifics though a bmw rider had synthetic used in their K1100?maybe trans then they traveled through hot weather…maybe to last years bmwmoa rally and it fried the transmission. She had to get a used bmw from a dealer while on the road as a result.
her boyfriend said something about it was a mistake not to run old school dyno oil instead of a synthetic. I don’t know maybe in some instances non-synthetic oil can be better for high temperature use?
No worries . I've gotten things wrong before...I could have misheard the story…maybe it was the other way around and they used dyno and should have used synthetic. A nice lady that rides bmw bikes and lives down southeast (florida…maybe georgia).