my pump went out last Sunday,,,20K + miles, 2014 ,that I bought used.
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I know its been awhile but thought I might chime in. When I was in VA over the summer my water pump went. Called the dealer closest to Richmond and asked the Service Adviser if it was ok to drive till I could get to the dealer. His response was this-"The Twin Cooled engines are first and foremost, air cooled engines. The "wet heads" just help to cool it down more. As long as I wasn't abusing it ie: full throttle, passing everything on the road, it is still ok to drive." I have an FP3 tuner and set it to watch the temp. I drove the trike home from VA to NY, in 80 plus degree weather and the hottest it read was pulling the hills in PA at 280. I do have a DK Customs Remote oil filter mount and several times at rest areas along the way to let her cool a bit. She still runs great and no noises or dreaded particles in the oil filter when I got back. Moral is, don't feel like you CAN'T drive it when the pump dies, I can tell ya from my experience that they are built tough and can handle a little extra heat to get you where you need to go.
Bob
My dealer told me that up to 100 miles is no biggie ... course ... he's lied to me before :Shrug:
You know Fuzzy, Its only a lie when the person telling you the lie knows he is telling you a lie...Most Dealers/Service Managers don't know what their talking about anyway...They just say any stuff that sounds true to them at the time...:xzqxz:
Glad you had no problem running with the coolant pump not working. I've heard and know of a couple others who have done so but none quite as far as you.
I'm no engine designer or engineer but I have to think that the area where the coolant circulates would not get nearly as much cooling from the air passing over as would be the case in a completely air cooled motor the reason being that the water jacket and the idle coolant in it would I think tend to insulate and actually hold heat in. And not having been designed to be air cooled there is no oem oil cooler.
Each to his own but personally I would not want to run with the coolant pump inoperative.
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