dr_mat 0 Posted November 5, 2003 Good advice there, corozin. Even if you're not running a turbo it's always a good idea to let the engine cool WITH oil and air circulating, rather than just stopping it completely. Why do you think the VR6 has the electric water pump that runs after the engine has been switched off? Oh, and regarding oil. Really these days if you're using *quality* oil, unless you're seeing 150 degree+ for 20-30 minutes at a time, you're not going to find the oil dying in less than 5000-10000 miles. Plenty more for fully synthetics, so if you *do* run high temps in the engine, just change the oil more often. Two oil changes a year costs a lot less than an oil cooler. (I'm not going to get into the environmental impacts, however..!) ;) Personally I've never seen more than 120 degrees on my oil, and that's including a trackday (admittedly ambient air temp was down at 13 degrees, and it was a very fast running circuit tho), and I would still change it roughly every 5k miles. My 2p. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corradovr6sc 0 Posted November 5, 2003 In addition to keeping the engine running/opening the bonnet, turn the heater inside the car onto full blast hot and you'll see the water/oil temps drop dramatically. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
