MonkeyVR6 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Recently I've been driving all over the damn place doing various airport runs and as per usual on the Autobahn's its been nice and clear to go as fast as I am able considering the road conditions etc...in doing so I noticed the other day that my oil temp has risen to 128. Is that bad? Too high? It quickly settled back to normal, but it got me wondering as I was well into the three figures mph for quite some time... What is a normal 'high' running temp for the oil? The water never really seems to rise, so I'm not really worried about that. Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtytorque 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Its a tad hot yes. Consider buying an fitting an oil cooler for those hard runs. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonkeyVR6 0 Posted December 29, 2007 As a short term fix would changing the 5/30 oil currently in the engine to 10/40 help? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete_griff 0 Posted December 29, 2007 the hottest i've ever had mine was 136!!! - that was going flat out though for about 15 miles solid (at night on a deserted road i hasten to add!) me thinks when i fit another engine next year i will splash out on a cooler! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorradoVR6-Turbo 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Ive had my oil temp higher than the 140 mark in ze good old days,but since the cooler no more than 90 flat out! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete_griff 0 Posted December 29, 2007 geeez thats warm! how was your water temp - mine was spot on, just as normal when i had my hottest oil temp - lots of cool air rushing over the rad mind you! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonkeyVR6 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Ok, so maybe its a good idea to get an oil cooler! Where can I get one on the internet? I'd probably have to get one posted over here...if I take it to a regular german mechanic I take it he'd know what it was and how to fit it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted December 30, 2007 The best deal I've seen is 235usd from GPR in the States. http://www.gprparts.com/brands/gprOilCoolerKit/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dukest 0 Posted December 31, 2007 Just got back to London from Birmingham going swiftly a lot of the way and the temp was sitting around 118. Have worried for a while how hot is too hot - I guess that wasn't too high and I don't do runs like that often, but then its higher than I'd like on a car I want to keep so I guess a cooler is in order.. Getting pulled by the police and my headlights failing on the way back were two slightly more interesting elements to the journey! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
