skinnyman9000 0 Posted July 30, 2010 A few weeks back my oil needed topping up, and the only thing around was some cheapo fully synthetic that my dad uses in his Honda. This past week ive been getting some very high temps during normal driving, im seeing 112-118, which obviously is too hight, it normally hovers around the 106 mark. The water temps have been normal, 90-100ish, and the fan is working as it should. question is, is the crappy oil top up likely to be causing the high temps, and therefore a flush and refill with some syntac silver should solve the problem, or should i be delving further into the issue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serial 0 Posted July 31, 2010 I'm only guessing here, but it seems like it could be the source of the higher temperatures... I'm thinking along the lines of crap oil is a worse lubricant, therefore more friction, leading to higher temps. Also I guess it could have a lower heat capacity as well. I user Silkolene PRO S 10W-50 in mine and rarely see temps over 110 except in very hot weather, with standard oil cooler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtytorque 0 Posted July 31, 2010 well seeing how important the oil is I'd put decent oil in it anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyman9000 0 Posted July 31, 2010 It usually runs on syntac silver, I only put the other stuff in as it needed topping up and that was all I had Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
__Andy__ 0 Posted July 31, 2010 stop me if im wrong but 106 as a running temp on a valver seems a bit high to me?! i did 260 miles in my valver last weekend and got stuck in some pretty grotty traffic on the m25.. never saw above 106 in traffic and ran at 96-98 at a constant 85mph.. around town it never gets above 98. mind you i dont drive it a lot at all... i use fuchs titan xtr 10w40 in mine, basically any good quality 10w40 is what you want to be using in a valver.. just my 2p's worth of course Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duckdown_hoodrat 0 Posted July 31, 2010 my valver hovers around 96, at the very highest, and i thought that was bad?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyman9000 0 Posted July 31, 2010 Mine has always ran in the low 100's, ever since I got it 3yrs ago. I've been having a fiddle this morning trying to solve a misfire issue and I've got a ht lead that has been corroded by coolant, indicating an internal engine leak, so tbh I'm about ready to push the thing off a cliff anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
