Re: MY Car's Mods and a few problems......

["A. J. Jones" <ajjones@airmail.net>]

Aaron D. Patton wrote:
> 
> > Both my Scirocco and my GLi never see water temps over 190F under normal
> > to moderate driving no matter what the air temp is. (And its been in the
> > 100's here in San Diego for the last few weeks.) and my oil temp in my
> > Scirocco never gets over 200F. (With a New Dimensions oil cooler. Thanks
> > Tim!)
> 
> I was under the impression that having your oil get over 100C was a
> somewhat desireable thing.  If it does not, how else does it burn off
> moisture and some of the lighter crud that will inevitably accumulate?  VW
> puts the redline on the factory oil temp gauge in my '79 S at 150C, so I
> guess they must think that higher temperatures are not entirely
> undesireable.  Or am I completely off the mark? 

No, I think you're on the right track.  Higher oil temps raise the
efficiency of the engine, reduce the dynamic viscosity of the engine,
etc.  Of course you don't want to reduce the d.v. too much or else the
oil will not protect the engine, i.e. blow a bearing.

 I have a 5qt oil pan and
> the late model removeable-pickup oil pump with the clip on plastic windage
> tray/ baffle, and I run 15w-50 Mobil1 that I change every 3-4k miles.  And,
> I run a mostly water mixture (90/10) in my cooling system, with the
> addition of a bottle of Water Wetter, that I flush/change on a yearly
> basis.  And still a hard but short run late at night will push the oil temp
> to approx. 130C ahd the water temp to 3/4.  But I never approach the
> redline on either gauge.
> My .02$.
> Aaron
> :-) >
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