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Oil Temp

Mine runs at 110 at that temp and when it hit the century mark in TX it runs 
at 125 to 130.

I talked to a local VWOA rep that owns an 87 16v and his consistantly runs 
130 from the day he bought it.

He said worry about it when it hits the red line around 150

Brian

>From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
>To: Scirocco ML <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Oil Temp
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:16:49 -0500
>
>OK guy's pop quiz.  What should the running oil temp in Cels be for
>highway speeds of about 70-85mph on a bone stock 88 16v running 20w-50
>oil in about 75 degree outside temperatures.  Reason I ask, is that my
>rocc seems to like running up around 100-120Cels when I'm doing those
>speeds.  That seems a bit high to me, but I thought I might ask the
>Pro's.  Any suggestions on how to correct this or at least get it cooler
>than that would be greatly appreciated.
>
>William
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