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oil temp

My Scirocco was doing that a few years ago in about the same kind of heat and we eventually diagnosed it down to a plugged radiator.  Replacement radiator fixed the problem nicely.

John K. Gates
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'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:07 am
Subject: oil temp

> hello, i have a question for someone who can advise
> me, as i was driving to texas today to search for a
> door, i noticed that above 3700 RPM my oil temp rose
> above the normal 95C to 100C degree indication to over
> 120C.  on my way back it went even higher, topping at
> almost 140.  outside temp was about 32C, or around
> 90F.  the coolant temp stayed right in the middle,
> which it normally does not do when i'm driving around
> the city here, although the oil temp stays the same
> then.  what is the correlation with the RPM being
> higher than 3700 and oil temp rising??  can someone
> tell me, and should i be worried about this???  at
> what temp will the engine melt???  
> 
> 
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