oil temp

[SequoiaGLX at twcny.rr.com (SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com)]

Well, when this was all happening the water temperature on my car showed very close to the center.  This was on the interstate in Oklahoma in the summer, moving along at a good rate of speed.  The water temperature appeared normal but the oil would get up as high as 120 or 130.  It was OK in town, it would eventually calm back down to around 110, also with a normal water temp gauge.

The problem was not with airflow through the radiator, it was either with water flow or how the radiator was conducting heat from the water.  I know the airflow was good because I cleaned the outside of the radiator up very well at the time.

I know, it defies logic that the water temperature would stay normal, that's why it took so long for me to find it.

John K. Gates
--
'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 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: oil temp

> well, the coolant temp stayed normal though.  it was
> right in the middle of the gage, i hope to hook up my
> motometer coolant temp gage, as well as the oil
> pressure gage soon.  then i'll know exactly what the
> temp is, but apparently the airflow through the
> radiator seemed adequate, which it sometimes does not
> in town, when it gets really hot, at low speeds, and
> high temps.  at the same time, the oil temps stays
> normal.  so this is a reversal of what happens in
> town.  
> --- SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > --
> > '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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