Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

I totally agree! When I was having the problems with my 87 16V running
hot the oil temps were very high, over 120'! Now that its running
cooler, the oil temps are back to 105' or so.
John

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces+jlagnese=massed.net@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+jlagnese=massed.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf
Of Allyn
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 12:30 PM
To: Neptuno; Scirocco-L
Subject: Re: Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

in my experience, coolant temp plays a large role in resulting oil temp.
i would flush the coolant system + radiator and throw in a lower temp 
thermostat (drilled to kill any trapped air), before looking at oil
coolers 
and other stuff.
after doing this in all of my previous sciroccos, i have rarely gone
past 
120C, and that was only on prolonged idles on steamy hot summer days. 
highway cruising results in 100-110C on the same cars.
there are other things that can make that gauge read higher than normal:
- bad sender
- loose / bad wire on sender (does the reading change as you blip the 
throttle in gear?)
- bad connections / meter in the gauge cluster
- bad grounds (still have that stock ground strap??? does the reading
change 
when you hit the brights?)

hth
Al


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)


> Since Cincy there is some thing that has been bothering me. And that
is 
> the Temperature on my Cels guage. I hear all this accounts of people 
> bearly reaching 100C*, but no not me
> 120-30's C*. I know that the auto tranny will generate more heat than
the 
> manuals ones, but is that normal for hwy crusing at about 70mph?
>
> I need recomendations on what to do to bring that temp down.
> Switch Oil? But to what weigth?
> Coolant is good and top off.
> Fan works very well kicking in at both speeds.
> Oil to oil cooler? (would that really make a difference and much more
oil 
> would I need?)
>
> Interested to hear your suggestions, especially those that had
automatic 
> A1's and A2's in the past.
>
> Thanks,
> El Tony and "hot" Rodolfo
>
>
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