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

[gatesj at mailblocks.com (John Gates)]

I can echo that.

Over 10 years ago my '85 had this problem.  A basic Stant thermostat at 
160? didn't help, nor did an actual VW thermostat from the dealer (this 
is before I understood how things are)... Coolant flushes, different 
mixes, everything, didn't help.  What did fix the problem decisively 
and permanently was a replacement radiator.  While all this was going 
on the water gauge didn't really show anything out of the ordinary but 
the oil temp gauge did.

-----Original Message-----
From: John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: 'Allyn' <amalventano1@tds.net>; 'Neptuno' <neptunonc@yahoo.com>; 
'Scirocco-L' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:14:20 -0400
Subject: RE: Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

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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