Hot oil 2.1wb

[silverbullet]

Ever seen the oil temp gauge in an original Audi GT coupe or a Mk1 GTi?
130*C is middle of the scale and it reads to 170...

Thats pump discharge temp btw

[itchyfeet]

as you say depends on where it's measured, maybe ok then.

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In petrol (gasoline) engines, the top piston ring can expose the motor oil to temperatures of 160 °C (320 °F). In diesel engines the top ring can expose the oil to temperatures over 315 °C (600 °F). Motor oils with higher viscosity indices thin less at these higher temperatures.

[marlinowner]

I have one of the 170deg Audi gauges in my SA 2.5 bus, when I fitted it (tested with sender it showed 100deg in boiling water) using the high oil pressure switch location it ran at around 120deg, going up to 130deg on a motorway run. At the moment I have a sump mounted sender and it doesn't go above 100deg.

[silverbullet]

The standard oil temp sender location on the 5-cyl is in the bottom of the front cover/oil pump, on the left hand side near the crank pulley.

But we digress...

I wonder if a foreign body has found its way into the sandwich cooler water connections and has blocked it? They are 10/11mm hoses though, would have to be a chunk of gasket or a big blob of silicone thats become detached

[itchyfeet]

I'd take coolant pipes to oil cooler off and check coolant is flowing through it, maybe got clogged up after tge coolant was changed

^^thats my thinking which is why I say check coolant flowing through oil cooler
metal link pipes are probably closer to 8mm bore

[Ian Hulley]

I'd take coolant pipes to oil cooler off and check coolant is flowing through it, maybe got clogged up after tge coolant was changed

^^thats my thinking which is why I say check coolant flowing through oil cooler
metal link pipes are probably closer to 8mm bore

Given it's proximity to the water pump I very much doubt the oil cooler will be blocked

Ian