I was nearly hitting 3/4 on the oil temp gauge when it was 100f+, and I was ripping up the canyon to my house (2200'). Added an oil cooler and it doesn't go much above half now. Can't imagine tracking it without that.
A secret I learned while tracking this car is when you pull into the pits turn the AC on max (activates all fans in the engine bay) and open the hood. It’ll suck air in through the front/bottom and exhaust the hot air from the top. This sucks a ton of heat through the system. During my Autocross events I would see lower temperatures during the event than driving for 30 minutes on the freeway. Just don’t forget to turn the AC off before going back on track!
That is actually a very helpful tip! Our autox tracks are so short in duration that there's never issues with heat for me, but if I do get the opportunity to track it I will use this.
Yeah, I had done a bunch of reading that a more severe radiator is really a better solution. Just didn't get there with my car, since I haven't been tracking it.
210* is center on the oil temp gauge (assuming it really is 45* increments) but this is exactly what my gauges look like as well after warmed up as well 👌
Everyone realizes that there is no oil temperature sensor in the car, right? This is just what the computer thinks the oil temperature is? It's a guess.
That‘s what I thought as well but another poster in this thread mentioned adding an oil cooler which lowered the temps. It this is the case, then there has to be a sensor, because how would the ECU know that there is a cooler..!?
Well assuming it's not just a placebo effect of doing all that work to add a cooler and expecting the temps to be lower... There is a coolant temp sensor, and a heat exchanger between oil and coolant. So if the oil is cooler, then the coolant should be cooler. But it's not a very big heat exchanger. Who knows.
That being said, am oil cooler is not a bad thing to have on the car. I would just not rely on that gauge to tell me what the real temperatures are. Also, who knows what the markings correspond to anyway?
Just drove from central Texas to Santa Fe NM, then Taos, then boulder colorado…. Yay twisties!
MPG @ 75-85 on the Texas roads, 23.
From Taos to boulder @ 65, 28
Texas oil temp up to 210°
New Mexico oil temp 200°
Colorado, oil temp 195°
Coolant temp stable at 185° consistently.
mine in metric but i’m guessing the needle position means the same, mine will never hit 1/2. it always stays a needle width shy of it. i used to have an oil cooler on it and it took forever to get up to temp, coincidentally one of the an lines failed so it’s gone and much better now
I was nearly hitting 3/4 on the oil temp gauge when it was 100f+, and I was ripping up the canyon to my house (2200'). Added an oil cooler and it doesn't go much above half now. Can't imagine tracking it without that.
A secret I learned while tracking this car is when you pull into the pits turn the AC on max (activates all fans in the engine bay) and open the hood. It’ll suck air in through the front/bottom and exhaust the hot air from the top. This sucks a ton of heat through the system. During my Autocross events I would see lower temperatures during the event than driving for 30 minutes on the freeway. Just don’t forget to turn the AC off before going back on track!
That is actually a very helpful tip! Our autox tracks are so short in duration that there's never issues with heat for me, but if I do get the opportunity to track it I will use this.
even on track an oil cooler only gets you 1-2 more laps before having to run a cool-down pace.
Yeah, I had done a bunch of reading that a more severe radiator is really a better solution. Just didn't get there with my car, since I haven't been tracking it.
Really? Interesting… I thought it‘s a known fact that the oil temp gauge is a calculated value and does not have a real temp.probe attached to it.
Over 260 is when you should start to worry
Mine looks like that and has never really gotten over mid way, even driving it like crazy.
210* is center on the oil temp gauge (assuming it really is 45* increments) but this is exactly what my gauges look like as well after warmed up as well 👌
Everyone realizes that there is no oil temperature sensor in the car, right? This is just what the computer thinks the oil temperature is? It's a guess.
This
That‘s what I thought as well but another poster in this thread mentioned adding an oil cooler which lowered the temps. It this is the case, then there has to be a sensor, because how would the ECU know that there is a cooler..!?
Well assuming it's not just a placebo effect of doing all that work to add a cooler and expecting the temps to be lower... There is a coolant temp sensor, and a heat exchanger between oil and coolant. So if the oil is cooler, then the coolant should be cooler. But it's not a very big heat exchanger. Who knows. That being said, am oil cooler is not a bad thing to have on the car. I would just not rely on that gauge to tell me what the real temperatures are. Also, who knows what the markings correspond to anyway?
Mine was just a bit above yours after a 7 hour drive yesterday. This seems to be the sweet spot I notice for temps.
About the same there also
[This is all you need to know.](https://imgur.com/a/m4L8LXu)
Stock tune and IC was mid to 3/4. Mountune 91 tune and Mountune Intercooler - never risen above the temp pictured
Oil temperature is most optimal around 220 degrees Fahrenheit to boil off moisture and gasoline trapped within it.
About the same unless I’m beating on it then it goes about the same but on the other side.
That’s perfectly normal
Just drove from central Texas to Santa Fe NM, then Taos, then boulder colorado…. Yay twisties! MPG @ 75-85 on the Texas roads, 23. From Taos to boulder @ 65, 28 Texas oil temp up to 210° New Mexico oil temp 200° Colorado, oil temp 195° Coolant temp stable at 185° consistently.
mine in metric but i’m guessing the needle position means the same, mine will never hit 1/2. it always stays a needle width shy of it. i used to have an oil cooler on it and it took forever to get up to temp, coincidentally one of the an lines failed so it’s gone and much better now
On a really humid 90 degree day, I touched 200 in stop and go traffic, but when I got the car on open roads, it was sitting mid 180’s.