Oil Temps

[chocolate_o_brian 0]

I'll explain this as best I can, and will make reference to the picture a lot to show what I mean.

 

I went out for a blast in the Pug earlier. Before I give it the beans round some backroads I made sure she was warmed up. The water temp was as per usual when the 'stat kicks in (about the 3rd line on below pic of the water temp guage), and the oil had warmed to where the Yellow line is on the picture. This is usually where the oil temp stays for cruising around town/motorway. (For the boffins, you'll realise I've used a French Dash picture I found as the UK ones didn't have the temperature digits on them - p.i.t.a.).

 

When I had been giving it some beans (as you do lol), I noticed the oil temp had gradually risen to where the Red line is on the picture. Can I ask is this quite high or normal after spirited driving? I didn't wanna carry on incase it kept rising, so did a couple miles of cooling and parked her up.

 

 

I dunno what sort of temp is ok with oil you see. Water temp is fine as I know when to flick the fans on. (Oil is Motul 10w-40 semi synth).

 

Am I worrying about nothing or is it a bit unusual? Cheers.

[welshpug 1,657]

sounds perfectly normal, as long as it doesn't go into the top 2 marks regularly you'll have nothing to worry about.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

So on those guages it was showing approximately 90' oil temp?

 

Similar to this picture, thats perfectly normal.

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?s...mp;#entry738849

 

If that worries you then you should see the guage on a trackday with an oil / water heat exchanger.

 

Graham.

[chocolate_o_brian 0]

Phew thanks for that. It does take some going to get to them sort of temps, but I worried as the car doen't seem to have an oil cooler, just a couple hoses that interact with a coolant hose.

 

Let the backroads roll

[one-lady-owner 1]

You say the UK instrument panels do not have numbers on them, but my ph 2 does...... I'm assuming its pretty rare to have numbers on the gauges then??

[chocolate_o_brian 0]

You say the UK instrument panels do not have numbers on them, but my ph 2 does...... I'm assuming its pretty rare to have numbers on the gauges then??

 

Ah, assumption is the mother of all..... lol.

 

Idid assume the UK car's didn't have the digits on the dials, but maybe my mistake was assuming it wasn't different for the newer 205.

 

My bad and do apologise. Think my dials are phase 1.5 then.

[AndyJ 1]

Mine's 50/50...the oil pressure and fuel has numbers, but the oil/coolant temp doesnt.

[one-lady-owner 1]

No need to apologise! Not having been in many 205 GTi's, an instrument panel without all the digits on the gauges looks odd to me! My instrument panel looks exactly the same as the french one in your photo, albeit in MPH instead, and with a lower number on the odo......

Edited March 21, 2009 by one-lady-owner

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

If it only got to there you are not giving it enough stick!!!!

[Tesstuff 222]

My Gentry whilst travelling to London on the M1 at the Rep's cruising speed was showing straight up(12 o clock) on the oil pressure, slightly to the left on the oil temperature(11:30) and same (11:30) on the water temperature.

 

But when i was ragging it around the Midlands Meet route, the major change was the oil temperature was veering towards the right at times(12:30 to 1:00)

 

So high speed cruising must keep the oil cooler

[rapidcossie 0]

I regulary get both oil and water temps into the red on tarck days and have ha no worries.

 

Got an external oil cooler now tho.

[pee vee 1]

anything higher than 115 is getting too high IMO

 

on track with a nice cooler set up and alloy rad. water temp stays below 90 and

oil temp stays below 110 on my car.. i like to keep it safe lol

 

 

And in answer to the original question. yeah that is Fine for oil temp!

 

you want it at 80 or slightly above really for the oil to work properly

Edited March 22, 2009 by pee vee

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

You say the UK instrument panels do not have numbers on them, but my ph 2 does...... I'm assuming its pretty rare to have numbers on the gauges then??

The guages with markings are pretty rare in the UK but Miles & I were talking about this before, if a 205 GTi developed a fault within the instrument panel whilst still under warrenty it was probably easier for Pug to replace the whole set (minus speedo if thats OK) for a new setof clocks & invariably they got thse fitted but it could also be something as simple as the usual Peugeot parts bin extravagansa.

 

Graham.

[chocolate_o_brian 0]

The guages with markings are pretty rare in the UK but Miles & I were talking about this before, if a 205 GTi developed a fault within the instrument panel whilst still under warrenty it was probably easier for Pug to replace the whole set (minus speedo if thats OK) for a new setof clocks & invariably they got thse fitted but it could also be something as simple as the usual Peugeot parts bin extravagansa.

 

Graham.

 

Subaru did something similar with crossover years of the Impreza. Things like interiors, brakes, front bumpers etc. could all be different on certain registrations, depending what was in the parts "bib" at the time