Oil Temperature

[dodsworth_gti 11]

hi,could some one tell me if this is right please as im a tad worried about it

 

on my mi16 this is might i add

 

normal everyday use it sits on 2nd bar oil oil temp guage,slight foot down for a short amount of time,it goe's up to 3rd bar,on track at fcs,it was sat at 4th bar and rising so kept her down a little on the revs as i didnt think it was right at all,and crept up to 4 and a half at one point and thaqts when i thought no way and comeof the track.

 

should it do this??

 

would fitting a mocal oil cooler or soemthing help??

 

thanks

 

ben

[Anthony 1,003]

Doesn't sound abnormal to me - Mi oil temp is usually around a third on the road and half to two-thirds on track in my experience

 

No real reason to worry in my opinion until the oil pressure starts to drop off badly or the gauge is above about two-thirds, but if you're planning on regular trackdays then an oil cooler would probably be a good investment.

 

For what it's worth, I didn't have any issues with oil temperature at FCS (I think you were in the 12.30-13.00 session as well weren't you?) but was having big problems the following day at Cadwell with the oil temp basically being on the end of the guage

[dodsworth_gti 11]

hmm,yeah,1st one i done with the mi and some one said it was a bit high,if id have known that id have stayed out lol

 

next time ill have some tyres better than budget jobbies