? for anyone with an Oil Cooler

428street · #1 (**permalink**) 03-14-2009, 03:02 PM

hmmm....I can't get my water temp past 80, oil past 60....Now, I'm in weather 35 to 50 right now...

Got the Bug · #2 (**permalink**) 03-14-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 428street

hmmm....I can't get my water temp past 80, oil past 60....Now, I'm in weather 35 to 50 right now...

Is the water temp that you noted in centigrade? If so, your water temp isn't that far off, especially in cold weather.

patrickt · #3 (**permalink**) 03-14-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 428street

hmmm....I can't get my water temp past 80, oil past 60....Now, I'm in weather 35 to 50 right now...

Don't do anything until Spring/Summer. Your water temp is perfectly normal for the chilly temps that we have right now. But I'm suspicious that your oil temp is just not giving your a correct reading -- but I'll know for sure when I hear your Spring/Summer numbers. If during the Spring weather you can't get your oil temp above 80 then your readings are wrong (and I know of no malady, other than a bad gauge or sender, that causes below normal oil temperatures in an engine, even with your oil cooler).