Oil temp takes a long time to come up - normal?

[dcdoug]

OK, thanks. Other than that, my temps seem to be pretty reasonable?

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by dcdoug

OK, thanks. Other than that, my temps seem to be pretty reasonable?

Temps seem fine............. Oil temp usually "follows" the water temp, but anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes behind it, depending on your oil capacity and outside air temp.......


I'm just using an educated guess, not facts, but I would think your water pump will pump quite a few more gallon per hour than your oil pump, thereby taking longer for your oil to be pumped thru the engine and warmed up...

On my racecar with the road race pan/oil cooler/remote big filter and 12 AN lines, it holds a total of 11.5 quarts of oil..... On warm days (say 60 degrees or more) oil temp will come up in 5 to 10 minutes, on days when the temp is in the high 40's or 50's, add at least another 5 minutes........

Also, after a 20 to 30 minute track session, my water temp will be somewhere bewteen 180 and 190, (always) and my oil temp usually around 240, maybe 250, park the car and the oil temp will come down a lot faster than the water temp (mechanical gauges)...........

I have raced some in 40 degree weather and my oil temp would barely reach 180, so I generally put one piece of duct tape across the oil cooler on cold days to get the oil temp in the low 200 degree range.......

David

[Mdman352]

Originally Posted by dcdoug

OK, thanks. Other than that, my temps seem to be pretty reasonable?

Doug,
Yes. I drove yesterday and it may have hit 65 outside. Took quite a while for oil to come up in temperature.
David