10-20-2009, 09:17 AM
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Location: Bethesda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6022, navy blue, period correct 427 SO
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Oil temp takes a long time to come up - normal?
My 427 SO normally runs about 80-90c oil temp, 80-100c water temp, depending on the outside air temp and if I am moving or in traffic. Oil pressure is 50-60 psi typically (will drop into the 45 psi range after quite a bit of driving). I run an oil cooler.
The water temp comes up pretty normally (especially when I leave the fans off at the start), but the oil temp takes a long time and the needle doesn't move off of 60c for about 5 min. Probably takes 15 min to get to 80c (although that was this AM and it was only about 40 degrees out). But regardless it seems to take longer than I would expect.
Is this a symptom of FE engines, or the fact that I have mechanical gauges and they take longer than electric gauges to register change or something else? Or is this just normal for any engine and I have never noticed because there isn't usually an oil temp gauge....
I am sure there is another thread that answers this question, but I couldn't find it so thought I would start a new one.
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