Oil Temps - What's normal?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:03 am
Hey Y'all,
Took my car to Wakefield a month back and she ran hot towards the end of each run. So i thought i'd best install an oil temp gauge to see what was going on (had a feeling oil was over heating, car runs a turbo and oil was like water after the runs).
So i installed an autometer Metric temp gauge (stop laughing. Not first choice, but previous owner installed an autmeter boost gauge and i wanted to keep the theme consistent). I installed the temp sender in the oil sump plug. The range of the gauge is 60 degrees celcius to 180 degrees celcius.
So normal driving on the street i only read 70-80 degrees celcius. On the track yesterday at marulan it nudged 95 degrees celcius. To me these figures don;t seem right. Either the gauge is reading wrong or the temp sensor being cooled by air flow? I just dont know. Have ordered a sandwich plate and will check the differences in reading once installed. But does anyone know how to check the correct operation of a gauge other than boiling water method? i.e. are there printed resistance levels for different temps?
Justin
Took my car to Wakefield a month back and she ran hot towards the end of each run. So i thought i'd best install an oil temp gauge to see what was going on (had a feeling oil was over heating, car runs a turbo and oil was like water after the runs).
So i installed an autometer Metric temp gauge (stop laughing. Not first choice, but previous owner installed an autmeter boost gauge and i wanted to keep the theme consistent). I installed the temp sender in the oil sump plug. The range of the gauge is 60 degrees celcius to 180 degrees celcius.
So normal driving on the street i only read 70-80 degrees celcius. On the track yesterday at marulan it nudged 95 degrees celcius. To me these figures don;t seem right. Either the gauge is reading wrong or the temp sensor being cooled by air flow? I just dont know. Have ordered a sandwich plate and will check the differences in reading once installed. But does anyone know how to check the correct operation of a gauge other than boiling water method? i.e. are there printed resistance levels for different temps?
Justin