Stubborn oil temps! (help)

[jason at scirocco.org (Jason)]

Those temps are normal for VWs.  There's a reason that little red line on 
the oil temp gauge starts at 150'C... :)
Jason



At 12:43 PM 7/2/2003, Robbie Cotner wrote:
>Hey all,
>on the highway my car runs 110-115C(with 4K trans, 4000rpm@75mph) oil 
>temps. The water needle is usually at or above the LED. Yesterday I 
>super-flushed my cooling system(found lots of crap), backflushed the 
>radiator(found it was clogged with a heavy-duty paper towel!), added a low 
>temp thermostat and fan-switch, added prestone orange coolant(40/60), some 
>new hoses, and put on a new expansion tank cap. Now on the highway the top 
>of the coolant needle barely touches the LED, an improvement, but my oil 
>temps are THE SAME. Changing the oil and filter didn't help either. It 
>seems no matter what I do, my temps are always 110 and my cooling system 
>doesn't affect the oil at all. Any ideas?
>
>-Rob
>
>
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