Sourced an Audi Oil Cooler

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Québec)]

This is where synthetic oil is giving a plus to the motor. Cheap insurance
against seized rods when things get hotter.

Since I have been using Castrol GTX 5W50, I never saw my oil temp go above
120C. With dino oil it hit 140 as soon as I was on the highway. Less
friction on the internals with the sythetic oil in the motor. This is with
the stock oil cooler. This summer I will install my Schrik oil pan, all
aluminium with fins.

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de David Utley
> Envoy? : vendredi 12 mars 2004 16:32
> ? : Euroroc II
> Cc : Brad Sterling; Brian Wagner; Scirocco List; ats@longcoeur.com
> Objet : RE: Sourced an Audi Oil Cooler
>
>
> That's 284 degrees farenheit...  It is just a bit high, allegedly
> 280 degrees
> F begins to break down the oil, esp. at getting to that temp.
> many times (ie
> day after day)...  Then again, the oil does not get to its optimum
> performance, and/or do away with all the impurities until at
> least 80 C...
>
> David Utley
>
> Quoting Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>:
>
> > Ouch! if I saw 140C I'd pull over and pray!
> >
> > With my oil cooler I've never seen above 110C.
> >
> > -Raffi
> >
> > At 11:18 AM 3/12/2004, Brian Wagner wrote:
> > >Oil Temps (per a Regional VWoA service rep and Scirocco owner
> that runs in
> > >a Tropical Climate (TX)) can be between 120C and 140C and not
> effect the
> > >life of the engine.
> > >
> > >And was or is not uncommon to run 135C with a/c on in stop and
> go traffic.
> > >
> > >Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Brad Sterling <bgsterling@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >The boiling temp of water/glycol IIRC is just below 230. If
> you are running
> > >you engine hard, or have high ambient temperatures, the ability of the
> > >coolant
> > >to remove the excess heat from the oil is greatly reduced.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >In my case running a 3a/jh 10.5:1 Compression engine @ 120'F using AC =
> > >120-130'c on the oil
> > >This is why I did this mod.
> > >
> > >
> > >Okay. That's cool. I'm not trying to start anything. Like I said, I was
> > >in regular 100+ heat and stop-n-go traffic without issues. If
> you're seeing
> > >higher temps, I can appreciate that you'd want to do something
> about it. It
> > >seems that some people have tried hard to keep oil temps so low, that
> > >they're running under 100'C. I had learned that you want to
> keep oil above
> > >100'C to boil off condensation and limit parasitic drag from
> thick, colder
> > >oil. You guys aren't seeing those kinds of temps, so it's a non-issue.
> > >
> > >-Brad
> > >'86 Scirocco 16v
> > >
> > >
> > >
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