Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

[ccarpen at earthlink.net (Cris Carpenter)]

I don't know of any reason why the automatic would run hotter than the 
manual transmission cars. That would be true of other automatics that run 
tranny fluid through a cooler in the radiator, but that is not the case 
with older VW automatics.

For my 81, I knew I wanted excess cooling capacity, so I adapted the 
radiator and expansion tank from a golf diesel to fit the car. Then I went 
with a relatively cool thermostat and cooling fan switch (I don't remember 
the specs) and kept the RD's stock oil cooler. Coolant temps stay no higher 
than the middle of the gauge (whatever temp that actually represents) and 
the oil temps stay very steady and never go past 110 C, even during the 
hottest high-speed autocross days.

Cris

At 06:06 PM 6/11/2005, you wrote:
>Message: 5
>Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:24:19 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)
>To: Scirocco-L <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Message-ID: <20050611222419.847.qmail@web54005.mail.yahoo.com>
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>Since Cincy there is some thing that has been bothering me. And that is 
>the Temperature on my Cels guage. I hear all this accounts of people 
>bearly reaching 100C*, but no not me
>120-30's C*. I know that the auto tranny will generate more heat than the 
>manuals ones, but is that normal for hwy crusing at about 70mph?
>
>I need recomendations on what to do to bring that temp down.
>Switch Oil? But to what weigth?
>Coolant is good and top off.
>Fan works very well kicking in at both speeds.
>Oil to oil cooler? (would that really make a difference and much more oil 
>would I need?)
>
>Interested to hear your suggestions, especially those that had automatic 
>A1's and A2's in the past.
>
>Thanks,
>El Tony and "hot" Rodolfo
>
>