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

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

in my experience, coolant temp plays a large role in resulting oil temp.
i would flush the coolant system + radiator and throw in a lower temp 
thermostat (drilled to kill any trapped air), before looking at oil coolers 
and other stuff.
after doing this in all of my previous sciroccos, i have rarely gone past 
120C, and that was only on prolonged idles on steamy hot summer days. 
highway cruising results in 100-110C on the same cars.
there are other things that can make that gauge read higher than normal:
- bad sender
- loose / bad wire on sender (does the reading change as you blip the 
throttle in gear?)
- bad connections / meter in the gauge cluster
- bad grounds (still have that stock ground strap??? does the reading change 
when you hit the brights?)

hth
Al


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)


> 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
>
>
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