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MilkyWitness · 06-11-2019, 12:22 AM

I have searched around for good oil temp levels to make sure my car stays at, 2019 brz. I had Tomei UEL catless headers and a simple sticky heat shield thing slapped on the oil pan, and I saw my oil get up to 237F with some hard driving on the back roads. I swapped back to stock headers and kept the heat shield on, and then took it off, and I'm getting the same peak oil temps. Is 230-240F a safe operating temp for the oil under stock or stage 2 conditions? It seems like my car likes to heat the oil up pretty fast even with a small amount of hard driving. Should I be worried about long term effects at all or invest in a cooler even if I'm not tracking it? Thanks.

06-11-2019, 12:22 AM	#1
MilkyWitness Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Drives: fdsgh Location: asdf Posts: 111 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	Safe oil temps for daily driving and spirited driving off the track? I have searched around for good oil temp levels to make sure my car stays at, 2019 brz. I had Tomei UEL catless headers and a simple sticky heat shield thing slapped on the oil pan, and I saw my oil get up to 237F with some hard driving on the back roads. I swapped back to stock headers and kept the heat shield on, and then took it off, and I'm getting the same peak oil temps. Is 230-240F a safe operating temp for the oil under stock or stage 2 conditions? It seems like my car likes to heat the oil up pretty fast even with a small amount of hard driving. Should I be worried about long term effects at all or invest in a cooler even if I'm not tracking it? Thanks.