Oil temperature rising?

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by PST

This right here. Sounds like air in the system.

I agree 1000%

Originally Posted by mav1178

What constitutes "dangerous temps"?

230F is not.
250F is not.

As for bleeding coolant, this is your friend if you ever want to work on your own cars:

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-alex

Best tool ever for coolant system purge!

Originally Posted by mav1178

I'll just flat-out say it: your oil temps are too low if that's what you are hitting on cool days.

Oil temps need to be above boiling, otherwise you will not burn off water and non-oil parts that may accumulate.

-alex

Agreed 1000%

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by mav1178

You're doing it wrong if your oil temps don't go past water temps.

I'll have to pay more attention. I was under the impression though that 180 to 220 degres with an oil cooler was an acceptable range for normal driving. 220 degrees when pushing it a bit harder.

I mainly keep track of my coolant temps with my p3 gauge, I guess I have to pay more attention to the oil temps. Perhaps I have reached higher temps but wasn't monitoring the oil temps at the time.

projekt zeal86 build

[zeal86]

Another forum member @spdbydesign created a thread in which he reported the following: (his oil temps with oil cooler were consistent with my reported temps with oil cooler.)

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88-89F Outside Temperature
Clear, Sunny Skies


Without the cooler, we saw 104-105 Celsius or 220F after a few 3rd gear highway pulls. Cruising we saw 98 Celsius or 208F.


With the oil cooler installed, 88 Celsius or 190F the highest we saw after a few 3rd gear highway pulls. Cruising we saw 84F Celsius or 183F.

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Getting curious about all this, I guess I'll have to dive into some more research.

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[ChiTownFrs]

Originally Posted by mav1178

What constitutes "dangerous temps"?

230F is not.
250F is not.

As for bleeding coolant, this is your friend if you ever want to work on your own cars:

Amazon.com: Lisle 24680 Spill-Free Funnel: Automotive

-alex

My car oil temp was running 280F before getting off the expressway, and pulling over to the side of the road. Along with the water temp slowly increasing .

UPDATE: After doing a whole coolant flush of the system. The car oil, and coolant temps dropped into the same range as zeal86 stated in his post. I did test the new thermostat to make sure it worked. The verdict was it just didn't have enough coolant in the system. A very low amount of coolant for the matter. Thank you everyone for the assistance.

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by ChiTownFrs

My car oil temp was running 280F before getting off the expressway, and pulling over to the side of the road. Along with the water temp slowly increasing .

UPDATE: After doing a whole coolant flush of the system. The car oil, and coolant temps dropped into the same range as zeal86 stated in his post. I did test the new thermostat to make sure it worked. The verdict was it just didn't have enough coolant in the system. A very low amount of coolant for the matter. Thank you everyone for the assistance.

Awesome! Glad to hear you got your baby back on the road. I've learned or come to understand a few things more clearly because of your post.

I've always learned or understood more through troubleshooting than just reading instructions... some people can get away with just reading how to do something.

The scare you got from having a low coolant level just made you more knowledgeable about your 86 or cars in general... that's a positive!

[steve99]

Originally Posted by mav1178

What constitutes "dangerous temps"?

230F is not.
250F is not.

As for bleeding coolant, this is your friend if you ever want to work on your own cars:

Amazon.com: Lisle 24680 Spill-Free Funnel: Automotive

-alex

really ?

What viscosity oil
on 0w20 i would be getting a bit concerned re pressures at 250F plus oil temps

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91820

above on unmodded car


then on boosted car with oil cooler which drops a bit of pressure

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cDfFJ5s6IDg"]FRS - BRZ Oil Pressure and Temperature Tech FA20 - YouTube[/ame]

STREET TEMPS
0W20 Redline

0w20 Redline 185F @ 800RPM 10PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 185F @ 2000RPM 35PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 185F @ 4000RPM 54PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 185F @ 7000RPM 65PSI Oil Pressure

10W30 Redline

10w30 Redline 185F @ 800RPM 19PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 185F @ 2000RPM 51PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 185F @ 4000RPM 65PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 185F @ 7000RPM 83PSI Oil Pressure

10W40 Redline

10w40 Redline 185F @ 800RPM 25PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 185F @ 2000RPM 64PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 185F @ 4000RPM 78PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 185F @ 7000RPM 91PSI Oil Pressure


TRACK TEMPS AFTER 9 LAPS @ 1 Minute 15 Seconds Per Lap
0W20 Redline

0w20 Redline 225F @ 800RPM 7PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 225F @ 2000RPM 30PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 225F @ 4000RPM 48PSI Oil Pressure
0w20 Redline 225F @ 7000RPM 43PSI Oil Pressure


10W30 Redline

10w30 Redline 245F @ 800RPM 7PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 245F @ 2000RPM 35PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 245F @ 4000RPM 52PSI Oil Pressure
10w30 Redline 245F @ 7000RPM 46PSI Oil Pressure

10W40 Redline (12 Laps)

10w40 Redline 265F @ 800RPM 8PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 265F @ 2000RPM 31PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 265F @ 4000RPM 55PSI Oil Pressure
10w40 Redline 265F @ 7000RPM 45PSI Oil Pressure