05-22-2020, 10:36 AM | #1 |
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Higher Oil Temp After Oil Change
Changed my oil yesterday. Manual and underside of the hood both say 0W20 so that's what I put in and hopefully is the same thing the dealer had put in. My oil temp is reading 15-20 degrees higher than it did before. Is this normal?
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05-22-2020, 10:40 AM | #2 |
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What's normal? The oil weight shouldn't affect engine temperature, as it's thermostatically controlled. Driving conditions do. The car runs hotter on the highway than in town. Hotter is more efficient, but can cause knocking when accelerating, so the oil is cooler when the car anticipates acceleration rather than cruising.
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Summer is here .... woohoo
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And, you should see what the track does to oil temperature. When I was running Porsche Caymans, I would show about 195-200 in Sport Mode on the highway at 70+. On the track after 2-3 laps, I would show 235+ (of course I was doing a tad more than 70+. And that was an engine running 8+ quarts of oil.
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I have the M Performance Electronic Steering Wheel and it shows an digital reading of 226 degrees. This is just normal driving in comfort mode. Now that summer is here it is showing a little higher at 228. If I'm driving in sport mode i am seeing 232 degrees. Funny thing is when I'm on Eco Pro it drops to 210, 215 and 220 degrees.
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05-26-2020, 05:20 PM | #9 |
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Ah, so glad someone cleared this up i was also worried that my temps putting around town was sitting at around 210 ish and then when i go blitzing on the freeway it goes to around 230 ish and no more...
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wow, my temp has never reached that high ever, even under heavy acceleration pulls after pulls, weird. For me in town it never pass 194F ever, no matter how long I drive or stuck in traffic. On highway, i get up to 210F after 30 mins, but I have to floor it hard for a good 10 mins to get near 220F. And this is during summer nights too which is about 74F outside. Do you have the factory oil cooler ? You can see it behind the front bumper before the tires.
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