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wstar · 07-17-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWeatherman

As long as the engine can handle it, oil temperatures in the 200's sure can. Read this. Learn it. An oil's flash point is what we'd be worried about. Guess what... Not even close. TO BED WITH THIS ALREADY!

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I'm sorry, but that's faulty logic. The flashpoint on my first change of Nissan Ester 5W30, when it came out of the engine, was testing at 390F. Are you saying that if my oil temps were peaking at 350 I'd have nothing to worry about?