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Old 05-20-2016, 08:54 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fatal Rabbit View Post
I asked him about optimal running temperature and he said that anything above 150 is perfectly safe as the oil is viscous enough at that point to do its job.
Note that this is likely 150F as referenced by the stock oil temp gauge, which reads low by at least 20F

If you're monitoring your oil temps using an OBDII app like Torque that uses more accurate temps then you really do want them closer to 180F before any hard driving.
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