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Katana29 · 01-21-2021, 04:10 PM

My oil temps have been recently bouncing around a bit.

Oil temps sitting at 165F on a 70F day, I'd do a mild acceleration of maybe 4k in every gear and the temp would jump to about 210-220F for a split second before immediately falling down to 165F again.

It only did this twice (the second time was with a similar acceleration) but I haven't ever noticed it jumping like that before.

I hooked up an obd2 reader to the car at idle and found that my coolant temp was holding at 196F while my oil temp was at 165F.

I was wondering if this difference in value was normal. I'm running a 6.5 qt oil pan with an oil cooler, but I would have thought the temps would still be closer to each other with the oil being slightly warmer.

I thought maybe the oil temp sensor might be a good place to start but any thoughts on what could be going on are appreciated.

01-21-2021, 04:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Katana29 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 89 Drives: 2009 370Z Rep Power: 5	Oil Temp Sensor? My oil temps have been recently bouncing around a bit. Oil temps sitting at 165F on a 70F day, I'd do a mild acceleration of maybe 4k in every gear and the temp would jump to about 210-220F for a split second before immediately falling down to 165F again. It only did this twice (the second time was with a similar acceleration) but I haven't ever noticed it jumping like that before. I hooked up an obd2 reader to the car at idle and found that my coolant temp was holding at 196F while my oil temp was at 165F. I was wondering if this difference in value was normal. I'm running a 6.5 qt oil pan with an oil cooler, but I would have thought the temps would still be closer to each other with the oil being slightly warmer. I thought maybe the oil temp sensor might be a good place to start but any thoughts on what could be going on are appreciated.