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Old 08-30-2010, 11:01 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sinceday1 View Post
I just got back from 1600km long distance travel and during the whole time I was monitoring my oil temp... It always stayed below 210F even with more than occasional spirited driving

Break-in was done properly and synthetic oil thereafter. (mobile 1)
It's not a break-in or oil type issue. More important to report would be your ambient temps, cruising speed and RPM, altitude, and A/C on or off. You live in Canada!

Before my oil cooler, I could easily highway drive in the Midwest with temps at 210F even on an 80F day. But then immediately stop in traffic and that illusion quickly disappeared as airflow into the engine compartment became stagnant.

Your next 80+F day, go drive around for a while to get the oil up to temp. Then do some hard pulls up to 5-6k and then stop dead in traffic. Do some stop and go for 10 minutes with a few revs to 4k in between (stop light to stop light). To exaggerate things, keep your AC off too (the compressor turns on an auxiliary fan that drops oil temps about 10-15F). See where those oil temps end up.
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