What oil temps are the highest you see?

[m3jappa]

Spoke to two people today one being someone who needs to be listened to for an important reason and was told two totally different temps. One said 120-130 at a max which sounds really high to me.

The other said 95deg max oil temp and any higher may cause problems and if i see this then a seperate oil cooler should be used and mobil 1 oil.

Now 95 sounds really really low for max temps but if i need to fit a cooler then i will.

[VARLEYHYD]

I would think more like:-

120-130 degC for max Water Temp in real high ambient harsh track use.

Max Oil Temp same conditions as above 108degC


Normal condtions
max water 105, & oil 95

G

[blueg33]

VARLEYHYD said:

I would think more like:-

120-130 degC for max Water Temp in real high ambient harsh track use.

Max Oil Temp same conditions as above 108degC


Normal condtions
max water 105, & oil 95

G

Mine rarely get that high. Average water temp when hot is 90 and oil about 85-90. Only if it idles after a long fast run does it get as hot as 105 and 95

[nelly1]

I wouldn't worry about occasional 120-130°C oil temps.

In our test cells we run 105±3°C (coolant temp) and 125±5°C (oil temp) on durab. tests (standard 5W30 oil) for 100 hours between changes (in 5-20 hour blocks) and we have never seen a problem.

Some of these are 1100 hour tests.

The same oil has even seen 150°C in 'exceptional' cycles for 1 hour (@ max power) without incident.