Oil temp sender infos...HELP NEEDED!!!

[Mihnea Cotet]

Hi fellows,


My car (85 coupe quattro-more than similar to the 4kq) usually displays 
rather high oil temps (on highway always above 130 degrees and even going to 
150 degs celsius) and I've checked the oil temp sender today.
Measuring it with the engine stopped it showed 0.04 DC volts, and with the 
engine idling at normal water temps (little above 90 degrees) it displayed 
0.78-0.81 DC volts (the measurings were made at the oil temp sender below 
the crank pulley-1 black wire)
The point is that the higher the electrical consumption in the car (radio 
on, fan on, high beams on) the higher is the oil temp displayed...wery 
strange.
Unscrewing the wire from the oil temp sender and measuring the wire alone 
showed the same results (oops I forgot to measure the sender here)
Do you think I have reasons to worry about the oil circuit in the engine?
Can one of the 4kq owners check on his own car to see if the measurement 
readings are the same?

Thanks in advance and regards from Belgium,



Mihnea

'85 Coupe quattro 275.000kms(still stock but waiting for a 2.5l low-pressure 
turbo upgrade, konis and a complete stainless steel exhaust system)

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