[s-cars] Cat light on the dashboard is on and the engine doesn't run prope rly

[Frederic L'Huillier]

Hi,

Another high speed travel last thursday night (Paris Lyon in 2 hours: Avg
speed 120 mph). Unfortunately the Cat light on the dashboard was On. While
travelling in Switzerland the following morning, the engine lost most of his
power and stop by itself. If anybody has an idea of what happened, I will
greatly appreciate. I am thinking of a borken sensor somewhere (lambda for
example)

Regards,
Frederic.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Frederic L'Huillier
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:27 PM
> To:	's-car-list at audifans.com'
> Subject:	FW: Oil temperature raising while driving at high speed
>
> I forgot to mention that I have a V8 engine and not a 5 cylinders Turbo
> Engine.
>
> Regards,
> Frederic.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Frederic L'Huillier
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 07, 2002 2:20 PM
> To:	s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject:	Oil temperature raising while driving at high speed
>
> Hi,
>
> On saturday, I came back from Dijon Race track and drive at fairly high
> speed ( Dijon - Paris: 350 kilometers done in 1 hours 45 minutes
> (including a stop at gaz station)). I was able to drive for long period at
> speed around 260 kilometers / hours. The engine was running at 6400 tours
> (full power). I noticed the oil temperature went from 90 degrees to 130
> Degrees. I slowed down couple of times to cool down the oil temperature
> back to less than 100 degrees. I am wondering if this is normal or if I
> should check if anything wrong with the oil cooler or the hoses. There is
> 8 liters of oil in the engine. I am using 10W60 oil.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Frederic.