[s-cars] Oil Temperature Question-How Hot is too hot

[Scott Justusson]

...Won't even read the rest of the below, I agree with that statement.
If you hit 170 on the oil temp, do a leak-down, better yet, do a
compression check.  The last 2 times I saw 170 in the respective cars,
one had compression of 75 across the board, the other had 60 across the
board.  The one I rebuilt had oil rings that were so brittle they
schrapneled just putting them down on a metal workbench.  Both cars ran
without codes, one went in and got top dollar for a trade-in.

I routinely put 25 row oil coolers in the front of S car radiators, and
have done a dozen or so of those.  

HTH and my .02

Scott J

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:31 AM
To: Manuel Sanchez
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Oil Temperature Question-How Hot is too hot

IMO, past 150C is too hot, even with synthetic oil.