RE: normal oil temps

[Patrick Pacifico <patrick@speedlan.com>]

Same for my '89 200TQ.  210k miles on it and never up to the 130 hash mark.
Running Syntec 5W50.

Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: C1J1Miller@aol.com <C1J1Miller@aol.com>

>The oil temp on my '91 200q runs up to the line _after_ 60c; I thought that
>was the 100c mark.  It doesn't ever reach the 130c mark (half-way), even
with
>sustained boost and spirited driving around town, and never approaches the
>170c mark (all the way).  Could easily be a low-reading guage, or an
oversized
>oil cooler.  Average driving: between the first and second marks.  Anyone
else
>care to comment?  10w30 mobil 1, also similar with 15w50 mobil 1.  My old
>4000csq ran hotter...
>Chris miller, windham NH
>
>guage in ascii:
>
>  /       /            /                /
>60                 130          170