89 200TQ Oil Guage

["P-O Selander (EUS)" <EUSPOS@am1.ericsson.se>]

I'm not sure if it was Scott Miller that wrote the following:

"I definitely have one, as my oil cooler blew out and had to be replaced.
Now I wonder if the initial high oil pressure "reading" (key word, Selander)
is a result of the oil cooler not opening until after warm-up.  Any
thoughts?"

Scott et al,
Same here. I have an oil cooler on my non-turbo '89 100. Always make sure
the fins are open and not clogged by road debrie (same as I check radiator
and condensor). However, I hope not that the oil will "cake" and clogg the
oil cooler. That "should" be the coolest part in the entire system and less
likely to clogg or bake due to high temp (like near the turbo as an
example). But, maybe very small diameters in the pipes prohibits flow and
clogg easily due to that. If so, I know Al Powell would once again highly
recommend the use of synthetic oil (I'm not yet running it). Oil cooler is
however very accessible and easy to take off and maybe clean out with
compressed air or the like.
And, maybe I was a bit careless (sometimes you have to eat your words) when
saying "not to worry", but what I meant was that the high initial oil
pressure is very common and should "normally" not be a source of concern if
it drops down to normal readings once engine has heated up and oil has
become "fluid".

What happened to your car? Did the cooler burst?

/// P-O