RE: 89 200TQ Oil Guage

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> I do have an external oil cooler.  Bentley does not outright say the NF
> engine does not have an oil to air cooler, but in the diagrams, this
> cooler is shown on the MC engine and not on the NF engine.  Apparently,
> the cooler had burst from inside the finned area and needed replacement.
> 
> Now I am inclined to allow an extended warm-up time and I am even more
> gentle with the throttle during the first five minutes of driving when
> the oil pressure gage is above 5 bar.  
> 
... and why do you do that?  Flow to the oil cooler is thermostatically
controlled in any case.  

I can confirm that the NF engine has an oil cooler ... my BiL's '88 5kSAvant
blew a cooler line one day and screwed up his rod bearings ... good thing
the NF engine is fairly cheap from the recyclers ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)