James, In addition to the oil cooler, I would go with the lower temp thermostat and fan switch. It dropped my oil temp by 14-20 degrees. I'm still going to get an external cooler but only because my stock "heat exchanger" has an internal crack which is letting oil into my coolant. Greg Overman
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blumenfeld" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:37 AM Subject: [A2-16v] Running HOT! > > Hey Guys, > My 87 1.8 GTI is running awfully hot. With the AC > on I see oil temps in the 240 to 250+ range (using > Mobil1) and the Coolant gauge is way high too. I > haven't gotton the red light to go on yet but when it > gets really hot I turn off the AC and drive it gently. > Any thoughts on getting the temps down? The car > has 214K miles on it. I was thinking of putting an > external oil cooler in (any suggestions on sources) > and/or replacing the radiator. I know the fan works. > We have had some extra hot weather lately but still > there should be a way to get i down. > Thanks and happy Independence day! > James Blumenfeld > 87 gti 16v > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v
