Honestly I don't think 240-250 is all that bad considering how hot it's been here and you had the AC on. I reguarly see 230 in my GLi on the auto-x course, without the AC on!
I wouldn't bother with a low temp thermostat and fan switch. If you really want to lower oil temps, the external oil cooler is good for at least a 20 degree change in lite driving and up to 50 degrees on the track. -josh --- James Blumenfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I put some redline water > wetter in but I don't think that this has done a lot > of good. How does the lower temp fan switch help? > I > would think that the fan would be on when it's in > the > hot zone anyway. I'll put in a switch to manually > turn on the fan (gated by the key on so I don't > leave > it on when the car is off) and see how that helps. > I'll also see if I can find a spot for the oil > cooler. > > James Blumenfeld > > > --- Greg Overman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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 ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
