I checked mine, today. 90*F ambient temp, my MFA showed oil temps of 225-230 without the AC on, 260 with.. This is in slightly dense traffic, and cruising at 50mph. slow speeds (sub 30) saw oil temps of the 265-268*F when sitting.. Ricky in Winchester
-----Original Message----- From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:03 PM To: Adam Frank; [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] help! overheating problem! My old 2l 16v would see oil temps of 220+ consistently just driving down the freeway. My next 2l 16v ran about 10 degrees cooler. I'd say you're car is performing exactly as it should... --- Adam Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess one question I have is, what IS an > acceptable running temperature to > be seeing on the MFA/Coolant gauge? > Once my car warms up, cruising at 60-65 it runs > about 210 on the MFA and in > town going down long road at 45mph it drops to > 202-205. > In stand still traffic, it gets about as high as > 225-230~ on the mfa but > cools way down once i start moving again. Thats > about right isnt it? > I had my AC and AC rad pulled so my radiator can > breathe a lot easier, when > I had it done last year, i noticed an immediate > difference of almost 10 > degrees across all the diff driving conditions. > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
