Thread: Oil temperature Question

Id go the Tcase.

that said. so long as the oil level is correct there is nothing you can do with a td5 or tdi that is going to cook up the oils in the vehicle without frying something like the coolant first.

see if you can sell it to someone with an auto.

you might even think about putting it in the powersteering as thats really the only proper hydraulic system youve got in that vehicle.

Yeah, my feeling was its just another gauge that will tell me something I cant do too much about... I may just stick it in the parts box unless someone really wants it??? they are pretty cheap new these days $50ish so I couldnt in all fairness sell an old one for much?

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Id go the Tcase.

that said. so long as the oil level is correct there is nothing you can do with a td5 or tdi that is going to cook up the oils in the vehicle without frying something like the coolant first.

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Hmm, I dunno.

I'm currently logging oil temps in a Tdi (fuelled up) as it appears I might be overheating the oil in extreme situations like mountain passes, even though the coolant temps are OK.
I won't know for sure for a few more weeks or a month, but I'm thinking the standard oil heat exchanger isn't big enough/efficient enough, or my oil t/stat isn't opening......

BTW, I've just strapped a thermocouple to the OD of the oil filter. The highest temp I've seen so far is 106* just running down the highway on a cool spring day..........