oil temp (archive)

I've had my car at twice the legal for about 5 to 10 min and up the grapevine and the oil temp never got higher than about 230. It moved a bit to the right of center and just stayed there. So I wouldn't worry about it. However, Esteves is sort of on a quest since last december to see if there is an oil cooler that will work in the M Coupe :)

Rick Kim

: Yes, it takes me a long while as well, and I wait until about 140 beofre revving the engine up.

: Also, does anyone know how high the oil can go before I should start getting worried? the last few times I drove it has been running at about 230ish degrees, and that kind of scares me.

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: : For some reason it takes my oil a really long time to warm up, especially at the first start of the morning. It has been in the 60s here for the last week, and I still need to drive about 6 miles or 10 minutes before my oil can get to about 180 or so. Is this normal? I know that it takes oil much longer to warm up than the coolant, but should it take this long. I watch it closely, because I don't go over 3500rpm until the temp gets to about 180F. Does anyone else have any similar experiences or info about the situation.

: : Thanks for the help,
: : David J
: : '99 M Coupe

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Someone is working on one... Esteves 00:30 4/04/2000 (0)
road trip, denver to stl, 85mpg 110 degrees outsid oils was 250 steady for 10 hours 13:03 4/03/2000 (0)

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