ROI: Oil Temp Gauge

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BellePlaine
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ROI: Oil Temp Gauge

Post by BellePlaine » Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:24 am

Lately I've been seeing oil temperatures holding at the 260* while highway driving. I went to take a look at my oil cooler to see if a mouse had made a nest and found that the auxiliary heater blower ductwork had disconnected. Hot air from the gap was blowing up right at the oil cooler and making it very hot. Fixed the ductwork and the oil temp on the ride to work this morning was back to a reasonable 235F.

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Re: ROI: Oil Temp Gauge

Post by phaedrus76 » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:35 pm

You've made a real good case for owning a gauge!
76 Sage Green Deluxe Westy w/ manual trans.

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Re: ROI: Oil Temp Gauge

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:56 am

phaedrus76 wrote:You've made a real good case for owning a gauge!
If not a good case for dusting and waxing the engine every couple of days to see what is or is not still assembled correctly . . .
Well, that is how I do it.
Colin :blackeye:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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