[Z06] oil temp!
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oil temp!
If we were to turn on your car at your garage to warm it up for a bit, what would be the highest oil temp you would like the car to get to? my buddy has a 2003 z and he told me, that last week he turned the car on and went to have breakfast, once he came back down to turn the car off, he noticed that his oil guage read 180. is that normal? he said, he did not even paid attention to the temp guage.
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If we were to turn on your car at your garage to warm it up for a bit, what would be the highest oil temp you would like the car to get to? my buddy has a 2003 z and he told me, that last week he turned the car on and went to have breakfast, once he came back down to turn the car off, he noticed that his oil guage read 180. is that normal? he said, he did not even paid attention to the temp guage.
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that is what i asked him. and his reply was that he has so many cars in the garage that the Z never gets driven so he just turns it on once in a while to warm it up. i usually let mine get up to 90 and than i take it for a spin
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Title of this thread is "oil temp" ... so I'm assuming his oil TEMP gage read "180".
If so, sounds like he should have had a longer breakfest! When I start mine up in the winter I try to get the oil temp above 210 deg F to ensure all the moisture is burned off inside the engine.
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Not quite clear on what's going on here. So his OIL TEMP or OIL PRESSURE gage read "180"?
Title of this thread is "oil temp" ... so I'm assuming his oil TEMP gage read "180".
If so, sounds like he should have had a longer breakfest! When I start mine up in the winter I try to get the oil temp above 210 deg F to ensure all the moisture is burned off inside the engine.
Title of this thread is "oil temp" ... so I'm assuming his oil TEMP gage read "180".
If so, sounds like he should have had a longer breakfest! When I start mine up in the winter I try to get the oil temp above 210 deg F to ensure all the moisture is burned off inside the engine.
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What? ... the oil temp usually gets to 200 to 230 deg F during normal driving around town conditions. I don't see why 180 deg F would be a big concern. If anything, 180 deg F oil temp is NOT HOT ENOUGH if you are just starting up the car in the garage to run it. Like I said earlier, I'd run it until the oil is at least 200 or 210 deg F to ensure condensation gets boiled out of the oil.
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What? ... the oil temp usually gets to 200 to 230 deg F during normal driving around town conditions. I don't see why 180 deg F would be a big concern. If anything, 180 deg F oil temp is NOT HOT ENOUGH if you are just starting up the car in the garage to run it. Like I said earlier, I'd run it until the oil is at least 200 or 210 deg F to ensure condensation gets boiled out of the oil.
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Yes ... I always go by oil temp. If oil temp is up nice and hot, then the whole engine is up nice and hot, which is important to ensure all the condensation and crud is burned off the guts of the engine.
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Replace the oil temp sensor.
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moisture in the oil burns off as long as your oil temp is above the outside temp. it doesn't have to be boiling. water turns to vapor more easily than you think. ever heard of evaporation? i don't think it's boiling outside. hmm. in other words, 180 is more than fine however, it is stupid for him to think he is doing his car any good. he has to drive it or sell it. what about the transmission, rear end, tires, ac system, etc? there are a lot more things that need to be used than just the engine.
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Almost correct. Water/ice will turn to vapor at any given temperature except one....0 degree Kelvin. It just evaporates/sublimes at a VERY slow rate sometimes. And to the OP, i agree with other, the owner needs to actually drive the car in order to lube everything up.
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so is an engine at 0 kelvin sitting in the garage? how about when the engine is running?
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No way.
180 might be OK, but getting the engine hotter than that is even more insurance that all the internals are well hot enough to prevent cold spots which can act as condensation surfaces inside the engine.
It's a proven fact that engines used for short trips degrade the oil much more and much faster than engines ran at full operating temperatures all the time.
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