Oil Temp

[FUBAR]

(Appologies for the out of focus phone camera pics...I know as much about photography as I do engines )

Finally got my new oil temp gauge from Speedy Cables fitted





Id like to say the new gauge takes the stress out of wondering if the oil is up to temp, but now I realise just how long it actually takes for it to get up to temp (70 degrees?)

What is the recommended temp range for the oil? Once up and running it seems to sit at about 80 degrees? What is classed as 'too hot'? (it seems Ive added one more item to make me even more paranoid when I take the Cerb out!)

Also had my stuck milometer fixed by Speedy Cables. My speedo has always read between 5-9mph over GPS and, as a bonus, it now reads almost bang on the GPS reading

[HarryW]

Looks good Fubes how much ben meaning for about a year to get this done , where is the sender fitted btw.
Re oil temps I would say anything above 60 is warmed up and up to 120 OK.

[FUBAR]

Harry, the unit had to be made up (yellow backed etc) and with delivery cost £97. Paul fitted it for me and looking at the bill it says "modify oil housing to fit new oil temp gauge". Does that help?

[Cyclone1]

HarryW said:

Looks good Fubes how much ben meaning for about a year to get this done , where is the sender fitted btw.
Re oil temps I would say anything above 60 is warmed up and up to 120 OK.

Harry,

I could be wrong but didn't think they got that high on the Cerb, about 70-80 when pushed?

Not sure
Jules.

[HarryW]

FUBAR said:

Harry, the unit had to be made up (yellow backed etc) and with delivery cost £97. Paul fitted it for me and looking at the bill it says "modify oil housing to fit new oil temp gauge". Does that help?

Oil housing I understand

[HarryW]

Cyclone1 said:

HarryW said:

Looks good Fubes how much ben meaning for about a year to get this done , where is the sender fitted btw.
Re oil temps I would say anything above 60 is warmed up and up to 120 OK.

Harry,

I could be wrong but didn't think they got that high on the Cerb, about 70-80 when pushed?

Not sure
Jules.

Agree it's unlikely you will see 100+ temps on a Cerb from what I've heard/read. For a given engine/car the highest temp for oil tends to higher than the water so was just flagging it. Personally I wouldn't worry with anything south of 120, not that I would expect it.

[Cyclone1]

HarryW said:

Cyclone1 said:

HarryW said:

Looks good Fubes how much ben meaning for about a year to get this done , where is the sender fitted btw.
Re oil temps I would say anything above 60 is warmed up and up to 120 OK.

Harry,

I could be wrong but didn't think they got that high on the Cerb, about 70-80 when pushed?

Not sure
Jules.

Agree it's unlikely you will see 100+ temps on a Cerb from what I've heard/read. For a given engine/car the highest temp for oil tends to higher than the water so was just flagging it. Personally I wouldn't worry with anything south of 120, not that I would expect it.

Sounds about right.

I can remember Joolz mentioning it when he changed the position of an oil cooler I had fitted when I had the Cerb.

[neilus]

Nick,

I don't think I've seen anything higher than 90 degrees, and that's after sitting in traffic for a prolonged period of time.

FUBAR said:

but now I realise just how long it actually takes for it to get up to temp (70 degrees?)

Wait until the winter!!

If you get stuck in traffic, you'll also be surprised at how quickly the oil cools back down on once you're moving again.

Neil.

[ro_butler]

neilus said:

Wait until the winter!!

If you get stuck in traffic, you'll also be surprised at how quickly the oil cools back down on once you're moving again.

Neil.

This is why i put a piece of card over the oil cooler in the winter. There is no thermostat fitted as standard.

[marcus1970]

How do you tell the time?



MB

[FUBAR]

Its all dependant on where the big and little hands are pointing

[neilus]

ro_butler said:

neilus said:

Wait until the winter!!

If you get stuck in traffic, you'll also be surprised at how quickly the oil cools back down on once you're moving again.

Neil.

This is why i put a piece of card over the oil cooler in the winter. There is no thermostat fitted as standard.

I had a thermostat fitted at the same time as the gauge, so I'd hate to think how long the oil gets up to temperature without one.

I remember one of the first journeys I did after the gauge was fitted, it was February time and I got onto the motorway almost immediately I did almost 200 miles and the temperature didn't go over 60 degrees.

Neil.

[diycerb]

If you are fitting the sensor in the oil filter housing surely it looks like the oil takes along time to warm up as you've fitted the sensor down stream of the oil cooler??

You don't measure water temperature coming out of the radiator do you.

I'm looking at installing mine in the sump plug.

Rich.