Standard Oil/Water Operating temperature when it's hot out?

Standard Oil/Water Operating temperature when it's hot out?

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Dischordant

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Friday 7th July 2017
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Hi guys, driving in the sun today with a bit of traffic - my oil got up to 110degrees today according to my In car display, with a coolant temperature occasionally spiking to 120degrees. Should I be worried? What temperatures do yours run at in the Summer?

Cheers!

Darren

Dischordant

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603 posts

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Friday 7th July 2017
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Thanks - just tried connecting up to my phone with RS-AJP and it showed my water temp 10-15 degrees lower..while sitting in my driveway the first fan kicked in when it got to about 91 (on my phone - 104 on dash display) and I couldn't manage to get it hot enough to test fan 2 kicked in.

Weird =/

Dischordant

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603 posts

202 months

Friday 7th July 2017
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Further testing - was pretty hard to get temperature high enough on phone for 2nd fan to kick in but it did at 94 and combined they cooled it pretty quick. As I blipped the throttle the dash display was showing as high as 120 then would drop to 110 ish. I will try checking the sensor/connector as you suggest. I did have a new water sensor put in when it was serviced due to this but it doesn't seem to have resolved the issue.

Do you have any photos of where I will find the dashboard water sensor? - I've had the bonnet converted so I should be able to get to it if I know what I'm looking for.

Many thanks!

Dischordant

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603 posts

202 months

Friday 7th July 2017
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Sorry - which way does the cyclinder numbering go..1 at the front of the car 6 nearest the dash?