[Fot] Hot oil

[Michael Porter]

On 5/24/2017 5:40 AM, Duncan Charlton via Fot wrote:
> Are you convinced the gauge is accurate?

Pretty much my thought after reading the added note about ambient and 
coolant temps (which seemed dead normal).  Does a rough-and-ready check 
of temperature lend credence to the gauge reading?  When the dipstick is 
pulled, is there any excess smoke or vapor coming from the sump?  Engine 
have any of that stinky overheated smell to it that it gets when the oil 
temps are soaring? And, perhaps, a simple laying on of hands--is the 
sump noticeably hotter than the top coolant hose?

The very first problem I see in the diagnosis is the juxtaposition of 
great lap times with a mechanical fault.  If anything, times ought to be 
down, because to heat the oil to that degree that quickly, there must be 
a helluva lot of friction, which would, in turn, have to translate to a 
loss of power.  I'd also expect some drop in oil pressure from those 
temperatures, maybe not a lot, but some, and no mention of that.

Without any of those external indicators also present, I'd suspect a 
gauge gone goofy.  Anyone have an infrared temp gun handy to check the 
sump temperature, Chuck?


Cheers.

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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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