[Fot] Oil temp

[Bob Kramer]

I meant to ask if the engine has a lot of blowby.

Bob Kramer


On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 12:14 PM Bob Kramer <rkramer56 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree that reading is too hot.  How is the oil consistency?  At 290 it
> would be pretty thin.  I would add an oil cooler regardless at the earliest
> opportunity.
>
> Bob Kramer
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:51 AM dustin nicholson via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Amici,
>>
>> I'm sorting out a new to me race car and don't like that the oil
>> temperature gauge reads around 290 degrees.  I've never had an oil temp
>> gauge on previous cars so I'm not sure what's normal (240?) but 290 seems
>> high to me.  Yes?
>>
>> More temp info:  Air temp is near 100 degrees.  Water temp is steady 185
>> degrees.  Big aluminum radiator with electric fan.  No oil cooler.  Oil
>> temp sensor is in the aluminum finned oil pan.  IR temp gun says the
>> outside of the pan is 170 degrees.  Maybe the oil temp gauge is wrong?  I
>> wouldn't expect such a big difference between the outside of the pan and
>> the oil temp.
>>
>> Engine info:  mild engine, stock compression, fast road cam (270 is my
>> guess), supercharger with the medium size pully, pump gas
>>
>> Maybe I'm worrying about nothing.  I just know that racing in 2 weeks at
>> Eagles Canyon in Texas is going to be hot and I want to make it through the
>> weekend.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dusty Nicholson
>> 1955 TR3 #72
>> 1957 TR3 #43
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