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clio-16-valver
20-01-2006, 19:27
Mine went to around 120 - 130 over 10 miles. Does this seem to high? and if so whats wrong?

Thanks

TriO`
20-01-2006, 19:38
seems a bit high... mine gets to about 110-115 after a full thrash. what oil are you using ?

clio-16-valver
20-01-2006, 19:46
15 - 40 comma oil.

lumber
20-01-2006, 22:00
mines always done that, had it 3 years and it's done 135k, still going strong

stew
20-01-2006, 22:14
bit high IMO!

Id use 10-40 or 5-40 fully syth oil as well.

Reminds me i need an oil change b4 pod. :twisted:

TA
21-01-2006, 00:01
mine rarely goes over 100, running silkoline pro-s 5-40


and i thrash it everywhere!


burns lots of it tho! :oops:

Justin..
21-01-2006, 01:34
mine goes up to about 120 when doin high speeds like 110 + for a few miinutes

Purple
21-01-2006, 01:51
Mine went to around 120 - 130 over 10 miles. Does this seem to high? and if so whats wrong?

What was your driving like over the 10miles. If it's heavy trackwork and redlining all the time, I think 120C is OK. But 120C might be a bit high if it's high-speed cruising with revs less than 4.5k rpm. As for 130C, I have never seen that, but am not that heavy on the throttle nowadays.

Scott-16v!
21-01-2006, 12:07
i saw 140 on my way up to winstons before xmas :shock:

jamesy
21-01-2006, 13:33
while your on it,what does your oil pressure gauge say after a good thrash when idling?mine is just under 1 bar,which i think is low.

Justin..
21-01-2006, 14:01
while your on it,what does your oil pressure gauge say after a good thrash when idling?mine is just under 1 bar,which i think is low.

mines like that, at most the first little line under 1 bar

clio-16-valver
21-01-2006, 17:01
Oil pressure is brill.

Not checked but it didnt drop below 1 bar afaik.

Jamie.
21-01-2006, 17:03
that seems track temps almost, although a friend of mine said his valver was going to 110-120 on motorway runs so he bought an oil cooler. it now sits at 60 on m-way and on track he only got to 100/110 @ most

Scott-16v!
21-01-2006, 17:08
looks like i need an oil cooler then.

clio-16-valver
21-01-2006, 17:08
Kl

How much is an oil cooler?

Jamie.
21-01-2006, 17:11
im not sure how much but i know my mate is very pleased with his, if u want to pm him its Tom_16v not Tom16v! best pm'ing him on cs too.

clio-16-valver
21-01-2006, 17:21
Thanks alot

Andyvalver
21-01-2006, 17:47
Dunno what all the fuss is about tbh. If you never had a temp guage you would never even think about it or even question it :? After a good blast down the motorway you can expect the temp guage to move up a notch, and then when idling the pressure to be below 1bar as you have just thinned the oil out a tad more than normall :)

arj256
21-01-2006, 18:43
If your getting high temps, would be worth doing a oil change and using some quality oil.
Should make a difference.

Andyvalver
21-01-2006, 18:52
The fact is, for those people not getting high temps. You are not driving your car properly :wink:

BRUN
21-01-2006, 18:54
nah, its using shit oil

im on Silkolene Pro S 5W-40 and even driving from Scotland to St Helens (about 250 miles on the motorway) mine never went above 110

Andyvalver
21-01-2006, 18:56
Well that seems normall imo^^ I only get higher than that when doin 120+ for a while, not that i ever do that :oops: :wink:

Martin
21-01-2006, 19:00
nah, its using s**t oil

im on Silkolene Pro S 5W-40 and even driving from Scotland to St Helens (about 250 miles on the motorway) mine never went above 110

Thats because you drive like my nan! :wink:

BRUN
21-01-2006, 19:17
lol

i got done for speeding on the way home

Tom_16v
23-01-2006, 18:53
im not sure how much but i know my mate is very pleased with his, if u want to pm him its Tom_16v not Tom16v! best pm'ing him on cs too.

ooh that'll be me lol!

Used to run 90-100 on m/way and anything upto 115 when booting it.

With the oil cooler I only get upto 110 on track! Normal m/way is about 70 which is perfect.

Whole kits probably cost about 150ish and Nick Hill had it fitted inside a couple of hours.....

clio-16-valver
23-01-2006, 19:42
Found out the engine oil temp was more because the coolant was low (car did NOT overheat) Must have opened the valve when it got to a certain temp meaning that the coolant from bottle was used as I had just filled coolant up after the engine flush.

Not gone above 90 now.

Laine_16v
23-01-2006, 20:03
Havent really looked at it when booting, dont think mine gets above 100.

On the motorway it sits at 60 all day long.

Zollo
23-01-2006, 22:35
Mine didn't ever go above 100 at the Donington track day. Not sure what oil was in it then, but I'm hoping the oil that's in there now will do as good a job...

Martin
23-01-2006, 22:48
Mine didn't ever go above 100 at the Donington track day. Not sure what oil was in it then, but I'm hoping the oil that's in there now will do as good a job...

:shock: Why was mine running so hot? :? Might have to invest in an oilcooler...

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9571/donnytemp7fh.jpg

BRUN
23-01-2006, 23:26
christ on a bike, thats HOT !

what was in there, and if you havent changed it already, then i would

once it gets to about 150 ish IIRC it will start to break down, less if its a mineral or semi

Purple
24-01-2006, 01:14
Don't look right, Martin. The oil pressure is too low at, presumably, high revs. Probably starting to lose oil viscosity at that point in time. I would be looking to fix the root cause rather than dropping in an oil cooler.

Craig
24-01-2006, 01:14
this is after an hour doing 80mph+ and numerous thrashings when we hit roundabouts on the way to cambs!

only prob is it takes about 20 mins to warm up! painfully slow!

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/temps.jpg

Tom_16v
24-01-2006, 01:22
once it gets to about 150 ish IIRC it will start to break down, less if its a mineral or semi

Starts to break down from above 110 but 150 is stupid high!

Scott-16v!
24-01-2006, 11:13
Mine didn't ever go above 100 at the Donington track day. Not sure what oil was in it then, but I'm hoping the oil that's in there now will do as good a job...

:shock: Why was mine running so hot? :? Might have to invest in an oilcooler...

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9571/donnytemp7fh.jpg
i reguarly see just below that after a good thrashing or prolonged motorway driving :-s :-k

Craig
24-01-2006, 11:17
i used to on both my old valvers mate!

FlamingMonkey
24-01-2006, 11:29
haha nice one martin, get that oil changed lad

After numerous thrashings round oulton and donny my oil didn't get abpve 110 at all.

Think the Willys have oil coolers though so id imagine that will be a factor.

Zollo
24-01-2006, 13:52
Don't look right, Martin. The oil pressure is too low at, presumably, high revs. Probably starting to lose oil viscosity at that point in time. I would be looking to fix the root cause rather than dropping in an oil cooler.

By the looks of the speed and where he is on the track, he's slowing down, so pressure doesn't seem to bad. Buy yeah, that temperature is high :shock:

Swervin_Mervin
24-01-2006, 13:59
My temp used to be that high 'til I had my new cooling system.