High Oil Temperature
07-18-2003, 09:02 PM
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High Oil Temperature Can anyone help??
We are using an LS1 engine in an airplane and we are concerned about the oil temp.
It is running as high as 240+ under high power conditions. The oil temp eventually gets down to somewhere below 220 but this seems high.
Are there any concerns about these temperatures and if so what can we do to get the temp down?
Thanks very much for your time.
Peter McHardy
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We are using an LS1 engine in an airplane and we are concerned about the oil temp.
It is running as high as 240+ under high power conditions. The oil temp eventually gets down to somewhere below 220 but this seems high.
Are there any concerns about these temperatures and if so what can we do to get the temp down?
Thanks very much for your time.
Peter McHardy
<pmchardy@rogers.com>
905 853 3553
07-21-2003, 02:04 PM
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Re: High Oil Temperature Under normal day to day driving, my oil temp sits at 210*, FWIW.
Don't really know what sort of application you are doing, but is mounting an oil cooler a possibility?
Don't really know what sort of application you are doing, but is mounting an oil cooler a possibility?
07-21-2003, 06:20 PM
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Re: High Oil Temperature I really wouldn't be too concerned. Synthetic oil can take a BARE MINIMUM of 300* before it breaks down. Probably more like 400-500 for the better ones.
Only thing I'd be worried about running 300* would be seals and stuff breaking down. Regardless, 240 MAX ain't bad at all, pretty much normal.
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Only thing I'd be worried about running 300* would be seals and stuff breaking down. Regardless, 240 MAX ain't bad at all, pretty much normal.
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07-22-2003, 02:42 PM
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Re: High Oil Temperature LS1 in air plane? 
....so what would happen if we put a Supra engine with big single turbo in an air plane?
Anyway, anything below 250 is nothing to worry about. I would probably start to cool things down at 270+. I would only be concerned at 300+.
....so what would happen if we put a Supra engine with big single turbo in an air plane?Anyway, anything below 250 is nothing to worry about. I would probably start to cool things down at 270+. I would only be concerned at 300+.