At 4/13/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Stevens wrote:
>Since I installed the Scan Gauge along with the first Subie conversion, I had >no prior info about the temp of the intake air (Syncro, snorkel up L >"D" Pillar) >but since those installs (first: 2.2; 2nd: 3.0) I know now that the >intake air temp >at the sensor just above the throttle body, is a few degrees above >the environmental >ambient, which I'm SURE is quite a bit cooler all the time, than the >air inside >the engine bay. Although that (snorkel) has no bearing on engine coolant and >oil temps, as far as I "know", it likely does have a bearing on >engine performance >due to the cooler intake air, and that in turn, may have a bearing on a cooler >block?...i.e., coolant and oil temps. > >Shortly after buying this van ('02), I put a SETRAB oil cooler w/fan, in the R >"D" pillar base, and noticed a 15 degree oil temp drop. > >Bob
Oil temp is a good number to have.
Rob vwrobb@gmail.com |
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