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Date:         Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:39:34 -0700
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From:         phillips@pi3.tucson.saic.com (Dave Phillips)
Subject:      RE: oil temps 200what?

>From: anon869@vt.edu (Christopher Bridge): >hotter than the T1's. If my 1600 went to over 220, I'd be real concerned. >My personal opinion is that heat comes from poorly built engines. Bad

Here's a guy who obviously doesn't live in Arizona ;-)

I think hot engines come from it being a hundred and pi degrees outside. My gauge is good too -- I walk outside when it's 110, turn the key, and the gauge reads 110. I have driven this car for 12 years now, and I regularly see 220 to 250F oil temps. I got 70K out of my last engine, and I don't think that is unusually short for a T2. I don't think you can keep an air-cooled engine under 200F under these conditions, no matter how well it's tuned or built.

Bob, do you have a sermon on engine temps?

...Dave Phillips '69 bus | Internet: phillips@aries.tucson.saic.com


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