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Originally Posted By: Rand Heavier will increase the oil temp. 5w40 will be fine. if you are autox or otherwise racing it and you see 270-300F you might want to step up for race day.. or increase the cooling. ok then ill stick w a 5w-40. these oil warmer/coolers in the ej257 motor are kinda...

wondering if I should try something a little heavier?

Originally Posted By: ShotGun429 Those Temps are fine! Try to keep it under 250 F. and you will be fine with your Shell Rotella® T6 Full Synthetic , it may tend to creep up on the Hottest weather conditions, . I might want to consider a syn? synthetic?

Originally Posted By: Rand depends on where you are getting the temp from? is the the sump or where? my fb25(not really related) was running 218f@75mph and the ambient temp was 80F readings are coming from my killerb oil pan w ambient of 65 degrees here in NY currently

normal driving...not even laying into boost. my coolant temps are 180-195. these ej motors use an oil warmer/cooler via the coolant. I have read that 50-60 over coolant temp is normal. im just having a hard time believing that.

hey guys new to bitog site. im sure this topic has be covered so bare w me. Ok so the car is a 2013 Subaru sti ej257 motor. recently put in a new built short block to support more power. that being said, I added the innovate motorsports oil pressure and oil temp gauge. never seeing oil temp...