Howdy all,
I hope this isn't a repost of another thread but I couldn't find an answer in doing some googling.
I recently installed a oil temperature gauge into my 2013 vw gti (sender is in the drain plug, prosport brand gauge and sender, running freshly changed mobil 1 0w-40). After a few days of testing I've come to the conclusion that the gauge seems pretty accurate, read between 190~200F fluctuating depending on what's going on and the cars oil operating temp is supposed to be ~194F (this is in mid 80s to low 90s weather). As stupid as it may be I did not realize the gauge was accurate the first night I drove it and thought it read around 15 to 20 degrees low. It seems the car could not get the oil above 170F on average, over a hour long drive through residential, city stoplights, and a small bit of highway (ambient air temp was ~54F). Because of this I pushed the car a few times after the temp had seemed settled (to my knowledge at operating temp) for a good 10 minutes, this consisted of rolling into boost, doing some pulls through a few gears, definitely hitting 7k rpm once or twice, that sort of ordeal.
What I'd like to ask to all of you with more experience than I is do you think I would've incurred any horrible outcomes from doing that sort of driving at 170F? And in future should I just avoid any spirited driving if the air temps are keeping the oil from getting to temp? (Is it possible the flow of cold air over the exposed bottom part of the sender and cooling the whole unit? Seems unlikely as the sensor part makes direct contact with the hot oil).
Thank you so much!
I hope this isn't a repost of another thread but I couldn't find an answer in doing some googling.
I recently installed a oil temperature gauge into my 2013 vw gti (sender is in the drain plug, prosport brand gauge and sender, running freshly changed mobil 1 0w-40). After a few days of testing I've come to the conclusion that the gauge seems pretty accurate, read between 190~200F fluctuating depending on what's going on and the cars oil operating temp is supposed to be ~194F (this is in mid 80s to low 90s weather). As stupid as it may be I did not realize the gauge was accurate the first night I drove it and thought it read around 15 to 20 degrees low. It seems the car could not get the oil above 170F on average, over a hour long drive through residential, city stoplights, and a small bit of highway (ambient air temp was ~54F). Because of this I pushed the car a few times after the temp had seemed settled (to my knowledge at operating temp) for a good 10 minutes, this consisted of rolling into boost, doing some pulls through a few gears, definitely hitting 7k rpm once or twice, that sort of ordeal.
What I'd like to ask to all of you with more experience than I is do you think I would've incurred any horrible outcomes from doing that sort of driving at 170F? And in future should I just avoid any spirited driving if the air temps are keeping the oil from getting to temp? (Is it possible the flow of cold air over the exposed bottom part of the sender and cooling the whole unit? Seems unlikely as the sensor part makes direct contact with the hot oil).
Thank you so much!
yeah I was wondering how accurate it would be in that location, but I couldn't find any other real good solutions for my specific car.
