That is HOT !
What is considered as 'Optimal' engine oil temperature... ?
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edyvw
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Yep, pushing it+altitude will do that.
It’s nice especially when towing in extreme conditions. Last summer I had to tow our 8k pound camper through the mountains. It was over 100 degrees and it was the first time I’d towed it that far. So I was already nervous. Keeping an eye on things made me feel a little better
Why are you revving it so high? (4,000 RPM)
edyvw
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Why not?
What is it accomplishing?
The F550 service truck I used to drive ran 208F on flat and 235F on hills. I sure didn't like those temps but I ASSume ford knows more than me.
There's been a whole lot of 'my engine oil runs at' and 'my system of measurement can beat up your system of measurement' responses
on this thread but precious little technical information related to the OP's question.
@RDY4WAR and @930.engineering
gave some good answers and I would like to read more like that if at all possible.
THANK YOU, for reading the thread creator's starter post properly 
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Somewhere between 200-250F
Italian Tune-Up. 4000 RPM is just getting into the tune-up range.
edyvw
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Speed.
If my memory serves me well, I was passing vehicles going uphill.
But I do 4-7,000 rpms every day on my vehicles, not so much on Sequoia though.
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Was thinking that too. Love the granularity of the data. All my truck gives me is a bar. Which means literally nothing except when the bar gets too hot it flashes. To see that, I had to hook up a scangauge and tinker with all sorts of different settings until I got what I think is the actual oil temp data.
Which by the way, never hits "optimal" on my Tacoma per consensus on this thread. I almost never see oil temps above 194F (72ºRé or 135°De for those who prefer not imperial units). I'll have to send off a UOA and see the consequences of that.
653.7 degrees Rankine or 363.2 deg Kelvin is the way to go.
My "racecar" is the only one I have an oil temp gauge in and it runs cool. I can only attribute that to the fan for my a2w charge cooler is immediately in front of the motor and is always running.
During the summer I was seeing 160-170. Yesterday in 30⁰ weather it barely got to 130 driving to work.
During the summer I was seeing 160-170. Yesterday in 30⁰ weather it barely got to 130 driving to work.
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That's pretty cool. I thought the vettes ran hot cause they didn't have an oil cooler
