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dbcox Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2004 Posts: 339 Location: Georgia.....Hazzard County
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: oil temp readings |
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I just put a Autometer oil temp guage in with a VDO oil drain temp sending unit.My readings are that my motor has been to hot i goes up to around 225 - 250 on the highway back down around 225 on side streets. My question is can it be off that much. I have never had any symptoms of my motor running hot. I drive 50 miles one way to work on the interstate 65 - 70 MPH. i can hold my dipstick by the handle no problem, i can wipe the oil off on my finger and stand it, the long part off the dipstick is pretty hot.. My oil looks ok i do not have any funny sounds from being hot. Adusting the timing or the carbs does not really affect it to get it any cooler. Its a 2110 in a baja with dual webers. Does it sound like its really that hot or the guage wrong. If i put the sender were my pressure sensor is with a "T" it has cooler readings, but I wanted the drain sender i heard it was more correct. Any ideas? |
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twinfactor Samba Member
Joined: March 09, 2006 Posts: 203 Location: Elgin, IL
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Is the sender a correct match for the gauge? I know some have different ohm ratings and will make your gauge read incorrectly.
My VDO oil temp gauge w/ VDO sender reads about 195-200 highway @ 65 mph. But that's the temp from the stock oil pressuer switch location.
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RockNbus Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2006 Posts: 815 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Db, your readings are taken before the cooler. Twin's reading are after the cooler. I would place more importance on the "after" numbers. That is why some of us use external coolers in addition to the doghouse cooler. |
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John M. Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2005 Posts: 3833 Location: Boulder, CO
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Get a meat thermometer with a probe long enough to fit in the dipstick tube. Compare the readings to your guage right after you pull over. Generally 230 degrees is when you should start slowing down. But it isn't a death sentence....do you also have a head temp gauge? I like to monitor both, since head temps will certainly kill an engine faster.... |
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dbcox Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2004 Posts: 339 Location: Georgia.....Hazzard County
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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So the oil sump readings are hotter because they havent went thru the cooler? My readings were cooler at the pressure sending ubut with a T fitting. A long thermometer was going to be my next guesss. Thanx I just have a feeling its not as hot as the guage is reading |
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RockNbus Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2006 Posts: 815 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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The sump is where the oil is dumped when it is done lubricating the engine. Then it goes through the screen, then the pump then to the filter/cooler. I only monitor the oil temp at the sender port. I also monitor the oil pressure and the cylinder head temperature just to be on the safe side. |
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hpw Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2006 Posts: 3010 Location: memphis
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GjMan Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2004 Posts: 822 Location: Grand Junction, CO
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, 'ol Gene had it right. My VDO temp gauge consistently reads about 10 degrees high. Checked it with a candy thermometer (attached to a string and lowered down the filler tube of my T3). Sender is in the sump. |
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Herby Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2005 Posts: 742 Location: LALA Land
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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That is ridiculously outdated. Gauges aren't 100% accurate, but they also aren't off by 300F degrees. No thermometer is on the dot accurate. They'll probably be off by 3-10 degrees depending on the ambient temperature outside.
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John M. Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2005 Posts: 3833 Location: Boulder, CO
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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It's very easy to notice gauge trending. If over the course of normal driving your CHT Gauge never goes above 300; then all of a sudden it's reading 400 you know something is WRONG. Same with OT. Some members calculate the error of their VDO gauge so that they can automatically compute the actual reading.
Dakota Digital apparently makes some good temperature compensating gauges, but they aren't cheap.
Just my 2 cents.... |
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hpw Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2006 Posts: 3010 Location: memphis
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EZGZ Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 923 Location: Loveland, Colorado
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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There are other variables like your voltage and wire size and and connections.
Could you remove your gauge and connect it closer to the sender with the shortest wire possible and solder the connectors on just for comparison purposes?
Most auto manufactores used idiot lights and gauges with just bars for the vary reason you describe.
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Randy in Maine Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2003 Posts: 34890 Location: The Beach
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: |
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GB was indeed a VW guru, but things have changed in the past 20-30 years. Still a great guy though with lots of good ideas and good products.
Never mount the sender in a T along with the OP sending unit. The oil is not moving much in that column, so the number you get does not mean much.
All of the tinwork complete on this baja? Do your tend to run high RPMs? High CHT? Any of that can generate high OTs. |
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dbcox Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2004 Posts: 339 Location: Georgia.....Hazzard County
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: |
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All my tin is there exept under the heads I run about 3000rpm on the interstate about 7o mph with 30 inch tall tires. It is not lugging it has plenty of power to move them and areound traffic thanks for all the info |
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