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Oil Temp

aayush
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Hi

Hope all are well
I just have a quick one as just did 16-mile trip and my oil temp went to 100 c but have just had cars 1 service about a month or so ago can anyone advise if I should top up the oil or not 16 plate car
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  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,408 Forumite
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    Check the oil level anyway.

    Anywhere between 80 and 120 C should be fine.
    Much below 100 and it doesn't boil off the contaminants, much above 120 and it oxidises to a sticky black mess like the inside of a 1.6 PSA engine on its second turbo.
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • khcomp
    khcomp Posts: 207 Forumite
    What car? Very rare to get an oil temperature gauge or readout on anything other than a performance car rather than a coolant temperature gauge...
  • aayush
    aayush Posts: 1,295 Forumite
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    khcomp wrote: »
    What car? Very rare to get an oil temperature gauge or readout on anything other than a performance car rather than a coolant temperature gauge...

    hi it is VW Polo 16 automatic 1.4
  • khcomp
    khcomp Posts: 207 Forumite
    Check the handbook - are you SURE you're not referring to the coolant temperature gauge?
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    If you're not sure whether you need to top the oil up or not, have you actually... checked the level? Radical thought, I know.
  • khcomp
    khcomp Posts: 207 Forumite
    Pretty sure your car doesn't have an oil temperature gauge: If it's the coolant gauge (at the bottom of the rev counter in some models - basic cars don't have one), then, according to the manual, anything between 70 degrees and 120 degrees is fine as long as the coolant warning light isn't on or flashing.
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,232 Forumite
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    khcomp wrote: »
    What car? Very rare to get an oil temperature gauge or readout on anything other than a performance car rather than a coolant temperature gauge...

    My car isnt a performance car, but has an oil temp gauge. Reads at about 90 when warmed through, but will get to just above 100 on warm days when its working hard.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    daveyjp wrote: »
    My car isnt a performance car, but has an oil temp gauge. Reads at about 90 when warmed through, but will get to just above 100 on warm days when its working hard.
    What car do you have, and again are you sure you're not confusing an oil temp gauge with the coolant temp gauge?
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,232 Forumite
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    Subaru.

    Definately oil temp. Symbol is an oil can with a thermometer and its stated in the handbook.
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    VW Golf GTD, my oil temp sits between 80/100C
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
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