Oil temp too high but water temp fine
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From: So Cal
I have a freshly rebuilt blown 555 from day one of running it my oil temp was running about 10 to 15 degrees higher then the other motor even at cruising speed. Also after new rebuild my water pressure is higher I'm sure maybe something is clogged but I'm stuck and can't figure it out. Can anyone help?
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From: Sharon,MA
210 isn't even close to being high. Should be over 212 as drpete3 says to boil off water/moisture in the oil.
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Ok thanks. One motor only gets up to around 180 and the same motor that I just had rebuilt use to run at the same temp it's just after the rebuild it started running higher so I thought maybe something was wrong
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I called an amsoil rep once and he told me they don't recommend going over 220*...."it will handle it but for short bursts"...I found that a little hard to believe..... now i personally don't like seeing it higher then 250...reason being the main bearings can be upwards of 40* hotter then the oil on the pan...i have a buddy that does autocross and they are consistently seeing temps in the 260* range in their engines (turbo 4cyl) with no ill effects. The oil itself will easily take 300*+.....its the additives that start breaking down in the higher temps. I think that conventional oil has a flash point around 350* and synthetics are around 400* maybe higher...
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