How hot is hot?

[33trikes]

My temperature gauge is only
oil temp on my VW air cooled engine. How hot is to hot and how hot should be normal in this 95 degree weather here in Florida right now, Thank You.

[stinger608]

I have found that oil temps can get up in the lower 200's when its hot out. I have seen around 220 to 250 in the past.

[rhino 2]

Apples to Oranges, Here... Back in the 80's i had a 16V GTi, And in the summer going through the Lincoln Tunnel at a Crawl. If i scrolled to the oil temp reading' Many times it would read 290/295+... So i stopped scrolling... When gave it to my Son it had 325 thousand miles on it and no engine work done or needed to do.. When my son got rid of it it had another 25 thousand miles... Still no engine work..

Moral... Forgetaboutit...... The oil temp gauge is a distraction...

[Fowler]

the oil temp on my Trike hardly ever gets above 180
I am taking the temp at the Oil pressure control valve



BUT I have a large Oil cooler under my trike and a high volume oil pump

Once on cruse night here I was barley moving for 4 hours and it did get up to 250 or so

[33trikes]

Thanks guys, I'm in good shape then 180 is as hot as it got. That was only when we were running the interstate at 70 MPH mile after mile. Running the back roads its running cooler than that.

[stinger608]

Thanks guys, I'm in good shape then 180 is as hot as it got. That was only when we were running the interstate at 70 MPH mile after mile. Running the back roads its running cooler than that.

Oh heck, your in good shape bro!!!!

You shouldn't have any issues with them temps.

[Fowler]

I did a 350 mile ride Friday on my trike.

Dropped the Ol"lady off at one of her families house (little over 150 miles)
Then road I64 for a while, got onto the Blue Ridge Parkway and flowed it down to Roanoke, then back home

The outside temp was in the 90s most of the time

The engine stayed around 190 or so most of the time
Even when I was doing 80mph or more on 64