anyone seeing 200F oil temps now?

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Feb 12, 2010 | 09:06 AM

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We are going to be doing a hill country run next weekend so I will see then how this single cooler really works.

Feb 12, 2010 | 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by olddragger

Heck on a 40 F day with both coolers totally blocked--- on the interstate ---my oil temps are around 170F . They go up as soon as I slow down.

Do you block the back of the oil coolers, too?

Feb 12, 2010 | 12:52 PM

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you read my mind?
Yep sure did. I didnt to start with but when i wasnt getting the temps I was seeking i ended up having to do just that.
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Feb 12, 2010 | 01:38 PM

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Quite a bit of airflow happens from the "pull" in the wheel wells.

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