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Hey guys,

Just installed an oil temp guage in my car and was wondering if my oil temp is accurate. Apparenltly optimum oil temperature is supposed to be between 80 and 90 degrees before losing lubricating properties.

The reason why I ask this question is because my guage barely goes past 60 degrees on the gauge. It may have something to do with its location which might be just after my oil cooler, I have to do a more thorough investigation to be sure of this though. Its not that simple because it runs through splitters and an oil thermostat...

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Mine sits at about 85 with no oil cooler.

The one time when i went for a long drive i noticed my oil temp gauge showed 90 and my water temp gauge was only showing 60 when usually it sits at about 90 as well. But when i drove home everything was back to normal. Have you tried taking it for a longer drive?

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Mines between 85 - 90 after long driving (over 20 minutes).

Though its increased to this over the past few months. Any idea why this would happen? I never saw over 80 then all of a sudden it went way higher and is aways high like that now.

On the track it gets up to 100ish.

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