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On 3/5/2023 at 11:30 AM, MBS206 said:

The real question is, is the voltage still dropping...

still not sure, did a log and it didn't save or i did something wrong...

Away for work for a week and will hopefully try again logging soon...

  • 2 weeks later...

How long should oil 'typically' take to get up to temperature? ~75 - 80 degrees?

After 10 minutes of idling and then 15-20 minutes of sedate driving I'm lucky to get oil temps up over 60 degrees and i don't even run an oil cooler...

 

2 hours ago, Duncan said:

It does depend on outside temps, but no more than 5 minutes to be at operating temp....is your gauge working correctly?

This is reading directly from the link on my laptop whilst live monitoring

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1 hour ago, robbo_rb180 said:

Where is the temp sensor located?
I've found in the sump takes a long time and in the oil filter housing around 10-20 mins pending weather

not actually 100% sure, will find out...

On 3/20/2023 at 6:31 PM, robbo_rb180 said:

Where is the temp sensor located?
I've found in the sump takes a long time and in the oil filter housing around 10-20 mins pending weather

The sensor for the Link ECU is located on the turbos oil feed line...

 

  • 4 weeks later...

Finally hopped back on the dyno..

The LS alternator upgrade and going to a heavier gauged direct feed wire for the fuel pump solved my voltage drop issues...

Managed to squeeze a few more killerwasps out of her but the turbo is getting out of it's efficiency range now, nevertheless she feels great.... The new RE71RS' vs my 10 yr old RS3's probably don't help the power figure either but that is here nor there...

Now just to monitor and keep on top of oil pressure issues, I'm running Penrite ten tenths 10W50 overfilled to 6L and it's getting very close to the cut (obviously not ideal) but my last resort before going bigger sump is to follow the Motive recommendation of going to a 10W60...

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