Normal oil temperature gti?
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sbarker555uk
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Normal oil temperature gti?
What's the normal running temperature for the oil? Mine is new car only two hundred miles and I know it's been very hot outside but seems to be between 105 and 108 degrees on the motorway. Is this normal for the gti ?
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Penarth Blues
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
Mine runs at about 103°Csbarker555uk wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:48 am What's the normal running temperature for the oil? Mine is new car only two hundred miles and I know it's been very hot outside but seems to be between 105 and 108 degrees on the motorway. Is this normal for the gti ?
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SRGTD
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
When fully warmed up, my oil temperature is usually in the range 100 - 104°C. I rarely do motorway driving.
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sbarker555uk
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
So mine is 105 to 108 maybe it's because it's new?
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SRGTD
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
I think that might be a contributory factor as your engine won't have loosened up yet. On the few occasions when I've driven my GTI on a motorway and driving at a constant 70-ish, I've seen the oil temperature up to 106.
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
remember that the sensor isn't going to be massively accurate
so that sounds fairly normal temps to me
so that sounds fairly normal temps to me
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sbarker555uk
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
Thanks yes this was on motorway and outside was twenty nine degrees so pretty hot too. Will keep eye on it and oil use too.
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joe6
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
I have done 5.5k and the oil temp is between 104 and 108 depending on ambient temperature so yours seems to be within the normal range. Not sure what the percentage error range is with the temperature sensor? The electric fan does not come on and not using any oil.sbarker555uk wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:48 am What's the normal running temperature for the oil? Mine is new car only two hundred miles and I know it's been very hot outside but seems to be between 105 and 108 degrees on the motorway. Is this normal for the gti ?
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PoloGTISam
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
Mine is hovering between 103 and 109, which I think is an increase on last year. I'm wondering if it's because the oil is now over 14,000 miles old 
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
About to do an oil/filter changed on mine at 5.5k
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sbarker555uk
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Re: Normal oil temperature gti?
Thanks so mine seems normal range then which is good