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oil temp? in subaru EJ
kombibob - April 17th, 2006 at 03:55 PM

what oil temp are most ej20 convertions running at.
thanks
bob

[ Edited on 17-4-2006 by kombibob ]

kombibob - April 17th, 2006 at 06:08 PM

the reason i ask is my new ej20 powered bay is sitting at 120deg c on the speco oil gauge, the water temp is between 80 and 90deg c
and the oil on the dip stick is not hot to touch.
should i iginore the speco gauge? or is that normal.

[ Edited on 17-4-2006 by kombibob ]

tassupervee - April 17th, 2006 at 06:18 PM

120C or 120F
If 120Deg.C oil temp is too high in normal circumstances.

80 to 90 Deg C is fine for water.

Id be suspicious of that guage M8

L8tr
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76camper - April 19th, 2006 at 09:52 PM

next oil change whip out the oil temp sensor or when eva u can and chuck it in a boiling pot of water and should read 100 on gauge.

GeorgeL - April 20th, 2006 at 02:16 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 76camper
next oil change whip out the oil temp sensor or when eva u can and chuck it in a boiling pot of water and should read 100 on gauge.


Or slightly below 100, depending upon water purity and altitude.

This never used to make a diffrerence, but these days with accurate digital guages is sometimes does.

George