M2RTXhawkeye

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Noticed the other day on my defis the oil temp needle will not pass 70. Seen it flicker Upto 80 then drop back down. Took the car on a run approx 10mile and still sits at 70 degrees. Checked wires all ok, car had been sat for a week and was fine before this and noticed what looks like a leak from off side rocker cover! Could this be related? Oil changed around two weeks ago with millers 5-40 fully synthetic and oil pres is as normal no drop at all. Any thoughts guys?

Martin

merlin24

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Are you running an external oil cooler? If so,does it have a thermoststic plate.
Where have you tapped into the oil system to mount the temp sensor as it should read higher than 70 degrees after being driven on boost.

Mick

M2RTXhawkeye

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Hi mick nope no oil cooler mate, unsure where the sensors tapped in too as I had them installed at scoobyspares. Have had no problem with oil temp untill recently. With oil being 5-40 should it not get hot quicker too?

Strange how it gets to 70 though and stops there, guessing if it was a faulty sensor it'd stop it even reaching 70 degrees too. Confused

Martin

tubbytommy

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the rocker leak should have no effect, i changed it on emmas bug a few weeks back and the oil temp always ran the same before and after.

id say its a faulty gauge or sender, the oil weight wont make a great deal of difference as the 5 is the cold rating its still 40w when hot.

the oil temp sender is usually underneath the intercooler on top of cylinder 3, unless it has a sandwich plate in which case its under the oil filter.

M2RTXhawkeye

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Cheers Dan. Will take it to have it seen to this week, not 100% but think the sender is under the intercooler. Hopefully it's an easy fix but keeping it off boost till it's sorted

Martin

jura11

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Hi Martin

As above I would say yours sensor can be faulty,which is not common with the Defi and DeFi sensors are not cheapest too

I would check wiring on the sensor and on the controller/gauge

Jura

M2RTXhawkeye

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Hi Jura

Thanks mate ill check over all wiring making sure nothing's loose tomorrow. Hopefully not the sensor and an easy fix just bloody annoying

Martin