what temp should your oil temp gauge be at??

[Chiefwiggum29 0]

Just bought my second golf vr6, had alot of bad luck with my other one. just reading a post about oil temp, and that got me thinking. my oil temp sits around the 100-104 mark. is this ok or should i worry.

[jpturner 0]

Well I have a 1997 VR6. In normal driving conditions my oil temp is between 96 to 99. If I floor it reaches a 100 to 102. Hope this helps.

[ventovr6essex1 0]

on the way back from the pod today mine was sitting at about 100

[Chiefwiggum29 0]

yeah cheers for the help, i musr say that i was giving it some stick when the oil temp was at 100. just can't help but give it some stick, the sound of the engine with the k&n and stuff sounds the bees knees.

[vr6newcomer 1]

mines got a stage 1 flowed head, temp has been at about 90 to 93, in normal driving recently, but krept up a bit over the last couple of days while sitting in london to about 95, only been upto about 104 when it hit about 135 on a private road last week.

[matth76 1]

It shouldn't be over 100 if driving normally. It should be 90-98 if driving normally. If it is a hot sunny day and you're doing motorway driving it can creep up to 100 but much more than this is rare. Different types of oil can cause differences in temp. I use Quantum Synta Silver in 10w40 (its the semi synthetic stuff - DONT put fully synthetic in) and now my car uses hardly any oil at all and the temp stays in the 90's all the time. When I used to use other oil I found my car would use up loads of oil. Try changing the oil and see if that gets the temp down.

Just make sure the revs are kept below 3000-3500rpm until the engine is fully warmed up to 88-90 deg for at least 10-15mins when driving from cold. This is the same for any performance car.

[Chiefwiggum29 0]

cheers for the help, having a service done on sat. so i'll get the oil changed then. also having pads and discs all round. not cheap