pinoyk20

hi guys i just got my j's racing thermostat, j;s racing thermoswitch and j' s racing radiator cap installed togehter with my greddy oil cooler. i tried driving it last nyt for about 100kms but the thing is my water temp only reads 174F- 176F sometimes 180F but most of the times 175F and my oil temp is reading consistent 70C my question is that is it normal or is it too cold?? knowing that the normal operating water temp is 180f-185f. i can see the readings tru my defi gauges..... i didnt try going on vtec since i think the engine is not yet on normal operating temp.... my other question is that is it ok too go over vtec up to redline with 175-176F of water temp and 70c oiltemp??? what is the normal operating oiltemp??? is 70c too low or is it normal?? thanks so much guys!

INDYMAC

The 70C oil temp sounds perfect to me. When I used to fly P-3's in the Navy, the normal operating temp for the turbo prop engine oil (synthetic) was 60-90C. 90-100C we were limited to 30 minutes operation. 100C+ was a 5 minute limit.

AusS2000

70C is 158F. That's a pretty good temp I think.

CoralDoc

Yes, those temperatures are fine. But why did you get one gauge that reads in Fahrenheit and the other in Celsius units?

pinoyk20

i got a defi gauge that reads on celcius and then my defi link meter i have it set to read on farenheit. on celcius it re4ads 80C on water and if im not mistaken 165F on oil temp.. so is it a good temp???

pinoyk20

you think so?? thanks!!!