Myles Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 After fitting Apollo the oil temp reduced a few degrees (on a 1.8k ~140hp) - seems to me that there has to be an additional cooling effect over the surface of the pipes and tanks? I have a SPA oil/oil gauge fitted. If you get the engine nice and hot in traffic and move off so that air starts to flow through the nose, I can see the OT drop rapidly by a few degrees (depends on speed, ambient temp and gawd knows what). The OT rapidly rises back up when you kill the airflow by stopping in traffic. The speed at which the temp appears to change rules out any major cooling effect - but it does illustrate that having the temp sensor in the side of the apollo isn't actually a brilliant solution. It would be more accurate (IMHO) if it was mounted near the base of the tank so that it sits in a bath of oil rather than a fairly well-dispersed flow down the side of a thin ali wall. Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 the drop in oil temp after you move off is probably the cooler air actually cooling the sensor - try placing a short length of rubber hose over the sensor and wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w powers Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 gulp - Tom_C are you right with the 80 deg C as I'm starting to worry cause I'm sure mine sticks around the 85 C mark were you refering to oil rather than water? if not presumeably I should be worried? what should I be looking for? if you were referring to oil then fine and hopefully 85 C on the water temp is ok? on the other hand my memory isnt the best so I'll be having a look at the temps v.soon and taking a note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old captain slow Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Mind you I think part of the problem is having the gauge in the first place. It gives you so much more to worry about. 😬 C7 CDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_C Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Mine is an ex-racecar, so I don't know what, if any, thermostat is fitted to it. I get the same temp in both oil and water after about 6-8 miles, based on limited testing so far. Cheers Tom FH54WLX - only the car supports ManU, honest! see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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