Andrew D.

As the weather has gotten hotter, I've noticed that my oil temperature has been running between 225 and 250 degrees. Actually, after driving for awhile, most of the time it's closer to 250. (I've been using Mobil 1 - 0W/40). Is this normal for the GT3?

OldGuy

Which one is the oil temp? I am coming from a 996 GT3 we didnt have an oil temp and I have been looking at the water temp I think before I get the revs up-its the guage where the water guage onthe
996 (no car here cant remember)
Going from a 993TT and watching the oil gauge to the 996 where I watched the water gauage-on
this one (997) I have to watch two gauges now.
But I dont drive mine if its over 90 here (107 today) no need to stress the motor if I dont have too.
Winter is coming (we dont have fall) its Football season.

BG

Mine has been consistently at 200.

gweedo911

Yeah, mine is getting upthere too ~250. I'm not too concern it's WNL. It's been so hot here that the PCCBs are serenating every time I brake.

SFBayAreaGT3

Mine is usually around 205.

keeping the revs between 4500 to 7500, it goes up to around 230.

I haven't hit 250 yet, but I heard that you should keep it under 250.

Arnold

John Velasco

I did some very heavy driving a couple of weeks ago out in Lancaster and the ambient temp was 105-107. The car temp never went over 250 deg.

OldGuy

I unplugged my exhaust and went out in 105 degree temps to hear it. The oil temp was 200
I wasnt driving hard though

Hank Cohn

Andrew,

Mine has been running in that range as well. I am actually glad to hear others are too. My initial thought was that the screens I had installed were restricting some of the cooling air flow.

Hank

PS. I'll be at Road Atlanta this weekend. Should be seriously hot this weekend.

eclou

My Gt3 (220+) runs much hotter oil temps than my TT(<200). Was wondering if the Gt3 lacks an oil cooler?

Snowboarder54

OG,

How many miles do you have on your "3"?

jhbrennan

Good question. My TT runs consistently 10-20 less than my C4S did.

todinlaw

Was this discussion talking about the gage readings for "Water temps" because my GT3 does not have an Oil Temp gage, but I do have a "water temp gage: Which brings me to my question?????
This weekend I tracked my car at Nelsons Ledges, it was hot 92 to 95 at the Hot point. I was running my car pretty hard and notice that my Water temp climbed to about 225 degrees, Normal is at about 200 degrees. It would return back to 200 as soon as I stopped pushing the car hard.

1) anyone concerned about running temps at 225 to 230?
2) any one use that water wetter and any reason I should not add that product to my car???

Thanks for your opinions as always.

gweedo911

HUH? Oil temp gauge is the first one from your left...............

todinlaw

I knew that, brain cramp.

Aerokitted

I've been running in this range, but it has only been in the mid 70s today.