RS4 V8 4.2 Oil temperature @ 110-115...Too high??

[chrisloh]

Hi all,

I'm a newbie to a RS4 4.2V8 ownership. I used to own a RS2 before.

My question is... Is it normal for my RS4's oil temperature to be running

at 110-115 driving at 180 km/hr ?

[RSinclair]

Hi Chris

If it hasn't has an oil change in the last 5-6k miles then the oil temps tend to run higher than it would with fresh oil in it.

But those temps are still safe for the oil.

[JackS4]

Sounds high given the airflow through the rads at that kind of speed. By comparison mine would be around 102c at that sustained pace.

J

[SR71]

http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... =oil+temps

[chrisloh]

Thanks guys..

It just had an oil change 300 miles ago.. Using factory Castrol edge fully synthetic.

Perhaps it's our weather here in Malaysia.. 36-38 celcius.

Thanks SR71.. That old link was a good read. Very conflicting though
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[Stoffle32]

Thats normal in high temp climates, In SA we also have high temps, car runs upto 117 degrees when pushing hard and normal driving it's around 105