correct oil temp?

[GavG60]

when warm, my 16v goes between 92 and 104 depending on how hard I'm beating her...

is this normal? is 104 too high? if so is there anything you can do to flush / clean the system and oil cooler? is the oil cooler easy to take off and replace?  

[gibby]

I've got a Rivage cab on a J plate so it is mk1 shape but it is the same era as the mk2 and in the handbook it says that the MFA displays temps from 50c - 160c, it also says that if the temp is 145c then you should slow the engine speed down so I guess 104c is normal and well within its limit.

As an aside, don't be beating her until the engine temp is 50c, apologies if you already know this  

[GavG60]

cool, cheers gibby. I usually wait till I'm over 70c just to be safe

[gibby]

No worries, maybe I'm not waiting long enough before I start whipping mine, waiting 5 minutes for it to get to 50c is hard enough ! Vrrrrooommmm

[Dizzie]

when sat at 100+ on the motorway mine was reading 120 one day. I dropped to cruising at 80 until it dropped closer 100c

[benjam_in]

I think normal operating temp. is 80 but thats with normal driving!

[GavG60]

80??? mine's never under 92 when its warm, even if I'm driving my gran

[gibby]

There's not an exact running temp, it's a range, so normal running temp in the handbook will say something like 80c - 120c as normal.

[Gambit]

aye mine sits between anything 90-118 depending on driving styles

[benjam_in]

I recon its you big bumpers stopping air getting to your engines!