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Originally posted by KobaltBlau
I was being provacative. 
I just don't understand why any manufacturer would put a red zone on a gauge WAY past where it is OK to run the engine.
If they didn't, then maybe the bruce anderson 250F gospel isn't quite true.
If they did, The engineers must have kicked and screamed as they were told "people are worried about their oil temps, so we are going to put the red line on the gauge way the hell up past the meltdown zone, please do that for us"
I mean, if you're a non-technical 911 driver running the air conditioner in stopped traffic in houston during the warantee period, and the oil temp gets to 250-260-275-285+ on this gauge, what do you do?
Nothing! you think everything is completely fine since the gauge hasn't gotten to the red. Does porsche want to replace the engine? Would they have to?
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Everything you say makes a lot of sense! That's exactly what I am thinking. If 250F is the CENTER of my gauge, it can't be bad.
I may not want to be there all the time but for 10 hours a year at the track with frequent oil changes, likely nothing will happen. Increased wear? Maybe? On a 23 year old 155k mile engine? I'd think it has been through more...
And as others have mentioned, the factory thermostat on the later cooler kicks in at 245? There you go!
If this were Chevrolet or Fiat, I'd say the factory was wrong, but Porsche?
Cheers, George
08-04-2004, 07:52 PM
