Oil Temperature?

[mike bar]

Can someone tell me the hottest I should be running before cooling off? Went for a drive today in deep snow and worried most of the time that I was pushing to hard.I have no low range because I'm trying to get a little playtime in before I rebuild the tranny in the spring. My argo dealer tells me it's a couple of tiny brass spacers need replaced on each side of a gear.Back to the temp. I was running about 230 deg. Still had fun though.

[doccerny]

I don't know your answer , but here is a link to an oil additive made to reduce oil temps. Two2cool Lubricants & Coolants

[mike bar]

Thanks doccerny. Here's a better way of asking. What temp. does your machine work at and when do you cool it down? Any info. would be great, thanks.

[LarryW]

I think that is a hard question to ask because of the lack of guages. I do know when the fan broke of of the powermax and it got hot it ran strange and was easy to tell something wasnt right. Hope that helps.

[doccerny]

I put a lazer temp reader on a motorcycle engines heads, and in the summer when it seemed like it was getting real hot it was running about 250 degrees in the warmest spot. I don't kwow if that would help.

[mike bar]

Thanks guys. As you know I'm new at this, so I only assume that there is a perfect answer for everything.I guess overall I think I'm just looking for a comfort level here.I'm a black or white kinda guy i guess.18 hp 8x8 with tracks and only high range breaking trail in deep snow prob. not the smartest thing to be doing anyway.Buy the way,shouldn't there be vents in the shroud by my knees for the rotor blower for air flow?

[dgh110]

oil temp is higher than coolant, the boiling point is also way higher, if you check out the oil temp with most truckers you will have a real good idea what it should be
hope that this helps you
Darin

[mike bar]

Thanks man. This makes me feel a little easier about the heating i gave her. Going out tomorrow.

[LivingSky]

230 degrees isn't too bad. Remember that you want the engine generate enough heat to 'burn off' any of the water in the oil created by condensation.

[wfo]

as long as the engine dosent start pinging..( pre-ignition )

[Jeff t-boss]

If you are breezing around in the SNOW, then the outside air temp should be cold enough that you shouldn't even come close to an overheat situation. Plus that carb is drawing that same cold air through the cylinder/s which also helps alittle. Make sure you are getting plenty of fresh (Outside) air into the engine compartment, and that the body intake vents/screens aren't clogged. My Harley, which is air cooled, will normally run at just under 200 degrees on the hottest summer days.

[Tomo]

OILTEMP

HI ,
Look after your oil it looks after the engine

why

ALL oil breaks down when operating over 212f the difference is some quicker than others [includes synthetics ]

Eg the the small block v twin kohler engine will eventually at some point in its life have heat related issues
oil leaks ,seals have gone hard
-case distortion has caused leakage past a gasket
inlet manifold vacumn leaks
-to much distortion in v block pulls on the bolts
cylinder head gasket
- blown
Over temp destroys the oil then u have cam and lifter wear issues
[the cams are soft from factory ]

These are just a few examples of what over temp does to an engine in the long term and other brands would have similar issues as well

Fit a med to large oil cooler with fan

The sump capacity is considered small ,needs to be bigger than 2 quarts on v twins etc

tomo

[mike bar]

Thanks for the replies on this guy's, we had some really deep snow the year I posted this. My tranny still has issues in low gear,not from lack of trying though. If we get alot of snow this year the engine will be working hard again being in high gear all of the time. Low gear works as long as I use very little throttle, I'm sure a porqupine could pass me.My argo has 670 hrs and has a kohler 18 magnum opposing. Tomo, do you think a cooler would work on this? If so how much $ are we talking. I like your idea, summer driving may be in order

[Tomo]

hi
I am not familiar with the flat/opposed kohler . The engine needs to be a full pressurised lube system for a cooler to work .
If u are looking for a cooler do a search either oil cooler or tomo and u will find the link.
Fix your transmission .All the metal particles in the oil will only be causing u more serious damage in other parts of your trans ..

tomo

[brushcutter]

You know, I've often wondered about the possibility of installing an low pressure low volume electric oil pump (if there is such a thing to be found), plumb it into the drain, route the output through a filter , then a cooler with electric fan then back into the engine via the fill tube or other suitable orifice. Install a warning light and toggle or temp activated switch and you now have a cooler and filtered oil, even on a "splash" system. Would this work? Might even work on a transmission. I like the warning light/toggle idea, because it would speed up oil changes!