To the people of tattoine..

[the mad conductor]

I come from Chicago. My vr never went over 230 on oil temp. The other day I was getting a 270 oil temp reading. I know that's a little hot.

But what are your operating temps out here. What's normal for a corrado. I know they run hot as is. But I freaked out when I seen that.


Here's a pic of the mythical beast


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[phxpilotmkv]

This is AZ, not Chicago, so yeah, it's dirty balls hot out here. So with an older vehicle, I'm sure you will be affected by that.

[Paul@VWvortex]

That is probably about normal for a hot day in Phoenix from an oil temperature perspective.

Most out here pick up one of these Eurosport oil cooler kits and consider them to be a necessary evil for living here.

[the mad conductor]

This is AZ, not Chicago, so yeah, it's dirty balls hot out here. So with an older vehicle, I'm sure you will be affected by that.

I know that..

I was just asking what your guys oil temp was in VRs.

And the oil cooler kit is gonna be ordered soon. I gotta put a motor in this and when I do it's gonna be turbo'd.

I just don't wana kill this motor. It's my daily until I can get a newer car 👍


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[VWnutAZ]

That is probably about normal for a hot day in Phoenix from an oil temperature perspective.

Most out here pick up one of these Eurosport oil cooler kits and consider them to be a necessary evil for living here.

This is your old car Paul.....

[the mad conductor]

This is your old car Paul.....

Man, my car is a whore


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[Paul@VWvortex]

This is your old car Paul.....

Man, my car is a whore

Nah, she just fell on some hard times.





I wish that I had more pictures after the psuedo-restoration that we did on it back in 2004. With a little work the car will be just fine.

[Sir Bungle]

270 oil is way too hot - even in this heat. First thing you want to do when you see that is turn off the ac and let the temps come down. If you're getting that without the ac on, then there's something wrong. Corrados naturally run a little warm, but not like that when everything is fully functional. My Corrado used to do the same thing above 110 outside with the ac on. Replaced everything on the external cooling system, and it continued. It finally remedied itself after a bottom up engine rebuild, so I don't know what the issue was. Right now I see nothing higher than 240 in 115 degree weather with the ac on. It never gets above 220 when the temps are below 100.

[the mad conductor]

I never turn the ac on.

And damn Paul, I wish it still had the lip. Most of the lip brackets are gone


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[post-it-note-killer]

I never turn the ac on.

And damn Paul, I wish it still had the lip. Most of the lip brackets are gone


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And my old car too… You can thank the high school kid that bought the car from me for the missing lip. I tried to talk him out of buying it and next thing I know he was trying to sell it back to me within months of buying it from me. I miss that car and I wish I coulda made it better while I had it.

Here's when I had it.

[..Derek..]

270 oil is way too hot - even in this heat. First thing you want to do when you see that is turn off the ac and let the temps come down. If you're getting that without the ac on, then there's something wrong. Corrados naturally run a little warm, but not like that when everything is fully functional. My Corrado used to do the same thing above 110 outside with the ac on. Replaced everything on the external cooling system, and it continued. It finally remedied itself after a bottom up engine rebuild, so I don't know what the issue was. Right now I see nothing higher than 240 in 115 degree weather with the ac on. It never gets above 220 when the temps are below 100.

My VR Cabrio would see 270+ at freeway speeds with A/C on.. it's not that bad - After oil cooler never see over 215

[Sir Bungle]

Agree. My Corrado used to do the same thing. However, with a high compression stroked motor my temps are down 30 degrees. So something was obviously not up to full potential. The Corrado forum is overloaded with the same issue. Main reason is that most of the engines are getting up in age, and usually have an aged fiber hg and the plastic impeller water pump. I'm sure one of the two caused my issues. If he was running the AC, he'd be near 290. The VR cooling system has no way to bring down temps in that range. I hit that once, and my coolant boiled over...

[..Derek..]

Agree. My Corrado used to do the same thing. However, with a high compression stroked motor my temps are down 30 degrees. So something was obviously not up to full potential. The Corrado forum is overloaded with the same issue. Main reason is that most of the engines are getting up in age, and usually have an aged fiber hg and the plastic impeller water pump. I'm sure one of the two caused my issues. If he was running the AC, he'd be near 290. The VR cooling system has no way to bring down temps in that range. I hit that once, and my coolant boiled over...

The rebuild went to bigger injectors and appropriate tune didnt it.. Id suspect the motor is running a little fat and that's keeping temps down. Also OBD-II has a lot more accurate ignition and fueling that helps too.

[the mad conductor]

My VR Cabrio would see 270+ at freeway speeds with A/C on.. it's not that bad - After oil cooler never see over 215

I figured you would chime in.. Did I mention I was hammering on it and is that the Eurosport cooler that was mentioned? I'm pretty sure im just gonna get a Volvo unit and just but the sammich plate.. 300 is a lot to spend when you are broke. I still haven't really found a job since I got here


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[foundubbedriver]

another transplant, welcome to hell..

[the mad conductor]

another transplant, welcome to hell..

Ive been out here for a year in total.

[foundubbedriver]

Ive been out here for a year in total.

hmmm.. from Chicago as well, going on 7 myself.