Acceptable oil pressure and oil temperature at track days??

[h100vw]

Your MFD has oil temperature
It can be anywhere between 95 and 110 deg
On a track day you will see it reach 115~118 deg
I would not be keen to see it over ~120 deg

Oil pressure can be high when cold and then reduce
Oil pressure increases and decreases with RPM
At idle you would want more than 12psi
Start up could see 80+ psi
Normal running could be around 45~65 psi

Oil temp isn't available on a MK4 in Australia that I have seen. It would normally follow the water temp most of the time.

Oil pressure needs to be over 21PSI to switch off the light when you start. Then there's a requirement for 40PSi at 2000 revs IIRC. I can look that up if you really need to know it. 80PSI should be an absolute maximum pressure, the relief valve should blow before that.

Oil pressure is related to engine speed so will constantly vary.

I'd definitely be keen to have the oil level on the top mark, rather than the bottom at the track. I doubt you'll have any problems in a basically std car with the std turbo.

The Squib bumped the water temp over 90 at QR last weekend, that's the first time I have seen that. Longer straights and a full 30 minutes probably contributed. He might need some cooling attention in the near future......

Gavin

[guile]

He might need some cooling attention in the near future......

Are you sure it's a boy, have you checked?

good info mate, something to keep an eye on at the track...