let oil cooler sandwich plate

[Rob H]

Does the let oil cooler sandwhich plate have a thermostat? Also what sort of oil temps are people seeing?

cheers

[Iain]

Probably same as the XE one, which assuming if it's a GM OE one it'll have a thermostat in. I think they open around 100C but have nothing to prove that.

[Rob H]

cheers bud

[Will F]

iirc it's 90 that they open at - but I think it 'varies' lol

[Rob H]

90 would make sense actually as it tends to settle around there if your taking it steady, although that does seem a little cool. All my other cars with oil temp gauages seem to settle more around the 100c mark even with low rpm driving. I wonder if it's sticking open a touch.

[Will F]

I just drove 160 miles in mine and the hottest it got was 86 degrees when I gave it some beans up a hill with the sun out, so I wouldn't worry!

[Iain]

Touch it after driving to see if it's circulating around the cooler.

Mine sitting on the motorway didn't go above 70 deg yesterday's for some reason!

[Rob H]

Yeah def circulating round the cooler, done abit more reasech and 80-90 seems to be the sweet spot for these engines.

Cheers for all the replys.