60degrees motorway speed is nothing to be proud off.....if the engineers wanted the oil to run at 60 they wouldve done so. Oil is at optimal operating temp at 95-120 degrees. 60degrees it can be too viscouss and not properly lubing the parts
@@Jonathan-qz9kd i get that its built for the track so he deffo will benifit when tracking it, but normal use getting to the track and general usage around town, not like he will use this car for that but still, it isnt ideal to have this temp. Especially in winter time can you imagine how much colder the oil will be.
These MK7's GTI/R's are just the best. Personally like them much better than the MK8. I mean, the Golf has always been a "Jack of All Trades, Master of None" but the 7's remind me of the 5. Just Great Cars. We never saw an R 3 door here in the USA, but 3 and 5 door GTI"s/R's are just so underrated here in the USA. Shame really everything going EV. The soul of a car is the engine, take that out and all you have now is a fancy golf cart. Hold onto these great cars and VW keep parts AVAILABLE PLEASE!!! haha.
@@richardsealey3626 Not sure I sold my MK6 to buy my MK7 but most car manufactures only keep parts in stock for 10yrs. So anything older than 10 yrs its good luck finding new OEM parts. That's ANY brand not just VW.
Yes. I appreciate that this applies to ALL makes, but I nearly always find what I want for Porsche and Volkswagen by contacting one of the main German dealers with which I have a long association with................@@eppyz
I fitted one of these iABED sumps a few months back. It dropped my engine temp 5* in all conditions. Very happy with it. Pretty sure it is supposed to sit for at least 24 hours for the sealent to dry properly before driving it though. As there is no gasket on these sumps they are prone to leak. Best of luck with it
60°c shouldn't be the real temp of the oil. Mine is a stock Golf R mk7.5 with an oem oil temp sensor at around 100°c when cruising on a highway even in the Spain weather.
I've been watching your videos recently and I purchased the coolerworx shifter as its exactly what I was looking for. I got it fitted recently in Devil Developments. I also purchased this sump (yet to be fitted) as I drive only on the autobahn so this would be useful for high speed pulls. The coolerworx was the best modification I made to my car bar none.
I’m not sure why or who says 70-80 on the motorway is too hot, 100 on the road is nothing and 120-125 on track is normal, he’s probably been told by the guy who’s selling and fitting all the new parts.
Everybody agrees that @90° is just the right temp. But hey, its his car, if he wants to run his oil at just 60°... We may soon be seeing a vid of how hes having new problems. Hope not, but if he runs it like that...
@@random13627 if the oil 8s not at its optimal temperature , as indicated by manufacturers, it means it is thicker than normal, so it wont flow as it ahould. Simplest example i can think of is: if you pour water in a pipe, it will flow. If you pour mud, it most likely will get stuck inside the pipe. Makes any sense?
Id think if timing chain on the r should be fine for most of the life of the car as long as tight. In my gtd handbook it said 140k miles no time limit for a cambelt. Had it done at 130k 9 yrs old, lookwd in pretty good nick still
wait 88-90 is just the normal temp even for stock cars. i only get above 90 when im on the autobahn doing 270+ kmph than it will go up to 100-105. ~90 is the operating temperature of the EA888
