Is it possible my oil is getting too hot?
I noticed today while i was checking my oil (this was after driving around for a good while) that when i pulled my dip stick out that smoke came out of the hole for the dip stick? Is my oil possibly getting to hot or does this mean something else? What else could this mean?
smoke out of tube is pressure going into crankcase. hows the pcv system? might need a breather or you have blowbye
blowbye
Wrayzor, both my turbo and my buddys 500hp B16 have both eaten up oild seals several times b/c of oil temperatures. Most factory turbo cars have nice sized oil coolers that are necessary. My buddy just installed a nice sized oil cooler on is car and he hasn’t burnt oil seals yet. I will be doing the same as well. You can get the oil filter attachment to ‘t’ off of for the cooler. Good Luck and make sure you are changing oil every 1500 miles w/o a cooler. Also make sure you let it sit for atleast 60 seconds before shutting off, especially after heavy boost.
i doubt its blowbye, i am sure it was just smoking a little bit and this is normal in a honda, at every one of my hondas did it…
Well finally got the catch can installed today and it didnt make any difference thought it was going to because the breather filter was soaked with oil and not allowing the engine to breath but it helped a total of zero and still cant figure out what the problem is because car is running just find but it smokes randomly mostly while its just sitting there idling or when im starting from a stop so im just gonna drive it till it blows up :dunno: :doh: :mad:
In my opinion its not going to blow up, just keep smoking through your turbo.
Do you have an oil temperature gauge? Based on your post, I assume not. An alternative would be to buy (or borrow) a pyrometer and shoot the oil pan both when it seems like it’s not too hot and also when it is too hot. In my experience, the surface of the oil pan will be about 16-20 degrees cooler than the oil in the pan on a completely warmed up engine.
Once you have an idea of the real oil temperatures, you can make an informed decision. In my case, my oil temps are well over 300 degrees and I simply use an oil that won’t break down at those temperatures. Obviously, I too am waiting for the motor to fail but after 2 1/2 years of road racing, it seems to be chugging along (knock on wood).
What kind of oil do you use?
Red Line 20w50
If you go to the Red Line website ( http://www.redlineoil.com/ ) and bang around (can’t remember where on their site - it’s kinda clunky ) you’ll find data sheets for each type and viscosity of oil. There will be a graph in the data sheets that essentially graph thermal breakdown by temperature. In my particular case, the 20w50 doesn’t have problems with my high temperatures so I know that it can do the job.
The first thing is to find out what temperatures you are seeing. This will help you make a decision about the oil.
Interesting side note - on the dyno, my car makes MORE POWER when it’s hotter because the oil thins out a little.
I hadn’t looked for this for a couple of years and the details are a little different. However, it’s still a good read:
How did I know you’d chime it when somone asked about their oil getting hot. You have got to be the poster boy for Redline by now.
LOL!!! I can’t say 100% that the reason that my motor has hung together all this time is due to the oil, but I know 2 things:
Soooo, I am sticking with this stuff.
Jay, we gotta talk.