oil gets really hot and thin
 

well my temp guage goes up to 3/4 sometimes when i beat on my car and i stop at a light
my oil psi also dips to 5psi

im figuring the turbo is really heating the oil so i was thinking of putting an oil cooler but where would get the oil lines from?
would a better rad help more?

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i don't mean to jack the thread...but does anyone know if putting an oil cooler inline with the turbo feed would act like an oil restrictor at the same time?

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probalby not.

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5psi oil pressure. you got some serious problems dude.

40 weight or 50 weight oil in it and see what the pressure is

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Do you have any oil flowing problems or such?Ive never really heard of a problem with oil in a honda even when boosted.

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before the turbo the oil pressure at idle was 15-20 which is normal when warm
now its fucken super thin

ill try a heavier oil and see what happens

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15w40 oil ownz me
and im only as fast as a 2005 rustang gt :-[

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No good? You try that thicker oil yet?


JP

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the oil is great
i dont overheat at all anymore

castrol 15w40 in the green bottle
it says on the back for turbo or super diesel engines

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thats not something to be sad about. Those things aren't slouches. :P

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It helped you on overheating?

As for oil coolers. Don't bother with your feed line, spend a little money and get either a spin on adaptor and a filter location and put you oil cooler off on of those lines. OR get a filter sandwich. I'm using this and runing lines to a cooler to a BMW oil cooler, I see temps at 160 to 170 highway and about 190-200 cruizing. No I just had to work out the fine drip I get from it.