Temp of a turbo motor
 

I am just curious to see whether or not it is normal for your temp gauge to go up in open throttle in like 4th gear or so on. I guess my question is, is it ok for your temp gauge to rise past normal operating temp. In 4th or 5th gear if i open it up for awhile the temp rises...doesnt go into red?

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

It deffinetly shouldnt be doing that it will run hotter but should be nowhere near the red and if it is bigger radiator and cooler thermostat should fix it

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

That really doesn't make sense, usually when you are in those higher gears, your car is going fast. When the car is going fast, more air circulation is happening around the motor. Sounds like a more complicated problem to me. Please give more details so we can see what's up.

-ryan

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

Well the problem is hes staying in boost for too long im guessing :-\ keeping the revs up for to long in the upper gears which results in high boost for longer than ideal periods of time.

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

Damn, that completely throws off my air cooling theory. Didn't think that he was flooring it thru the higher gears, taking the speeds to the max. See I was thinking of the 4-60 style of airconditioning (4 windows down, 60mph).

So you figure he's not stomping it in the under gears.. or just not as long?

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

it could also be that he is running lean and the temps are rising acording to the air/fuel ration. Just a thought. 98ctr

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

yeah my sol used to heat up if i would floor it for too long ,once the needle made it to the red :-\

Re:Temp of a turbo motor
 

my bike get a little on the hot side if i hammer on it for like 10 minuntes at a time, but never overheated ???