Thread: Z4 M Oil temp?
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      05-17-2018, 10:42 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by wspohn View Post
Oil temp usually runs a yad above coolant temp. Anything up to 250 F. is fine but if it goes higher start worrying with dino oil. Full synthetic can go all the way to 300 deg. The Ms run full synthetic, so nothing mentioned here posed any issues.

You actually want it to go a bit above 220 or so sometimes to burn off some combustion byprducts.
Wow- that’s quite a range, and much higher than I’ve ever seen.

May I ask where those numbers come from?

I’m a professional pilot (have been all my adult life), and am accustomed to a manual with “operating limitations” in it... so I appreciate the experience of those on this forum, so I can continue to learn what is “normal.”

Thanks again!
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