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      05-21-2017, 09:54 AM   #2
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Drives: M235i 6spd
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Originally Posted by amw896 View Post
Hey All, does anyone have some input on the typical oil temp range? I monitor mine with a scan tool quite a bit and noticed that I typically sit at 242-246F in normal and hard driving. This is at full warm up and I have a 235i with the aux oil cooler. I guess my question is, does the oil cooler only turn on when you hit really high levels, like 260+? I'm also running the factory recommended 0w-30 bmw oil.
I guess much depends in ambient temp, but when I drive hard which is usually a ten-mile warm-up then approx 15-miles of high-rpm, hard braking but nothing above 130mph, I see around 246F. Using the BMW 5W30 oil.
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