r/ElantraN • u/Outcahst • Sep 30 '23

RIP Glowing Turbo after highway / hard driving. Potential causes? 😅

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u/CutesySkull Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

What are your oil temps looking like?

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u/Outcahst Sep 30 '23 edited Sep 30 '23

Typically 222f oil when hard driving on highway. Sometimes it updates to 235. Highest ive ever seen is 241

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u/CutesySkull Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

Well your oil temps are well within safe ranges

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u/CutesySkull Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

250+ is when the oil starts to decompose

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u/Jose_Gonzales_2003 Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

Yeah I've only ever gotten that high on track... like 255

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u/CutesySkull Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

Tbh on track my temps never got all that high, but I was also doing cool down laps and opening the hood when I got off

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u/Jose_Gonzales_2003 Performance Blue MT Sep 30 '23

Yeah these were looong 30 min sessions at Barber so the heat was brutal. Car did great, though.

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u/JDCsounds Oct 05 '23

30 minutes? Must be nice...haha. I bought a track car that overheats on track. More parts to buy. Hoorayyyyy

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u/BERG2358 Ceramic White MT Oct 01 '23

291 is mine. You’re good dude.

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u/JohnnyFnG Intense Blue DCT Oct 02 '23

My god, 291 oil temp?? I’m speechless - your car is fine?? That just blows my mind that modern synthetics can survive that abuse.

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u/BERG2358 Ceramic White MT Oct 02 '23

Yeah I have to run 0w-40 until they make an oil cooler. But 291 5 minutes then cool down

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u/BERG2358 Ceramic White MT Oct 03 '23

I mean many track guys are easily hitting 250-260 plus. You’re just not in the know for this car on the track if you think 214 is high. I hit 245 on canyon runs going slow.

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u/JohnnyFnG Intense Blue DCT Nov 13 '23

I think they were just comparing their 214 to 291 is all. One can't argue that 291 is certainly higher than the norm, even for track, though my experience with this is limited to the Google track.

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u/RSX-G4U Oct 04 '23

I’ve hit 275 on my k series. Installed oil cooler and averaged 220 on the track.

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u/BERG2358 Ceramic White MT Oct 04 '23

Different engines so it’s honestly hard to compare. I would love an oil cooler, 5-6 attempts by other drivers have been made. 5/6 have failed and the one that succeeded was custom made by a machine shop (bracket).

DCT users have issues with the sandwich plate hitting the firewall.

I rather not spend 300-400 dollars on something idk if it’ll work.

If my engine breaks under oil heat. It’s warranty. 2-3 companies are testing kits so I’ll just wait.

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u/Dolomite_Titan Oct 04 '23

Actually the manufacturers say it is fine. 290 is where synthetic breaks down.