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Old 07-18-2010, 04:07 PM   #4
Patrick Olsen
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1997 Legacy 2.5GT
1996 Impreza coupe

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250F for the oil is perfectly fine. (And I'm not sure what the car being N/A or turbo has to do with the temperature being too high or not. ) I've seen as high as 270F or so. Adding an oil cooler wouldn't be a bad idea, but it certainly isn't necessary. Adding the OEM oil-to-water cooler on my car dropped my peak oil temps from ~270F down to ~250F.

As for the coolant, on most overflow bottles (not sure about your year/model) there are 2 FULL lines - one for COLD and one for HOT. If the car is cold and the coolant in the overflow is already at the FULL-HOT line, then it's not surprising that it would end up a few inches above that when you come off track.

Pat Olsen
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