When the gage reads 180 degrees, that just means that is the temp of the oil at the probe. One would have to study the oil system flow, but there are areas of the system where the oil will get hotter than what the gage reads, and areas where it is cooler than what you are seeing on the gage.

How it was explained to me was that when you see 180 degrees (ideally something like 60 minutes every week or two) that means that somewhere in the system the oil is hot enough to evaporate an average accumulation of moisture in that given time period.


Pete D.