High Oil temperature, Concerned the temperature is getting to high too fast . Options

[Ron914]

In preparation and hope that I pass my smog test I want to go on the So. Cal.Toy Drive in my 914 on Saturday (not sure if this is a good idea) .

I need to address what I think might be a high oil temp problem .

After driving around town for 30 minutes the photo shows my oil temperature oil gauge and a actual thermometer reading using a turkey fryer thermometer.

The needle on my console gauge gets very close to the red high mark and sometimes just about to cross into the red .

At this point the turkey thermometer reads ~216 F degrees .

My Dakota Digital head cylinder temperature reads 111C (231F) .

It is almost 80F here today in sunny So Cal. but this seems too high for me . What would be a normal reading for the oil temp gauge?

This is a newly rebuilt motor (less than 300 miles on it).
I did not replace the oil cooler (its original) but it was flushed and was clear.

The baffles are held open by spring tension since the thermostat is not working but I checked they were open by removing the coil and checking through the bolt hole. This should be ok until I get a chance to replace it .

If I pass my smog check tomorrow or Thursday I am hesitant to take the car on a long canyon drive , so not sure if I can attend the toy drive this Saturday.

Any thoughts ?

[Geezer914]

2056 motor, 9:1 cr., biral cylinders, Tangerine oil pressure relief valve, aux. oil cooler, 26mm oil pump. Oil pressure at start up (70 degrees) 78 psi. Oil pressure hot at 180 is 40 psi. at 3400 rpm. Oil temps hot runs 180 -190. Running Driven 15W50 oil

[930cabman]

2056 motor, 9:1 cr., biral cylinders, Tangerine oil pressure relief valve, aux. oil cooler, 26mm oil pump. Oil pressure at start up (70 degrees) 78 psi. Oil pressure hot at 180 is 40 psi. at 3400 rpm. Oil temps hot runs 180 -190. Running Driven 15W50 oil

What flavor external oil cooler are you using?

My 2056 runs very close to 230F when cruising during the summer at 3300rpms. Oil pressure 50

[Ron914]

2056 motor, 9:1 cr., biral cylinders, Tangerine oil pressure relief valve, aux. oil cooler, 26mm oil pump. Oil pressure at start up (70 degrees) 78 psi. Oil pressure hot at 180 is 40 psi. at 3400 rpm. Oil temps hot runs 180 -190. Running Driven 15W50 oil

What flavor external oil cooler are you using?

My 2056 runs very close to 230F when cruising during the summer at 3300rpms. Oil pressure 50

Probably made a
a mistake but I am running the stock oil cooler ,checked and flushed out. I wish I had just bought a new one now.I need to find a dual sender so I can hook up the oil pressure gauge I purchased from a member here .

[Superhawk996]

I need to find a dual sender so I can hook up the oil pressure gauge I purchased from a member here .

Let it be noted that dual senders usually suck. The idiot light set pressure of the VDO dual sender is higher (7-10 psi) than the OEM idiot light sender set pressure (2-6 psi).

This results in more instances of the idiot light flickering at idle. This happened to me. I believe it is pretty well documented.

Better off with a remote mounted tee setup that retains the OEM idiot sensor and also uses a single pressure sender for oil pressure.

YMMV.