[Olddriver60]

During my daily commute of approximately 6-7 miles the needle on the oil temp gauge hardly moves off the stop on average the journey takes 15-20 minutes of mostly dual carriageway driving, drive a bit further and the needle will move to about mid point between the 75oC lowest value and the 120oC mid point, however on longer trips such as Monday when I drove to Glasgow which was a 35 mile trip on dual carriageway A77 / M77 motorway and M8 the needle was sitting just slightly past the 120oC mid point. Handbook says this is normal? Seems a high oil temp on a late Autum day ambient 8oC and with the car cruising most of the time at 70 in Eco pro and in cruise control and total journey time of 40minutes?

Oil level is correct and the car is running as expected of a BMW so it's probably just me being old and over thinking matters

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It's due to driving in evo mode, it's your cars way of crying and needing help

Self harm mode makes cars cry.

[Sladester100]

I did a 200ish mile trip to Exeter yesterday and pretty sure the dial sat in the middle perfectly - which I think is 100degrees and 120 is the top end :-/

Or perhaps I'm talking balls - will look tomorrow lol

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Olddriver50

... however on longer trips such as Monday when I drove to Glasgow which was a 35 mile trip on dual carriageway A77 / M77 motorway and M8 the needle was sitting just slightly past the 120oC mid point. Handbook says this is normal? Seems a high oil temp on a late Autum day ambient 8oC and with the car cruising most of the time at 70 in Eco pro and in cruise control and total journey time of 40minutes?

N20 engine has similar heat management as the N55, this allows higher coolant and oil temperatures in economy driving. This means at lighter loads (cruising) the MAP thermostat runs a higher ECT and oil temperature also elevates. Appears to be operating as it should.

HighlandPete

[Buster Blue]

Originally Posted by Olddriver50

During my daily commute of approximately 6-7 miles the needle on the oil temp gauge hardly moves off the stop on average the journey takes 15-20 minutes of mostly dual carriageway driving, drive a bit further and the needle will move to about mid point between the 75oC lowest value and the 120oC mid point, however on longer trips such as Monday when I drove to Glasgow which was a 35 mile trip on dual carriageway A77 / M77 motorway and M8 the needle was sitting just slightly past the 120oC mid point. Handbook says this is normal? Seems a high oil temp on a late Autum day ambient 8oC and with the car cruising most of the time at 70 in Eco pro and in cruise control and total journey time of 40minutes?

Oil level is correct and the car is running as expected of a BMW so it's probably just me being old and over thinking matters

I Have the same engine and asked the same question of the forum, your figures are no different to mine, however at the time I also was over thinking.

[Edinburra]

Originally Posted by Brigand

It's due to driving in evo mode, it's your cars way of crying and needing help

Self harm mode makes cars cry.

Good answer!

[F30Andy]

By the time I've done around 7 miles its pretty much warmed up.
same as in summer really.

[Olddriver60]

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

N20 engine has similar heat management as the N55, this allows higher coolant and oil temperatures in economy driving. This means at lighter loads (cruising) the MAP thermostat runs a higher ECT and oil temperature also elevates. Appears to be operating as it should.

HighlandPete

Thanks for info, no complaints about the way car is running, fuel economy on these longer trips is quite impressive, for a 2 litre petrol that is, for the round trip of 67 miles the journey computer display was showing 47.3mpg with an average speed of 52.8, when we arrived in Glasgow the display read 51.7 which even I was surprised at, I've got accustomed to driving 99% of the time in Eco Pro so it's no big deal,however I have put it into sport mode once or twice and the contrast in driving experience is very noticeable, but I digress the original query was on the oil temp and the replies have been both helpful and amusing