Oil temperatures

[Karroe]

Over time the oil overheat temp will gradually go down, it doesn't matter what my speed alt or throttle is, can somebody enlighten me on what this is and how I can combat it?

[Scheneighnay]

what do you mean by the overheat temp gradually going down?
Are you saying it overheats at a lower temperature or the temperature gradually drops?

Getting an oil leak will definitely make it overheat as long as the engine is running. Russian and Italian engines love overheating too. Same with anything carrying too much weight, like the swordfish with a torpedo.

[Karroe]

I mean the overheat temp gradually goes down, I was in a Seafire FR-47. IE i took off and did a wep climb and my oil reached 100 degrees without going yellow. Later in the match after flying around on 90% and doing some BnZ, I throttled up and it overheated at 90, game the engine some time to shill by going to 70%, then throttled up again to 90% and the oil was overheating at 87 degrees.

No leaks at all

EDIT: And it isn't just this one aircraft, it happens with all spits. I don't notice it with any other aircraft.

[Acidic__Thought]

Could be damage to the cooling system or perhaps altitude affecting the cooling and boiling point.

[Karroe]

I genuinely have no clue, there was no damage to the cooling system/engine at any point, and the whole temperature thing all occurred under 5000 feet.

[Blitzkrieg Wulf]

I don't have time to write anything lengthy, but hopefully this shines the spotlight on your question... [forum.warthunder.com]


Specifically (6)

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by Blitzkrieg Wulf:

I don't have time to write anything lengthy, but hopefully this shines the spotlight on your question... [forum.warthunder.com]


Specifically (6)

I don't see how (6) explains it, really. I think some extrapolation from (5) might, though. If yellow indicated 5-10 minutes of safe operation remaining under current circumstances, then white might not necessarily mean unlimited safe operation, just more than 10 minutes. So after you've eroded your margins, a temperature that previously gave white results might go over to yellow.

[Kozi]

Well by physics the higher the altitude the lower the boiling point of liquids. So at higher altitudes your oil will overheat at lower temperatures than at a low altitude.

[halolo39]

Originally posted by Generic Fw 190 A-5/U12 #1456:

I mean the overheat temp gradually goes down, I was in a Seafire FR-47. IE i took off and did a wep climb and my oil reached 100 degrees without going yellow. Later in the match after flying around on 90% and doing some BnZ, I throttled up and it overheated at 90, game the engine some time to shill by going to 70%, then throttled up again to 90% and the oil was overheating at 87 degrees.

No leaks at all

EDIT: And it isn't just this one aircraft, it happens with all spits. I don't notice it with any other aircraft.

that is a common issue with spits as they overheat too much because gaijin somehow take the pilot notes as gospel truth without diving in to the manufacturer engine tolerance for reference. this too occured on the infamous javelin where they take the pilot notes to set the G limit and the wings breakage.