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Originally Posted by JHZR2
245 for oil temp is typical for highway use on my 2011 e88 MT, straight from the factory (Ive owned mine since new). Id have a hard time believing that there’s a substantial enough increase in flow, given constant surface area on the radiator, to move heat to affect a 50F difference.
Has the part changed substantially in design or electric requirement?
Curious why you swapped these parts so early. Since I have more or less the same car It’s of interest to me... preventive maintenance or pending issue?
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My temp has always run around 250 too on a longer drive. I didn't realize how much slower the climb was with good water flow until I changed the components and made the same drive to work for a couple of days. It was hitting 250 on the six mile drive before, now it just gets to 200-210.
I replaced the pump, thermostat and hose because I had the yellow temp light flash on momentarily on 2 out of 3 drives and didn't want to get caught in a bad place.
This car not a DD and only comes out when the top can go down.