At  4/13/2013 11:10 AM, Robert Stevens wrote:

>Since I installed the Scan Gauge along with the first Subie conversion, I had
>no prior info about the temp of the intake air (Syncro, snorkel up L
>"D" Pillar)
>but since those installs (first: 2.2; 2nd: 3.0) I know now that the
>intake air temp
>at the sensor just above the throttle body, is a few degrees above
>the environmental
>ambient, which I'm SURE is quite a bit cooler all the time, than the
>air inside
>the engine bay. Although that (snorkel) has no bearing on engine coolant and
>oil temps, as far as I "know", it likely does have a bearing on
>engine performance
>due to the cooler intake air, and that in turn, may have a bearing on a cooler
>block?...i.e., coolant and oil temps.
>
>Shortly after buying this van ('02), I put a SETRAB oil cooler w/fan, in the R
>"D" pillar base, and noticed a 15 degree oil temp drop.
>
>Bob

Oil temp is a good number to have.

Rob
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