SixPapaCharlie
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This past week we did a lot of flying and I noticed my oil temps getting really high as illustrated on my old oil temp gage.
There were times where it was touching the red.
I would throttle back, lower the nose and baby it and it would cool a little and I could keep a green gap between the needle and redline.
I noticed the oil temp issue on the flight prior to this week's trip. I did an oil change just before this trip.
![IMG_5319.jpg IMG_5319.jpg](https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/data/attachments/122/122157-5e5f79ddcaf24e2001c7491862d5ba9f.jpg)
I also flew much higher and I noticed that helped.
In reviewing past videos I made, the needle was consistently vertical so something has changed.
I haven't had any maintenance done on the plane since annual last July so nothing mechanical has changed.
I am looking for a local MX to come help me with this but due to backlogs in the area, I want to make sure I come here and do all the wild speculation first![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
What might cause the oil temp to suddenly start spiking?
There were times where it was touching the red.
I would throttle back, lower the nose and baby it and it would cool a little and I could keep a green gap between the needle and redline.
I noticed the oil temp issue on the flight prior to this week's trip. I did an oil change just before this trip.
![IMG_5319.jpg IMG_5319.jpg](https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/data/attachments/122/122157-5e5f79ddcaf24e2001c7491862d5ba9f.jpg)
I also flew much higher and I noticed that helped.
In reviewing past videos I made, the needle was consistently vertical so something has changed.
I haven't had any maintenance done on the plane since annual last July so nothing mechanical has changed.
I am looking for a local MX to come help me with this but due to backlogs in the area, I want to make sure I come here and do all the wild speculation first
What might cause the oil temp to suddenly start spiking?