I’ve noticed on a few occasions the oil temperature at over 100c and as high as 112c 

the temperature gauge remains at normal 

first time was last week when I sitting at 75 in the motorway for an extended period 

 

also when I’m towing the caravan which weights 1600kg 

it’s a 190 diesel on 70 reg with only 11,000 on the clock 

 

is that oil temp something to worry about or normal

Perfectly normal in the circumstances you discribed.

Edited 7 October, 20223 yr by Kenny R

My oil temp sits around 95-102 general driving, prolonged heavy load will see over 105'c.

I thought there was an issue when I first got the Octavia, most my other cars have sat at 80-90 and have only crept over 100 on track days.

They did not have the heat management system that VAG has, 80-90 is not optimum, the oil cooler also works as an oil heater during the warm up phase and also when descending long inclines laden on a closed throttle.

1 minute ago, J.R. said:

They did not have the heat management system that VAG has, 80-90 is not optimum, the oil cooler also works as an oil heater during the warm up phase and also when descending long inclines laden on a closed throttle.

Ok so is there anything I need to do or is the oil temperature nothing to worry about 

sorry I’m not that technically minded 

10 minutes ago, stevensmith91 said:

nothing to worry about

This.

To paraphrase StevenSmith:

 

Perfectly normal in the circumstances you described.