adelaide-luke
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Hi Everyone,
Just looking for some advice/peace of mind from a recent track day experience. Just for background I drive a 2012 SSV Redline wagon A6 which has had full exhaust (pacemaker headers, 100 cell cats and custom catback), VCM OTR and Dyno tune. I had it serviced by holden 2 days before.
I got through the first 15 min session but in the second (an hour later) the oil temperature warning light went off so I backed off and pulled in the pits. By the time I pulled up the light was off but the breather hose which goes from the rocker cover to the back of the VCM OTR had come out and spat a bit of oil over the engine. Now the breather hose doesn't seem long enough to go back into the hole it should and plus there is no real way to secure it. My mates mechanic secured it with a zip tie to one of the OTR hose clamps but I don't see this as a real permanent solution as it looks dodgy and unfiltered air is going into the engine and oil/vapours are able to escape. Does anyone have any experience with this and how did you fix it?
I got the car back out on track but dropped in a few slow laps to keep the temperatures down but at the end of the last session I must have pushed too hard as it briefly came back on after the lights had gone red and I was already slowing. Has anyone had this happen to them? Has this done damage already or is the light simply a warning to stop? Would the oil have been burnt/damaged? Should I change it?
I know alot of people do track days in similar cars so how do they prevent this problem? Oil coolers seem like the obvious solution to me but I don't know that much about cars. Anything else I should consider to protect from damage? I'm not really keen to destroy my car but I would still like to have some fun in it and the racetrack seems alot safer than the road.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Just looking for some advice/peace of mind from a recent track day experience. Just for background I drive a 2012 SSV Redline wagon A6 which has had full exhaust (pacemaker headers, 100 cell cats and custom catback), VCM OTR and Dyno tune. I had it serviced by holden 2 days before.
I got through the first 15 min session but in the second (an hour later) the oil temperature warning light went off so I backed off and pulled in the pits. By the time I pulled up the light was off but the breather hose which goes from the rocker cover to the back of the VCM OTR had come out and spat a bit of oil over the engine. Now the breather hose doesn't seem long enough to go back into the hole it should and plus there is no real way to secure it. My mates mechanic secured it with a zip tie to one of the OTR hose clamps but I don't see this as a real permanent solution as it looks dodgy and unfiltered air is going into the engine and oil/vapours are able to escape. Does anyone have any experience with this and how did you fix it?
I got the car back out on track but dropped in a few slow laps to keep the temperatures down but at the end of the last session I must have pushed too hard as it briefly came back on after the lights had gone red and I was already slowing. Has anyone had this happen to them? Has this done damage already or is the light simply a warning to stop? Would the oil have been burnt/damaged? Should I change it?
I know alot of people do track days in similar cars so how do they prevent this problem? Oil coolers seem like the obvious solution to me but I don't know that much about cars. Anything else I should consider to protect from damage? I'm not really keen to destroy my car but I would still like to have some fun in it and the racetrack seems alot safer than the road.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers