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[TheBoy]

Are you specifically suffering from overheating?  If not, keep to the 3k max oil and filter changes.  If you are suffering overheating check out cooling system first, if that is tip-top, flush the oil, then keep to 3k oil and filter changes max.

[Pitchfork]

The overheating problem that I had was in the summer when pulling up long gradients on Motorways with a full load of PA equipment (we're a big, loud Band by Ceilidh standards)
At present it happily runs at 92.5 again but of course that could be due to the cooler ambient temperature, so I will have to wait for warmer weather again to determine if I have a latent cooling problem
I was thinking in terms of preventative measures given the fact that it has now done 134K miles & whether a thorough & comprehensive oil flush might reset the clock (as though to speak) as far as the lubrication ssytem was concerned
IW

[Omegatoy]

The overheating problem that I had was in the summer when pulling up long gradients on Motorways with a full load of PA equipment (we're a big, loud Band by Ceilidh standards)
At present it happily runs at 92.5 again but of course that could be due to the cooler ambient temperature, so I will have to wait for warmer weather again to determine if I have a latent cooling problem
I was thinking in terms of preventative measures given the fact that it has now done 134K miles & whether a thorough & comprehensive oil flush might reset the clock (as though to speak) as far as the lubrication ssytem was concerned
IW

Thats normal behaviour for the td mine does it when caravan is on the rear, only way to stop it is new radiator and even then it still climbs up the scale a fair bit, as long as when you get to the top of the hill and are on the flat it cools down fairly rapidly then its nowt to worry about!!! should ADD
 auto is worse for this cos the rad is full of hot atf down one side also trying to be cooled by the radiator!!!

[TheBoy]

Mine has a tip top cooling system, inc new rad. A good long foot flat to floor uphill slog gets it to 96/97 ish.

If you're getting hot under full boost, look at conventional (coolant) cooling system.  If you're getting hot even with only short bouts of boost, then look at the oil.

Sounds like yours is not far from normal, so just keep to the 3k oil and filter changes, and that should keep her happy