I had a oil temp gauge in my ex 155 2,0 TS 16V. In normal driving it showed "0". Going up Alp roads it rose to 60-80 degrees - going back to "0" going down. Doing motorway at 160 km/h (in Germany) didn't move the pointer off "0".
So maybe, you just don't drive Alp passes enough.
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