PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Student
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
I was on a solo time-building flight to ZZZ1. While climbing to 4;000 ft; I noticed the oil pressure was low on yellow and oil temp was high on the red arc. I leveled off and requested ATC to return to ZZZ and did not declare an emergency. Following ATC instruction; I descended to 3;000 ft; oil temps were still 250 on red and the pressure was 45. As I began my descent into the airspace the temperature was around 245; still on red; and would raise with any power over 1;700 rpm. As I reduced my throttle oil pressure went to 35. So I presumed the engine might fail and requested ATC to land immediately on Runway XXR (XXL was the active runway; So ATC called in Level 1 alert). After landing safely I taxied back to the ramp while the oil temp remained on red. The airplane was squawked.
Pilot reported an air turn back caused by high engine oil temperature.