Slow Oil Temp Heat Up?
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Slow Oil Temp Heat Up?
Does it take long for your oil temp to rise? Most mornings I have to drive about 5-10 minutes from my house to the freeway in order for the needle to even budge. Is this normal?
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Yes. It takes a good 10 miles at freeway speed to reach 190F.
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Maybe in the Porsche world.
My Ferrari 365 GTC/4 holds 19 quarts of oil. Sometimes it takes a good 20 minutes to get the oil temp needle to move. Once eveything is hot, the oil temp pretty much mirrors the water temp. Since the motor has no coolant thermostat, on cold days that means neither of the fluids will go over 180 degrees.
Makes DIY oil changes real fun..... you will only make the misatke of using a standard drain pan once.
My Ferrari 365 GTC/4 holds 19 quarts of oil. Sometimes it takes a good 20 minutes to get the oil temp needle to move. Once eveything is hot, the oil temp pretty much mirrors the water temp. Since the motor has no coolant thermostat, on cold days that means neither of the fluids will go over 180 degrees.
Makes DIY oil changes real fun..... you will only make the misatke of using a standard drain pan once.
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My dealer told me that the oil temp reading has many factors before showing the actual reading. The sensor sends the reading to the computer, and it compares and shows on the guage by time . It determines the initial temp at start up. Then shows on the guage when it is in the low 100 degree range. Thats as much of it as I remember. I know I dont try to depend on it untill it is over the 190 - 200 range.
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Now that we wrestled that one to the ground, consider the water temp. guage. Heads to 175 and then stays right there. Some say it is not accurate, others feel that the car is so marvelously engineered to maintain the constant temp.