4ktq high oil temp update part 3

[Marc Swanson]

As many listers had suggested, the real reason I was reading 150 C on my
oil temp gauge had nothing to do with overheating at all.  I didn't
believe it at first because I had played with my headlight dimmer and
various other electrical circuits in the car with no appreciable change
in the reading.  Yesterday while cruising home on the highway I finally
realized that the gauge was going up a full 4 bars (roughly 20 C.) by
turning the blower fan on full speed!

I thought I had fixed the "problem" before by improving airflow to the
oil cooler but I bet I just didn't use the fan that day and didn't see
the gauge climb to the artificially high level.

Interesting that it seems to be specific to that circuit.  I may try
isolating the power for the gauge to a less noisy circuit or I'll just
go with a different gauge.


Later


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Marc Swanson, Software Engineer
Sonitrol Communications Corp.
Hartford, CT

Email: mswanson at sonitrol.net
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