FW: fixed my alignment, now oil temperature

[Beer, Jerald S.]

Andrew
  Has to be a gauge/electrical issue. Even if you heat up the oil that
fast, no way it would cool down that quickly. Oil won't drop 50 degrees
F in 5-10 seconds. Assuming you have the right quantity of oil, check
your wires and make sure nothing is grounding out when the motor twists.
Also check the MFTS, it has been known to be the cause of many gremlins.
Finally, could be a sending unit on the way out. If the oil light
doesn't flash when the gauge goes haywire, then the oil temp isn't
changing,making a radical change. Assuming the light is OK, next stop is
sending unit.
Regards,
Jerry
91 200qa 

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> Grrrrrrrrr........
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> I got my new tires installed, and had a full 4-wheel alignment done.
> As expected, there was a LOT of negative camber, and also a
> significant amount of toe-out. The new rubber rides great, which I
> wanted for the 500 mile trip to drop my daughter off at college
> yesterday.
> 
> But in the spirit of fixing one thing, so something else goes.... My
> oil temp is doing funny things. It runs just fine at about 225
> degrees. But every once in a while, for about 1 minute, it will spike
> up to about 275! You can actually see the guage move it is so fast.
> About 5-10 seconds to heat up, stays hot for 1 minute, then 5-10
> seconds to cool back down. Regardless of speed. Does this smell like a
> guage/sensor/electrical problem to anyone else?
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