Oil Temp gauge? -- Re: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest

[Bill Clancy]

Yes... that's exactly what mine does (except for the Autobaun part).    It
seems useless.    And one time when I accidentally drove the car for an
extended period of time without coolant, it didn't really indicate any
noticeable change either.   I assumed that it is broken.   But I do notice
that when the key is off, the needle pins all the way down.   So the gauge
DOES move, but I can't tell if it is showing me the truth or not.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Tanimura" <richard.tanimura at gmail.com>
To: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>; <evan.desjardins at gmail.com>;
<clancybill at yahoo.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Oil Temp gauge? -- Re: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List Digest


> > Speaking of oil temp....my oil temp gauge has never worked.    It
> > just sits
> > a little above cold all the time and never moves.    Has anyone else
> > run
> > into this and been able to fix it?   What might be the problem?   I
> > don't
> > even know where to find the sensor.  ;-|

I have something like this. Most of the time, the needle appears to
sticks at about 60C. But driving on the Autobahn for 6 hours at speeds
up to 140 - 150 mph the needle does get up to 90 C. It just takes a
while.

Now either I have a great oilcooler which is highly unlikely. Or the
temp sensor has an extraordinarily long rise-time like  6 hours which
is also unlikely. So I can't figure out either what the deal is
either.

Rich