Re: Unlabelled Gauge markings

[broberg@cpg.mcw.edu]

My V8 is the same.  Oil temp barely gets off the peg.
Roland


On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Les Lampman <llampman@islander.whidbey.net> wrote:
>my V8 just moves off the bottom mark during the winter. in the summer 
>I suspect about 80 degrees C. (I like 90, from my aircraft days), but 
>with the V8 the oil cooler (my reading of the manual) is 
>thermostatically controlled. In a quick trip to MT I was about to 
>just get it up to 100 degrees. Hot, Hot, Hot, and I'm doin MT style 
>driving!
>
>100 degrees may be normal in Germany, but you gotta push mine hard 
>just to get it off the peg!!
>
>CUL,  Les
>> From:          jackr@internet.kronos.com
>> Date:          Fri, 26 Jul 96 11:18:07 EST
>> To:            , Eric Harman <ericha@wrq.com>
>> Subject:       Re: Unlabelled Gauge markings
>
>>      >Now yours sits at 60C?  Anybody else?  Linus?  Peter?  Mike?
>>      >We're in the same weather here in Seattle,  What oil temp do
>>      >you see?
>>      
>>      When I bought my V8 last March, the guage never rose above its lowest 
>>      setting of 60C and I thought it might be broken.  (Owners manual 
>>      claims 100C is normal!)  As warmer weather arrived, it rises slightly 
>>      higher. (Boston area.)  At Watkins Glen, it easily hit the 100C mark. 
 
>>      ("Normal" seems to mean to continuously run your engine at 4500-6500 
>>      rpm under hard accelleration.)  I don't think 100C would ever be 
>>      normal on the street, except maybe in Germany (or Montana?).
>>      
>>      (100C number is a SWAG while sitting at my desk.  It's the very middle 
>>      of the guage, whatever that number is.  I remember thinking it wasn't 
>>      much hotter than my 'vette's normal street driving oil temp of around 
>>      202F.)
>>      
>>      Jack Rich
>> 
>> 
>> 
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