Engine oil temp - 87 4kq

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

With this talk of Mobil oil and oil temps, I'd like to pose a question:

In my 87 4kcsq, the oil temp guage, the "digital" one down by the diff
locks, never gets above one or two notches from the bottom, where it reads
60.  It's been this way since I purchased the car in November, and since
it is *not* believable, I have ignored it.

My car has said Mobil 1 10w30 (?) synthetic in it, FYI.

Does it seem like the sending unit for the oil temp guage is shot?  Don't
get me wrong, it eventually moves up the scale *one notch*, which worries
me, since _something_ is going on there.

Anyways, wondering if there were any BTDT's for this type of problem.
FWIW, the car runs *great*.

Cheers,
Mark
87 4kcsq _needing new wheels come spring..._

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