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Originally Posted by Texasdoc
Ok, I give up. I added the extra oil then Took a 15 minute drive around town today. The temp gauge only fluctuated from the low (bottom of the scale is 140) to around 145. I'd expect it to show warmer than that after 10 minutes of street driving. Maybe it takes longer that that to get more heat into 8 quarts of oil. I'll be at the track tomorrow and it is supposed to be around 90 degrees farenheit.
Connector is snug. Wires show continuity. Unless it is a bad sensor or gauge, I don't know what else. Next week I'll pull the sensor to check it with the boiling water trick. |
Did you get the same temperature fluctuations when driving and stopped that you had before? If not, I'd say you've solved the problem.
I'm running a slightly larger pan with a 460 than you are, and it takes a LONG time for the
oil to get over 200°F - probably 20 minutes of highway speeds at ambient temperatures in the 80s. The engine also needs to be working a little to get the oil fully warmed up - street driving will take a VERY long time to warm up the engine, in my experience. Coolant gets fully up to temperature much, much quicker than the oil does.