Today's stupid question.
- Tonbridge13
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Today I have been down to the south coast, for a blast along nice quick A roads ( apart from when some Herbert, or herbertess, in a huge 37 litre 4X4 dives along the road. Never going above 40. Totally oblivious to the sodding great queue of traffic behind them. Even tractor drivers getting pi##ed off )
But the oil temp never moved. :drive:
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- Andy Lawrence
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Should've been an oil pressure guage or a volt meter.
WHALE OIL BEEF HOOKED
(THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS ANDY THE TYRE MAN)
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Please try harder.
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Showing them the boot and engine.
"If that's the engine in there what's up front?"
WHALE OIL BEEF HOOKED
(THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS ANDY THE TYRE MAN)
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- bryan young
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It is common on all MGFs , you are not alone - many owners think it is pressure and get worried!
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- Tonbridge13
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cjj wrote: That's not a silly question.
Please try harder.
Ok then.
Should all BMW / Audi drivers. Be.................................
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- Tonbridge13
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Andy the tyre man wrote: Bit of a pointless guage imho.
Should've been an oil pressure guage or a volt meter.
Maybe someone could make a combined gauge?
A volt/oil pressure/oil temp/tire tread depth/numpty driver distance gauge.
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- David Aiketgate
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The oil temp gauge was fitted because it was fractionally cheaper than an oil pressure gauge. It 'indicates' rather than shows the temp. ie Not accurate.
There was a run of cars where the oil temp seemed to read high and they found it was just the sensor being slightly more sensitive than previous versions. The fix was to put a resistor in the circuit to get a lower reading!
Only worry if the gauge starts showing abnormal readings ie not whatever is 'normal' for your car.
David
:shrug:
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