30 miles and 30 C
Discussion
I get this all the time on my T350
If you think about it logically, been travellin on motorway for 50 mins eg and oil temp is 40 deg C. Dont think so, especially when waters at operating temp. The sensor for oil temp must be susceptible to air flow and hence cooling, if you notice when your running at 40 C on the motorway and you pull down the slip road and stop the oil temp very quickly rises ( a sec or 2 ) to 60 -70 deg C .
So as long as you been travellin for a while then everything will be ok, that said i still dont thrash it when it tels me oil temp is 40deg C even after a long run.
If you think about it logically, been travellin on motorway for 50 mins eg and oil temp is 40 deg C. Dont think so, especially when waters at operating temp. The sensor for oil temp must be susceptible to air flow and hence cooling, if you notice when your running at 40 C on the motorway and you pull down the slip road and stop the oil temp very quickly rises ( a sec or 2 ) to 60 -70 deg C .
So as long as you been travellin for a while then everything will be ok, that said i still dont thrash it when it tels me oil temp is 40deg C even after a long run.
Hi Stuart
It used to do that to me - if was to take it straight from cold onto the A21 (dual carriageway) and sit at 60-70mph, the sensor would be telling me that it hadn't warmed up for a very long time, and in fact simply wouldn't hit the magic 55-60c. But as has been mentioned, if you've been driving for some time then if you were to pull off the motorway or dual carriageway and stop for a short amount of time, the temp would rapidly rise to the required level. I used to wonder about this but after looking on here and asking a friend that used to have a Tuscan I realised that (again as has been mentioned) it was down to the positioning of the sensor.
What I would do, and I think I told you this when you came to collect the car, was do exactly what we did on the test drive - ie go into town and do 2-3 miles of low speed driving in traffic. That way, the engine gets up to temp along with the gearbox and all the other fluids. I found the car so much nicer to drive once everything was warmed properly!
God I've missed it this weekend though - fabulous mild weather where I would be out in it, and instead I'm out in my grandad's car with a crumpled front end. I'm glad I didn't see any when I was out on my travels otherwise I think I would have cried
It used to do that to me - if was to take it straight from cold onto the A21 (dual carriageway) and sit at 60-70mph, the sensor would be telling me that it hadn't warmed up for a very long time, and in fact simply wouldn't hit the magic 55-60c. But as has been mentioned, if you've been driving for some time then if you were to pull off the motorway or dual carriageway and stop for a short amount of time, the temp would rapidly rise to the required level. I used to wonder about this but after looking on here and asking a friend that used to have a Tuscan I realised that (again as has been mentioned) it was down to the positioning of the sensor.
What I would do, and I think I told you this when you came to collect the car, was do exactly what we did on the test drive - ie go into town and do 2-3 miles of low speed driving in traffic. That way, the engine gets up to temp along with the gearbox and all the other fluids. I found the car so much nicer to drive once everything was warmed properly!
God I've missed it this weekend though - fabulous mild weather where I would be out in it, and instead I'm out in my grandad's car with a crumpled front end. I'm glad I didn't see any when I was out on my travels otherwise I think I would have cried
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