 A question about wire sizes, oil temperature sensor |
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| ericoneal |
 May 13 2019, 07:29 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States  |
After some spirited driving lately, my oil temperature has been up in the 240-260 range, where it has never been before.
I have checked that the flaps are fully open and that there is no mouse nest, that I can see or feel, in the fan... I recently re-installed the engine after some work and ran a large red wire from the oil sensor in the taco plate up to the top of the engine and connected it with the smaller gage green wire. Could this cause a misreading? Seems unlikely, but I'm just looking for ideas at this point. I pulled the dipstick and its hot, but I can hold it, so I seem to think the gauge is just reading high. |
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| ericoneal |
May 16 2019, 06:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States |
I respliced the wires and that seems to have helped as I never got over 220 last night, although I will need to test more on the same roads that gave me the high reading...
The curious part is that my head temperatures have been fine, so its either the oil cooler or the sensor, right? I checked around the oil cooler as saw no debris. |
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| VaccaRabite |
May 16 2019, 08:55 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(ericoneal @ May 16 2019, 08:42 AM)  I respliced the wires and that seems to have helped as I never got over 220 last night, although I will need to test more on the same roads that gave me the high reading... The curious part is that my head temperatures have been fine, so its either the oil cooler or the sensor, right? I checked around the oil cooler as saw no debris. Oil temps can raise and lower independently from head temps. One is not an accurate view of the other, and you can tune oil temps as well as head temps. I do tend to agree that you either have a sender/gauge incompatibility or a wire fault though. Zach |
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