oil temp

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ACHiPo

Not quite. In this case I know the water temp is trust worthy, and there is a significant temp delta between the oil and water temp gauges, plus I know the oil pressure behavior when the engine is warm enough to hammer. Perhaps I'm missing the value of the oil temp gauge?

Alright, you and I are not Morris chasing 200MPH. He needs an oil temp gauge, we can get by without one. That said, your oil temp gauge does provide good information on when your engine is actually warmed up (not just when the coolant is warmed up) and it will give you a little bit of advance warning if something in your mill changes. That's provided you know how it normally behaves when you are doing the things you normally do. That's where not having a working oil temp gauge leaves you short -- you don't know how it normally behaves because it never has. Having a working oil temp will give you a better insight in to your engine and its performance. Yes, you can live without it, but you shouldn't.