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oil temp gage, how to fix??

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:32 pm
by birddy
i bought my car a week ago and i hav just relised the oil temp gauge dosent work. any ideas??

help would be greatfuly recived.

birddy

Re: oil temp gage, how to fix??

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:46 pm
by eoin27
I think its a green sensor underneath the gearbox. But I cant be sure

Re: oil temp gage, how to fix??

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:03 pm
by gumby6371
might be a silly question but which model have you got ?
My D8 td oil pressure gauge drops to zero after it's run it's initial check when she splutters into life which I believe is what it's supposed to do. I'm not aware that it even has an oil 'temperature' gauge, but I am a desk jockey not a mechanic so could be well off the mark. Never driven a petrol or a HDi so can't comment on them.

Re: oil temp gage, how to fix??

Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:21 pm
by Bailes1992
gumby6371 wrote:might be a silly question but which model have you got ?
My D8 td oil pressure gauge drops to zero after it's run it's initial check when she splutters into life which I believe is what it's supposed to do. I'm not aware that it even has an oil 'temperature' gauge, but I am a desk jockey not a mechanic so could be well off the mark. Never driven a petrol or a HDi so can't comment on them.
You sure yours is oil pressure and not oil level? :roll: I have oil level, which tells me the level before I switch the engine on then goes off.

Sounds like the sonsors gone :) They do have temp gages as my Uncles D9 has one :)

Re: oil temp gage, how to fix??

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:14 am
by birddy
i have a 1.8 rapier petrol on a 00' plate. it has a digital oil gauge on the display, but i also have a temp guage to the left hand side of the dials. the needle dosent seem to lift at all. was wondering if this is normal??

any ideas are greatfuly recived :)