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Old 11-09-2011, 05:47 PM   #1
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A possible solution for a problem I am chasing for more than 6 months which costs around $20 and can be done n a few minutes during an oil change ?

You betcha I am gonna do this!
Chris did you ever get oil temp indication set up in your car?
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Old 11-09-2011, 06:22 PM   #2
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Chris did you ever get oil temp indication set up in your car?
Nope
Never got a good idea where to hook up the sensor.

I measured the oil temp with the Durametric when I came right from the track when it happened the last time and it wasn't all that bad, don't remember it exactly but I believe it was around 230, which is not too bad IMHO
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:01 PM   #3
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can you get oil temp to show on your a/c display? code 1c as per below:

undocumentedacdiagnostics - mikefocke2

othwise, plx sells a lcd gauge that plugs into the obdii port, can read/display multiple parameters at once and has a customisable display. if you google 'boxster gauge pod' you can find a unit that mounts on the steering column quite easily.
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Old 11-09-2011, 08:14 PM   #4
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can you get oil temp to show on your a/c display? code 1c as per below:

undocumentedacdiagnostics - mikefocke2

othwise, plx sells a lcd gauge that plugs into the obdii port, can read/display multiple parameters at once and has a customisable display. if you google 'boxster gauge pod' you can find a unit that mounts on the steering column quite easily.
Appreciate the tips but both don't work for me
The LCD hack only works for older models
And the oil temp via OBDII is Porsche proprietary, only Durmametric can "read" it. I have a PLX device and it doesn't offer me oil temp as a parameter
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I am a 2000 and for some reason I could not get this hack to work either.
There is also a question mark beside 1c....so

Chris how do you the plx for oil pressure? Which gauge do you have?
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Chris how do you the plx for oil pressure? Which gauge do you have?
Not from the PLX, I get this from my 996 cluster
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Chris did you ever get oil temp indication set up in your car?
Yep
Oil temp sensor
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