Can anyone explain this?

[986Jim]

Originally Posted by Adam

Wouldn't it be better to have a gauge that measures oil temp instead of coolant temp? I know some cars have both which would be ideal but us boxster owners don't have that luxary. I would think that knowing the oil temp is more useful...perhaps not?

It would but the gauge would move a lot as oil temps can vary across a pretty large range during different styles of driving. Most cars that have oil temp guages also have them dummied down so that people dont think there is something wrong when the needle moves around.

Somehow people have got it in their head that the engine runs at the same temp when floored on the highway as it does when driving around town. As if the engine warms up and stays at this one particular temperature all the time.

[Shrug] I just don't get it.