Re: Temperature Gauges

["Stack" <stack@cchono.com>]

The analog gauge is the water temp and the digital one
in the MFA is the oil temp.

Stanton 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cooley, Christopher <Christopher.Cooley@bactc.com>
To: 'jettaglx@igtc.COM' <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 12:47 PM
Subject: Temperature Gauges


>Fellow GLX-VR6ers,
>
>I wanted to ask the group for clarification on the two temp. gauges, the
>analog (dial) one located on the left side of the dash, versus the
>digital one that displays from the MFA selector.  While the awesome VR6
>is warming up to performance temperature, the two gauges read
>differently.
>
>I live in the SF bay area with average day/night temps from 80/50.  
>
>The analog dial comes up to speed quickly and stands straight up and
>down generally within 5 minutes of idle.  Thus, it appears as though the
>car has warmed up as much as it will (as the dial reaches this point and
>stays consistently at this point).  This contrasts with the digital
>indicator that comes on at 130 degrees (I think) and slowly rises to the
>normal operating temp in the range of 210 - 220 fnht.  Only, it takes
>about 15 minutes for this temp to rise.
>
>What's the difference?  Why the two readings?  Is one engine block temp
>and the other oil temp?  I feel its important to know so that when I
>change personalities from simply "operating my car" to "driving my GLX",
>I don't want to stress a relatively cold engine.  Ultimately, I'd like
>to know when its safe to bring the revs up to 5,500 and how can I
>accurately tell the right time to do so.
>