RE: Temperature Gauges

["Patrick Sherman" <patrick@volkswagen.org>]

DIGITAL = OIL TEMP
ANALOG = ENGINE TEMP



Patrick Sherman
mailto:patrick@volkswagen.org
1997 VENTO VR6 / Tornado Red / 18K
"One cannot live on air alone....Add Water"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Cooley, Christopher
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 1998 3:33 PM
> To: 'jettaglx@igtc.COM'
> 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.
>