Oil Temperature Operqting Range

[Highlander]

Oil Temperature - MFD

My CC is MY10 with white MFD. Great to have a gauge and no real indication of what oil temperature range is acceptable. I wonder if there is an idiot light/icon that comes on somewhere if the temp is too high. So far haven't found it in the documentation. Also, for sake of curiousity, would be interested to know if NA and TDIs operate at same or different oil temperatures.

[passatpout]

That's because VW have a little software tweak that forces the gauge to read 90C even when it is a little above or below (supposedly to stop owners freaking out if they see it move even a little bit).

Personally I would rather see it move slightly as the thermostat opens and closes, that way I can see everything is working exactly like it should.

Strange thing to do.. I'd personally prefer it to wobble, although I do recall that VN Commodores used to sit on cold for normal temperature and only go up if they were working hard.

I've also driven quite a few diseasals, ranging from my brother's 307 wagon, to my old man's previous Merc C210CDI, to 14-tonne trucks (Isuzu, Hino, Mazda, to name a few brands), and one thing they've all had in common is that, once warm, the temperature gauge on them all has stayed in one place - even powering uphill in low range next to raging bushfires on 40+ degree days hasn't moved the needle.

[Pana]

Strange thing to do.. I'd personally prefer it to wobble, .

+1

my old Vectra used to get up to 100 on very hot days and run very cool at about 80-85 on very cold nights. Subaru must do the same tweak like VW on their temp gauges as well becase my old WRX would never ever fluctuate with water temp regardless of whether you were cruising down a street at 60km/h or belting it around a racetrack.

[ope126]

My CC is MY10 with white MFD. Great to have a gauge and no real indication of what oil temperature range is acceptable. I wonder if there is an idiot light/icon that comes on somewhere if the temp is too high. So far haven't found it in the documentation. Also, for sake of curiousity, would be interested to know if NA and TDIs operate at same or different oil temperatures.

Highlander, don't forget 2.0T FSI engines also...

The Oil Temp on mine this morning was displaying a maximum of 95 degrees after 20mins of driving from cold.
The outside air temp was 25.5 degrees.
Interesting, when the water temp reached 90 degrees (and stays there) the oil temp was still only 41 degrees. This was after about 5mins driving.

Will check again this afternoon when the outside temp is into the 30's+...

[Swallowtail]

Had a look this morning - no oil temp on the MFD on the R36.

[Rocket36]

I'm pretty sure oil temp is in the engineering mode when you press the up arrow and the ac button on the climate control panel. Just can't remember which one it is (eg, dial the left climate control dial to 19 and the right display is correct speed).

[Swallowtail]

hah! good point. I have a list somewhere of what they all are... wonder where that is...

[Rocket36]

I just did a google search for it and the first result is THIS THREAD!!! LMAO!!!

If you can track down your list it would be interesting what they ALL are.

[Hypo]

Had a look this morning - no oil temp on the MFD on the R36.

Will take a picture of mine tonight and show you what it looks like.

[Radius]

I definitely have the oil temp on the R36's MFD as well. So far averaging 90-95 degrees. Peak was 103 degrees on the first pick-up day with a Melbourne ambient temp of 33 degrees. Sounds like it's one of the small MY10 tweaks then.

[Swallowtail]

I definitely have the oil temp on the R36's MFD as well. So far averaging 90-95 degrees. Peak was 103 degrees on the first pick-up day with a Melbourne ambient temp of 33 degrees. Sounds like it's one of the small MY10 tweaks then.

Where do you get it in the menus?

[Hypo]

Where do you get it in the menus?

It is one up from the speed warning.

[Rocket36]

Not in my MY09.

[mtj007]

It's an MY10 thing I'd say, the MY10 Golf 118TSI loaner I had last week had oil temp. Dad's MY09 Golf 6 103TDI doesn't have it, neither does my MY09 Golf 5 or did my mum's MY07 Passat.

[Pana]

because adding the supercharger in the MY10 wasn't enough to piss off MY09 owners, they had to put an oil temp readout as well!!!! DAMN YOU VW!!!!