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"Max" <pinballwizard@0pt0nline.net> wrote in message
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> A6 oil temp? guage
> Posted: Jan 21, 2004 8:59 PM Reply
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> I just purchased an A6, 2.7T, 6 speed, 57K miles. I do not
have
> a full service history on it, other than recent oil change and fuel
filter,
> 4 new tires.
>
> I do not have an owners manual for it, on back order at
Bentley.
> I'm a little at a loss on one of the gauges.
>
> Bottom left of the cluster is an oil icon, looks like degrees
> farenheight, scale from around 100 - 350... I'm thinking oil temp.
>
> I haven't noticed a great deal of fluctuation in the temp (it
> has been damn cold here over the last week), but tonight I glanced over
and
> it was up close to red (not quite). It dropped quickly back down below
> midway. I have been watching it over a 25 minute drive, and it is moving a
> lot, from around 175 to just over the mid point.
>
> Water Temp is dead-on center, all the time.
>
> Is this oil temp, and any logical explanation why it would
want
> to jump around the way it has.. Idle seems to bring an increase.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Michael
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