OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
I think we had a discussion on this in the past as one of the key points of discussion regarding winter driving has been oil temperature versus coolant temperature. I have indicated that this depends on the presence, or lack thereof, of an oil/coolant heat exchanger, which many vehicles, particularly with the pursuit of thinner lubricants, have been fitted with. My last four vehicles have all had this feature and subsequently coolant and oil temperatures track well together during warm-up.
Today it was -20C (-4F) which is a bit warmer than previous days, but unfortunately I didn't think about this until today. I can check at colder temps if there is interest.
I figured I'd snap a few shots of the VIC in UConnect for the Jeep after approximately 10 minutes of driving, here are the results:
As can be seen oil/coolant track basically identically. Trans temperature lags significantly in comparison. Also, intake air temperature is an interesting one. It drops considerably when moving however between the time I stopped and the time I took the pictures it had increased to what you see from several degrees cooler. She breathes near the rad, which is likely an important part of that.
Today it was -20C (-4F) which is a bit warmer than previous days, but unfortunately I didn't think about this until today. I can check at colder temps if there is interest.
I figured I'd snap a few shots of the VIC in UConnect for the Jeep after approximately 10 minutes of driving, here are the results:
As can be seen oil/coolant track basically identically. Trans temperature lags significantly in comparison. Also, intake air temperature is an interesting one. It drops considerably when moving however between the time I stopped and the time I took the pictures it had increased to what you see from several degrees cooler. She breathes near the rad, which is likely an important part of that.