Didn't realize I was seeing oil pressure and not oil temp

[rocsteady]

Anyone else not realize right away that the oil gauge in the dash was showing oil pressure and not oil temperature? I guess the "L" and "H" instead of "C" and "H" should have been a clue but it didn't register for quite a while. I always let the car sit and idle for a bit after a drive of any distance, assuming it will allow the oil to cool a bit, specifically for the turbos, and then one day I was thinking that it had the most efficient oil cooling system ever; only to then realize it wasn't showing temps. Now that I am back awake, it's easily noted that the gauge moves along with throttle application. I suppose because I assumed it was oil temp, I never looked at it as anything else.

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[CACTUSGREYFX4]

The drip is always pressure whereas the temp would have the thermometer.

 

[rocsteady]

The drip is always pressure whereas the temp would have the thermometer.

Oh sure, point out the obvious...
(note to self: found another thing I never realized I hadn't realized today regarding drips and thermometers).

 

[got3fords]

If you bring it up in My Gauges it will show actual PSI.

 

[Sharpie223]

If you bring it up in My Gauges it will show actual PSI.

I think only the raptor will show actual numbers, or maybe raptor and lariat. I know my xlt doesn't

 

[got3fords]

I think only the raptor will show actual numbers, or maybe raptor and lariat. I know my xlt doesn't

oh.

 

[bgn]

You can enable the oil and transmission fluid temps via Forscan on that display.

 

[rocsteady]

You can enable the oil and transmission fluid temps via Forscan on that display.

I don't have Forscan. Guess I should look into it.

 

[Dre' Dawg]

Oh sure, point out the obvious...
(note to self: found another thing I never realized I hadn't realized today regarding drips and thermometers).

You get a mulligan for admitting it!

 

[Blue_Raptor]

If you bring it up in My Gauges it will show actual PSI.

And similarly in My Gauges, you can get the temp in a number

 

[STEVE_K]

And I just learned a few years back that the arrow next to the fuel gauge tells you what side the gas fill is on... A bit embarrassing since I consider myself a car guy.

 

[got3fords]

And I just learned a few years back that the arrow next to the fuel gauge tells you what side the gas fill is on... A bit embarrassing since I consider myself a car guy.

That little arrow is so small, I bet there are a lot of people who don't know it's there.

 

[bgn]

That little arrow is so small, I bet there are a lot of people who don't know it's there.

It just got out of the pool...

 

[got3fords]

It just got out of the pool...

How about now?

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