MustangNoob
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My experience is that once it reaches the ~ 280F which is the onset of the red marking in the oil temp gauge , the car will immidiialtey go to limp mode.
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AZ_Ryan
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Yes I know that. When he said "inferred" in an earlier post I thought he was referring to the high temperature limit on the track guage being "inferred" because there is no number associated with yellow or red.
MustangNoob
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It happened multiple times to me
Junkyard Dog
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I ld bet that posters limp mode experience was due to something else.
Yes they have the same numbers. But you have to look at the guage to infer the limits. This is the oil temp gauge on my track app. It doesnt have numbers but I've e been able to figure out that the yellow mark is 280⁰. This was at a temp of 210⁰.
I have been paying attention to that, too, matching the number to the auxiliary gauge, but I have not been over 224° of inferred oil temperature, so I have to get on a track or something to push it higher. I was already a candidate for the cuffs running it up to 224°
AZ_Ryan
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Well your the same guy who thinks he needs a new engine because you've filled up your coolant a couple of times lol. 224⁰ is nothing to worry about. Again, I really think these guages and a general lack of understanding are turning people into car hypochondriacs.
Junkyard Dog
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Ah, so direct conflict with krisk's experience at 289° and no limp mode. Strange, unless, of course, the inferred oil temperature is not the culprit in turning on limp mode.
What I mean is, the two different experiences could be explained by MustangNoob being at 280 and krisk being at 289, but a different input (CHT? Transmission temp?) threw MustangNoob's car into limp mode while krisk kept rocking right along at a higher inferred oil temperature.
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Junkyard Dog
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WTF are you talking about? Nowhere did I write that I need a new engine. Stop being so unnecessarily hostile and go back and read. I posted that I wanted to look for MustangNoob's thread on that subject. Seriously, WTF?
AZ_Ryan
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Ok. You posted on the topic in like 4 treads and I was having trouble keeping up.
I took this post as you linking the coolant problem to mustangnoobs engine replacement. My bad for misunderstanding. Take a breath. Were good.
Junkyard Dog
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I managed to get it to 235° on the way home today, but it required a lot of hauling down on the brakes followed by full throttle in Track or Drag mode followed by more hauling down on the brakes followed by more full throttle followed by . . . and so on. I'll really need a race track to push it higher.
krisk
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So, I can’t remember what I ate for lunch today, let alone what the actual readings on my car were nearly a year ago. I do know if I posted seeing 289 at Road Atlanta, then that’s what it was. I don’t records temperatures every time; usually just when I see a higher average than average number based on my past runs.
Here’s what I’m planning to do this year. I’m going to set my GoPro where it can record the dash while I’m tracking the car. On the main display I’ll have the temp numbers shown and on the right I’ll have the gauges. That way I can go back after the weekend and watch the run videos just to check what the car temps are doing and how they relate to the gauges on the right. I’ll post up some short clips of the highs so we can have verifiable numbers to see what the car does at different temps.
I’m set to go to Road Atlanta at the end of May, then a long road trip in June/July to VIR, Watkins Glen and Summit Point. Hopefully I’ll get some good data to post. I’m bad about making a mental note of the readings, but not actually recording them unless they are unusual or I am specifically looking interested for some reason.
Here’s what I’m planning to do this year. I’m going to set my GoPro where it can record the dash while I’m tracking the car. On the main display I’ll have the temp numbers shown and on the right I’ll have the gauges. That way I can go back after the weekend and watch the run videos just to check what the car temps are doing and how they relate to the gauges on the right. I’ll post up some short clips of the highs so we can have verifiable numbers to see what the car does at different temps.
I’m set to go to Road Atlanta at the end of May, then a long road trip in June/July to VIR, Watkins Glen and Summit Point. Hopefully I’ll get some good data to post. I’m bad about making a mental note of the readings, but not actually recording them unless they are unusual or I am specifically looking interested for some reason.
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