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Thanks for advising me of that sir.
I was thinking of turbo oil temperature would be more important. Since he could have pulled a sender from where ever they put those. Maybe they are in a return line from those.
Come to think of it. My neighbor has a pyrometer in the exhaust of his turbo on his diesel. I'll have to ask him about oil.
I would not think that the oil pan could run hotter than the engine coolant does way down there. I can see one on an air cooled engine where that might be a good thing.
Does the oil temperature move around a lot?
What is a good temperature to shut down a engine to avoid sludge? Do you let it run until it gets that high on short trips?
Do they recommend a temperature to have your oil up to before driving? I have never read an article on that. You could enlighten us to where there is a good article or your experience on when the 5w, 10 w etc. works best.
I have heard stories of oil balling up in a engine from excessive heat. In every case the engine was overheated. Most of these stories are oldies now. They surfaced from the desert temperature like environments. Someone was bragging about how fast and hard he was able run his big engine. Apparently it was too far.
I learned a lot on this site. I would have never thought to check my drain plug with an oil filter. Would you?
I didn’t know six cylinders have different drain plugs. Guess their oil has to drain out faster or slower? Engineers, what could we do, with out them? Use the same wrench on all. Nah!
You are right about the drain plug not being lower than the cross member. I don’t know how much above even it is either.
I would be more careful about backing up over anything. Cringe, a wee bit more going over a rolling bouncing object knowing I had one.
Do they look anything like an oil pressure sender? They can leak and are made of glass like a spark plug. Thankfully they are shorter. I assume a temperature one is short with a flat type terminal would work.
Bet you can keep it from going into a drain pan that way.
Hope I didn’t ask too many questions.
Phil
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