Howdy,
While on a drive back from Birmingham to London over the weekend, I noticed that the oil temperature gauge was stuck at around 72 degrees. But switched to 90 soon after hitting London and A1. Typically it’s bang on 90 when I drive in London for trips to Tesco which is what the car mostly gets used for!
This reminded me that it wasn’t the first time I would have seen this happening and I have seen this happening on motorways a few times before but it’s only been there for the last year or so - which also coincides with the car suddenly becoming a little less fuel efficient - something that I originally thought was because of an issue with the MAF because of two specific errors:
P3193 - 002 - Open Stop outside of valid range - Intermittent and
P0640 - 002 - Intermittent - Intake Air Heater Control Circuit
While these two are also likely contributors (after all bad luck comes in threes) I suspect that the thermostat is also gone? Or could it be the coolant temperature sensor also or something else?
Cheers.
While on a drive back from Birmingham to London over the weekend, I noticed that the oil temperature gauge was stuck at around 72 degrees. But switched to 90 soon after hitting London and A1. Typically it’s bang on 90 when I drive in London for trips to Tesco which is what the car mostly gets used for!
This reminded me that it wasn’t the first time I would have seen this happening and I have seen this happening on motorways a few times before but it’s only been there for the last year or so - which also coincides with the car suddenly becoming a little less fuel efficient - something that I originally thought was because of an issue with the MAF because of two specific errors:
P3193 - 002 - Open Stop outside of valid range - Intermittent and
P0640 - 002 - Intermittent - Intake Air Heater Control Circuit
While these two are also likely contributors (after all bad luck comes in threes) I suspect that the thermostat is also gone? Or could it be the coolant temperature sensor also or something else?
Cheers.