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Old 02-19-2021, 12:51 AM   #587 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
It's kind of funny, when you have an inefficient big V6 like my Infiniti, the temperature gauge moves up kind of unbelievably fast (reaches the middle in around 2 miles of driving)...
Keep in mind that many automotive temperature gauges are absurdly non-linear. Some of them read in the middle of the range from something like 100F to 230F. Others are linear and sensible.

... Hmmm, come to think of it, that is based on older cars. It is possible that things are better on more recent cars, especially since modern EFI uses coolant temp as a fairly important input to the engine management. Hmm....

-soD
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