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Okay time for another wrinkle..... WHY are you guys/gals waiting for seconds or minutes for a cool down???? WHY do you not wait until your engine temp hits X degrees???

Just curious how you can tell temperature cool down with time.

I typically shut mine off when my coolant temp hits 187.... just a random number I selected for no reason at all.... Seriously.

Actually it is a number that I can remember. Guess it has something to do with penal code numbers I have heard.
 

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Okay time for another wrinkle..... WHY are you guys/gals waiting for seconds or minutes for a cool down???? WHY do you not wait until your engine temp hits X degrees???

Just curious how you can tell temperature cool down with time.

I typically shut mine off when my coolant temp hits 187.... just a random number I selected for no reason at all.... Seriously.

Actually it is a number that I can remember. Guess it has something to do with penal code numbers I have heard.
Haha, he said “penal”, haha.
 

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Okay time for another wrinkle..... WHY are you guys/gals waiting for seconds or minutes for a cool down???? WHY do you not wait until your engine temp hits X degrees???

Just curious how you can tell temperature cool down with time.

I typically shut mine off when my coolant temp hits 187.... just a random number I selected for no reason at all.... Seriously.

Actually it is a number that I can remember. Guess it has something to do with penal code numbers I have heard.
I don’t normally have a display where I can see actual coolant temp. Just … 4 bars, which never changes once it gets warm.

If you mean the oil temp - that number is wild, inferred based on calculations not an actual sensor, and I don’t put a lot of stock in it as a meaningful value - other than if I see it do something unusual.
 

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I don’t normally have a display where I can see actual coolant temp. Just … 4 bars, which never changes once it gets warm.

If you mean the oil temp - that number is wild, inferred based on calculations not an actual sensor, and I don’t put a lot of stock in it as a meaningful value - other than if I see it do something unusual.
You are right... I meant (engine) oil temp... and Like you say... it is wildly inferred. But it is the only option I have to measure temperature at this time. (see what I did there?)

I don't know, just seems like something better than measuring temperature wildly by time....
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