Oil Temp gauge - low oil temp!

[andyscozz]

New to V8's, new to Chevy's.

Guess I never really had an oil temp gauge before either.

Anyway, every time I start up the car after sitting for 4+ hours, the oil temp is at the minimum (photo attached)

Is this normal? The car feels "rough" until the temp raises as well. I try to never jump on the gas until it's warmed up. I figured it might have had something to do with the weather as I got the car in Feb and it was still cold out. But now we've had patches of 70+ weather, and it's doing the same thing.

Thoughts??

[Jay2SS109]

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[Russell James]

normal.

with so much aluminum, it's going to cool off to ambient fairly quick. Some of the older engines that were almost all cast iron use to hold heat for a long time.

As long as it comes up to temp, above 200ish after some miles - 15 minutes or so, then it should be fine. If it never comes up, I'd think something in that guage circuit is bad.

[andyscozz]

It definately comes up to normal ~200 after 10-15 minutes. Was just wondering if I was the only one!!

Want to get the oil changed also, been 3k miles.

[Mr Smith]

You wouldnt expect your oil to be over 100 degrees with your car setting at whatever outside or garage room temps would be do ya?

[ron10]

that is normal.mine does the same thing.

[rtcat600man]

Yes, the temp. is going to be low until you warm everything up. Mine sits around 200 degrees similar to the coolant temp and trans temp, once I have run everything for 5 to 10 minutes. I wait until all temps are up and normal before getting on the gas hard.

[clg_98ta]

Sounds normal, so long as it moves up to the normal range after 10 minutes. If it stays below 100 deg, then you probably have a problem with the gauge.

[Jay2SS109]

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