Hello, 

 Can anyone advise what bars on the left side of the oil gauge in the sports display represent? Obviously the right side is tempurature. I thought the other might be level, but doesn't appear to be.

 

Thank you. 

Edited 15 June, 20205 yr by Jujvrs

Looks like oil temp anywhere in the white section ( 103°C) is fine, red to the left too cold, red section to the right too hot. 

I'd say the other way around. Solid red color - is the current temp. 0 on the right, 103 being the 'normal middle' and oil sits at 90 slightly below that. Everything on the left from 103 degrees is heat, and the leftmost red stripes is overheating, basically.

The solid on the right is the current temp as it is empty then shows up at 53 degrees and increases with driving. However the lines on the left do not really change from the start. 

@Jujvrs  If you ever do get the oil temp into the red bars on the left then lets us know.

Perhaps we should be asking Roscio if he has seen any high temps on his Superb's VC due to his 487PS turbo petrol engine?

1 hour ago, fergard said:

I'd say the other way around. Solid red color - is the current temp. 0 on the right, 103 being the 'normal middle' and oil sits at 90 slightly below that. Everything on the left from 103 degrees is heat, and the leftmost red stripes is overheating, basically.

Are your sure, you're not mixing with nominal value for Water coolant temperature? 🤨

I don't know if there's any différence for TSI280, but Oil temp nominal value on TDI190 seems to be around 98-100°C.

Edited 15 June, 20205 yr by Bap33

12 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

Perhaps we should be asking Roscio if he has seen any high temps on his Superb's VC due to his 487PS turbo petrol engine?

 

@shyVRS245 the oil temperature range is the same: from about 94 to 105-106°. Although I believe that under certain conditions it can rise further .

 

But I remember last summer during a 200 km trip on highway (35°c sunny day) oil temperature was 110-115° all the time.

I now believe that the whole bar is for the oil temp with the white centre line being maximum normal operating temp, which would be around 110°c . The bars on the left are the redline for oil temp. As they stay exactly the same from first starting the car to driving for a few hours.  

 

Looking at it now I feel a little stupid for not realising! 

 

33 minutes ago, Jujvrs said:

I now believe that the whole bar is for the oil temp with the white centre line being maximum normal operating temp, which would be around 110°c . The bars on the left are the redline for oil temp. As they stay exactly the same from first starting the car to driving for a few hours.

 

Looking at it now I feel a little stupid for not realising!

 

 

All good  It's that "Right to Left" gauge which is confusing, I agree.

 

Designers > Engineers, haha