❓ QUESTION No oil temperature gauge? Driving pattern on cold start?

[Joel]

In my previous car, a '17 Mustang GT, I would make sure to wait until the oil temperature was in the normal range before going above about 3000 rpm, to allow it to warm up. I notice on the Emira there is no oil temperature gauge so I can't really use that as an indicator any more.

What are people doing with regards to making sure the engine is warm before harder driving?

 

[Speedluvver]

In my previous car, a '17 Mustang GT, I would make sure to wait until the oil temperature was in the normal range before going above about 3000 rpm, to allow it to warm up. I notice on the Emira there is no oil temperature gauge so I can't really use that as an indicator any more.

What are people doing with regards to making sure the engine is warm before harder driving?

I make sure I have been driving at least 10 mins before giving any beans - that's how long my Exige takes to get up to temp (oil)

 

[Bod27]

The rev counter starts off with a lower redline, as you drive it increases to the max 6800rpm.

 

[Kimmax]

The rev counter starts off with a lower redline, as you drive it increases to the max 6800rpm.

True, but it’s linked to the water temperature, not oil. Wouldn’t use it as a "let 'er rip" indicator 😂

 

[Mistral]

In my previous car, a '17 Mustang GT, I would make sure to wait until the oil temperature was in the normal range before going above about 3000 rpm, to allow it to warm up. I notice on the Emira there is no oil temperature gauge so I can't really use that as an indicator any more.

What are people doing with regards to making sure the engine is warm before harder driving?

I don't exceed 2000 revs until the water temperature reaches 88C, about 5 miles or so, then gradually increase the revs. Full beans after 7 miles. Something I've done with all my cars, probably overkill, but it doesn't do any harm and they never use oil between services.

 

[Toomanyloti]

the water temp gets up there pretty quickly 89-90c.

i am doing same as I would in Exige let water temp get there then add a few minutes for the stat to open and let the cold water from the rad in the front catch up a bit. Its a habit i still have even after I fitted the pressure relief kit to stop this happening. As standard the Exige could end up with HGF due to thermal shock of letting all the cold rad water hit the head at once.

I'm sure the yota mota has all this catered for but old habits die hard

 

[Concept24]

I have a Scanguage in each of my cars. It displays four of many choices of readings. One is coolant temperature and I can verify by this and the owner's manual of my Mazda 3 that the illuminated symbol within the display screen disappears when the coolant temperature reaches 130. After that, I can accelerate aggressively if necessary.

 

[EmiraHK]

Ya, this whole thing really gets to me. It's 2023, and Lotus is still running an older Toyota engine in the Emira V6 models; don't get me wrong, this is fine, but I would think (I could be wrong, but..) they would at least supplement the engine by installing more sensors that are pretty much standard in most European cars such as oil pressure/temperature, coolant levels, boost, fuel pressure, etc. This makes it much easier to diagnose issues and also helps in preventing any catastrophic failures brewing.

I mean the car still has a dipstick to check engine oil levels...

 

[virtualmacho]

I mean the car still has a dipstick to check engine oil levels...

Oh no, you jinxed it... Now we're going to start seeing dipstick failures...

 

[EmiraHK]

Oh no, you jinxed it... Now we're going to start seeing dipstick failures...

Expected. LOL