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I noticed that my oil was 4 quarts low -- essentially nothing at the dipstick -- and there was a fair bit of oil splatter on the air intake tube into the throttle body / MAF sensor region. So something is off with the engine, perhaps a head gasket blown.
Question: Shouldn't an oil gauge shown an unusually high temperature as oil level drops, since there's less oil to lubricate and also carry heat away?
The gauge has remained at normal this whole time. I only recall one sudden "flutter" of the oil gauge a few weeks ago that my eye was drawn to since it also gave a small audible click as the needle hit the limit; i've never seen the oil temp gauge flutter 15 years of driving this vehicle.
Question: Shouldn't an oil gauge shown an unusually high temperature as oil level drops, since there's less oil to lubricate and also carry heat away?
The gauge has remained at normal this whole time. I only recall one sudden "flutter" of the oil gauge a few weeks ago that my eye was drawn to since it also gave a small audible click as the needle hit the limit; i've never seen the oil temp gauge flutter 15 years of driving this vehicle.
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