Overheating Oil Temp 2000 360 Help please

Anytime any instrument or monitoring system is in the red it is cause for concern.

A professional pilot once told me "When an instrument tells me something is wrong I know it is probably a faulty reading. To not believe the instrument and not act accordingly is stupid".

 

You would get better response if you filled out your profile.

 

On lots of cars an oil temp sensor shorting to ground will pin hot on the gauge. Nevertheless, if you can afford a 360 I hope you can afford your local Ferrari mechanic to diagnose if it's a sensor or if you're frying your engine. I question how much on a 360 is a DIY thing unless you see an obvious cause: burnt wires shorting on a ground, etc. You most likely need a Ferrari mechanic to be safe.

Ken

 

Might sound like a stupid question but have you checked the engine oil level? and welcome to FChat

 

Unless the instruments are Italian! Then if you get confimration that other instruments like engine coolant temp show normal then use caution but suspect the oil temp sending unit. Welcome to italian electronics

 

The amount of oil is not only there for lubrication but also serves other purposes such as cooling,ect...

 

What goods are the guages, warning red light, buzzer, or any types of monitoring device if you don't respect and ignor them, they are there for reasons very important reasons.

 

If you quit having such contempt for Italian electronics you might find they can work quite well. And if you have such contempt for it why do you own them? We have a late model Benz and it is absolute garbage. Ferrari electronics were far superior in every way before they started buying German garbage. I have some experience with German cars and I will never have another. If I could opt out of the German crap in Ferrari I would do that as well.

 

LOL! Brian...the reason is because WE are the truely devoted. You work on these cars all day then come post on Fchat. I'm either posting here or working on my Ferraris. Now it is pretty obvious that both of us have taken this hobby to extremes. If you just wanted to fix cars and get a paycheck you would have worked for Toyota but instead you chose Ferraris. Maybe both of should see a shrink.

 

Back in the day, we threw off the Lucas systems for Magnetti Marelli in F1, they were more reliable (hard to imagine that eh?). But the problem with any of these things is that people condemn them without a total understanding of function, therefore ability to diagnose. As Brian says, don't blame the product for your ignorance.

 

I do not know who you are but perhaps you should do a search on my name and read a few of my posts before you show "your" ignorance.

 

Brian S Dude, That was totally uncalled for!!

 

maybe a silly question- but if the oil gauge is reading extremely hot, wouldnt the water/antifreeze gauge reading hot as well ?

 

Sometimes yes....Sometimes no

 

BrianS I have only been a member of Ferrari chat for a few months but Im constantly amazed at the length some people will go to inch their nose up rifledrivers rear

 

One would assume that, yes. That's why I suggested the gauge/sender might be shorting to ground. If the whole engine was overheating, I assumed the initial post would have been worded differently, like, "My car is overheating!" as opposed to the oil temp only. He even said the car was NOT overheating.

Ken

 

I know Brian. It's all OK.

I think it's just a matter of interpretation.

 

That's the problem with Limeys. It was never intended as a slight to anyone particular just a generalisation. It gets old reading the same reposts/whining, I'm just very grateful to be able to gleen some useful info from this site.

Now, go have a good day!

 

I'm half Limey and half Kraut. I'm really AFU.

 

Rifledriver seems anything but AFU. Me, I'm pure WOP (without papers), guinea, and dago. Granson of a 1905 Italian immigrant who went through Ellis Island; learned english with a newspaper and a dictionary (which he memorized) So what! What I am is an american. I am not a honky, however.

Limey merely refers to British sailors of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who drank lime juice to prevent scurvy. Hence, the term. Sorry for being tedious.