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Originally Posted by cossie1600 Just as a heads up, the OBDII system doesn't read the oil temp as one of its parameter. If you lose power, it's most likely because

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Old 08-07-2011, 11:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Just as a heads up, the OBDII system doesn't read the oil temp as one of its parameter. If you lose power, it's most likely because of the variable timing or car pulling time due to intake temp. It really isn't directly related to oil temp.
The ECU most definitely does read the oil temps. How else does it know to enable the two stages of limp mode at 280 and 300? Whether it uses coolant or oil temp to pull timing is currently a mystery to me, but it has to be doing one or the other well before 280.
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