2.3 Oil not getting up to Temp

[Leafy]

We have about 600 miles on my wife’s 2024 badlands and the oil temperature on the dash really only ever gets up to 190*F, I once saw it as high as 196* after a longer hill at 75 mph on an unseasonably warm 51* F day. When I did the break in oil change a little late at 200 miles (didn’t have a chance to get it at 50 miles like I wanted to) there was a decently large amount of condensation in the oil so I believe the sensor is reading correctly. This is pretty annoying, I’d really like to see the oil at 215-230*F to get the condensation out and get the oil in it’s normal operating range. Is this the temperature most people are seeing in the winter on these or do I need to make the dealer fix something like maybe the shutters or if the oil cooler has a thermostat.

It’s a manual so the temperature on the dash isn’t the transmission temperature.

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[Boreal]

Normal.

In the winter in Northern Prairies the vehicles will tend to float around 80c/176f. You simply can’t heat enough with how cold it is, the grill shutters don’t even open for a few months.

It’s how it is. My previous vehicle would cool down below thermostat temp on the highways at times.

A lot of these newer vehicles, ours included, have oil coolers/heaters. It’s more complex than the old days where you could just cardboard up the grill.

 

[Leafy]

That’s annoying. My 2.7t Audi has no problem getting the oil up to temperature and neither does my 3.5eb f150. It’s wild that it is this way, since the bronco coolant gets up to temp way faster than any car I’ve ever owned and blows nice warm heat sooner.

 

[Dorf2point0]

We have about 600 miles on my wife’s 2024 badlands and the oil temperature on the dash really only ever gets up to 190*F, I once saw it as high as 196* after a longer hill at 75 mph on an unseasonably warm 51* F day. When I did the break in oil change a little late at 200 miles (didn’t have a chance to get it at 50 miles like I wanted to) there was a decently large amount of condensation in the oil so I believe the sensor is reading correctly. This is pretty annoying, I’d really like to see the oil at 215-230*F to get the condensation out and get the oil in it’s normal operating range. Is this the temperature most people are seeing in the winter on these or do I need to make the dealer fix something like maybe the shutters or if the oil cooler has a thermostat.

It’s a manual so the temperature on the dash isn’t the transmission temperature.

I live in Alaska. After two years of winters the oil barely gets above 180 F.. The 2.3 takes a lot longer to heat up than our 2.7 L Badland . The 2.7 L heats the coolant fairly quickly even down to -15. As far as moisture goes, adding a catch can to your PVC hose keeps the moisture down that is going to the intake.. Moisture in the cylinders is going to get to the oil eventually .. Catch cans are easy to install and depending on the model will collect a watery fluid.. I ran the two cans on a 2.7 and in two weeks in subzero conditions each had a 1/4” of the watery liquid.. it’s a condensation issue that then captures in the can..

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