Timeline for Why does my engine temperature go all the way up before coming back to the center when I start my car?
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| Jul 21, 2020 at 15:04 | comment | added | fraxinus | @FreeMan be sure that soviets didn't invent anything. And no, carmaking is pretty much conservative business. They find a niche to "compete" and anything else is visual design and regional peculiarities. I am sure I used a 2010 car with the same thermo-bimetal indicators that slowly fall down 10-20s after the engine cutoff. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 13:54 | comment | added | FreeMan | You'll agree, I think @fraxinus, that there's likely a bit of difference between a 20+ year old Soviet car and a 2008 Toyota? | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 13:49 | comment | added | fraxinus | @user253751 sorry, I can't. I read about this in an old soviet car manual ~20 years ago. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 13:47 | comment | added | fraxinus | @FreeMan Not sure if the factory new ones did the same. The car was already old when I got it. I had to replace the dashboard containing two of them, but the new one contained the usual electromagnetic ones tha were quick to show whatever the signal dictates. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 13:44 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @fraxinus If you can't explain it, can you provide a reference which says this is an artifact of the indicator design? | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 13:42 | comment | added | fraxinus | @user253751 I am not sure. The indicators that behave like this contain a small electric heating element and a bimetal that moves the needle. I think they are made to be extremely inert. In my car, they used to show temp and tank. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 11:44 | comment | added | FreeMan | Does the indicator design only do this once the car reaches a certain age? (The OP did indicate that this is a recent phenomenon, not since new.) | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 11:23 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | Can you explain why the indicator design causes this? | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 9:40 | history | answered | fraxinus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |