Guages look right?
 

Oil pressure seems a little high and temp seems a little low. IT gets to just above the c. I know it's bad to run an engine too cold so i am wondering if it is to cold.
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if you have been driving for ten minutes its obviousley not going to be cold so it might be a gage problem or something of that nature

definetily bad gauges..lol

Yeah that could be possible with them both.
I don't really pay attention to the oil pressure guage but i know i have seen it in the middle before.
The temp guage might just be accurate though. I have the whole knock sensor thing(retard timing and richen it up) and it was freeeeeeezin when i took that pic. I noticed that after i shut off the car for a bit the guage went up a bit i think because the internal heat got to the sensor, and when i move cold windo blows and cools it off. That's just a thoery tho.

how cold is it where you are ?

Does the car take forever to get that warm or does it go upsteadily and stay at the C? Id say replace your thermostat. Its stuck open. Toyota thermostats are good for that, and there like $3 and very easy to change. And as for oil pressure, good chance on shot gauge but also good chance of a clogged oil filter or passages. Get an oil and filter change. And btw, what kinda ofna RCs do you own? I had a pirate monster and a dominator. lol.

Yeah it takes a bit to get "warm". It just barely gets past C and usually stays there. I will try the thermo.
I should change the oil considering that i bought the car and still havn't changed the oil. Who knows when the oil was changed. What do you guys recommend for oil?
I'm not really into rc anymore. Ive had tons of cars. They occupied my life for like 5 years. Now that i think of it, man i went through a lot of them. First I saved up and bought a t-maxx. My young age made me a total retard at tunning. Then i got an e-maxx. After that was the rs4-mt. Then a xxx-nt, then a savage, then last but not least a 9.5 mbx.
I sold all of the rest but still have the 9.5. Just needs new 3 shoe flywheel and clutch shoes.

Those guages are NOT right. Your oil pressure should never go that high and MKIII's never run cold for very long. Better figure it out before it's too late.

Both needles should be about in the middle after 10 or 15 minutes of driving...I don't care how cold it is outside.

the best way to find out is to check or feel how hot the heater core hoses get or the radiator hose. better yet, does your heater heat up pretty good? if it doesn't its your thermostat....if the hoses and heater hoses and heater air do get very hot after a while, the gauge is bad.

i bet 10$ on stuck or broken off thermostat.

Well there is also the chance that the sending units are both bad. You can short them both out for a few seconds if you have someone watching the guages and see if they move the full range or not. If not then it is the guage, if they do move all the way then it is probably the sending units, or the wires connected to them.

Let us know.

Russ

Alright, after driving yesterday it was a bit warmer. The heat got up to about 1/3. The heater seems to work ok, it never gets too hot but my other car is the same way.

I'm going to observe the oil guage today and see where it's at while driving different speeds. I'll also feel the hoses after the 15 min trip to school.
Thanks.

When i first started it the oil goes all the way up and stays for like 5-8 mins. After that it drops down to about 35-60ish psi at idle and goes up while moving.

if your oil pressure is really that high your going to fry your pump. So i would sya take it easy...and dont drive the car as much as possible. And as for the temp, borrow a temp gauge. If the radiator gets up to 180-200 degrees, than your temp gauge is just broke. If its lower, Its a thermostat. Uusually people have problems iwth their car overheating and stuff lol. Never seen an underheating problem before. I

What would cause this?

clogged filter, clogged passages, or dirt in the pump. Def change the filter and oil and see if it goes down.

Few days ago i changed the oil to mobil 1 synthetic stuff. I acadentally unplugged the sending wire so i don't know what the pressure is like yet.

It is a JDM motor. Will this make the oil pressure shoot up because of diff in measurments?