 Idling and Oil Temp Gauge
Just curious if anyone has ever experienced this in their rangers. I have a 2000 Ranger. Auto with the 3.0 Flex Fuel motor w/130xxx miles. I live in MN and I have noticed that it doesnt do this in the winter, but since it warmed up and were getting into the 90's everday whenever I go to start my truck it will start up but for about 4-5 seconds the oil temp gauge will stay on the low side and not read. This will cause the check gauge light to come on. It will flicker back up into place and it will be fine. But when I drive it almost everytime that I come to a stop as I slow down my RPM's will drop down below 1,000 (that about normal idling for it) typically it will go down to about 300 or 400 RPMS and the oil temp gauge will flicker up and down. It has happened before where the truck will actually stall on me, but it has so far always started back up. It hasnt stalled for a while, but since its warm again it does this a lot. Just curious if anyone has experienced this.
I have brought it in to my mechanic and told them what it does. They dont know what it is and of course when they try to get it to do it for them it never does it.
Thanks
Todd | 
