SloChicken

Sorry GM, but I don't speak "Monopoly gamepiece"

So my question to you guys is this,

On the HUD (in track mode)
There is a small bar graph to the right side that has the availability to have a single gauge displayed.

Problem is,
There are only little symbols of teapots and thermometers etc.
Which are which?

It would be nice to have the oil pressure showing, but which one is it?

Which one is the,

Water temp?
Tranny temp?

Thanks for the help!

6spdC6

What does the owners manual say!

SloChicken

NOt a damn thing that refers to the symbols. Why? what do you say?
Do you know? Or is that the best u got?

6spdC6

Well my book is in my winter sleeping car so I cannot/will not look it up right now, but I remember a couple of pages in the front that listed every symbol. That is the best I will give you.

Why did I say that, because most people are too lazy to read the book.

That is crazy because of all the money that car cost.

JerryC5

the lamp picture is the oil pressure, the other is the water temp.

chsmith112

Aren't they the same as any car ever made almost?

Vette_DD

Here's what the owner's manual says.

That says you can switch what's being displayed by pressing the PAGE button on the HUD controls.

As noted in another post, above, if you've selected oil temp. or oil pressure, you'll see a pot icon. Not sure what the icon is for tranny oil temp. Coolant temp has no icon, I don't think.

Look at the HUD display and compare the reading with the gauge on your instrument panel to see what icon gets displayed with what temperature or pressure.

SloChicken

This is my point. I would like to know If I have an oil pressure or other problem as soon as possible. Having that on a head up display is really great since when at "spirited" driving speeds it is best to not stray your eyes too far from the roadway.

Except it does no good if you don't know what gauge you are looking at.

I think the one with the thermometer stuck in the waves is the Water temp icon.
The rest are pretty obsure.

The pot is presumably an oil kettle, so it must be for oil. But is it oil temp? Or is it oil pressure?

And what the h is the little star one? Is that a gear? If so, does this mean it represents the Transmission fluid temp?
Or is it the Oil Pressure gauge?

See what I mean?

Still no firm answers.

Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Bueller?

jvalich

Teapot with thermometer is Oil Temp, other Teapot is Oil Press. Gear with thermometer is Trans Temp. Last one is the coolant temp. I believe that is the 4 I cycle through on the HUD.

talon90

While in track mode, the display choices are as follows:

No minor gage.
coolant temperature.
transmission oil temperature (automatic transmission only).
engine oil temperature.
engine oil pressure.

No minor gage is obvious it is just a tach and your speed display.

Coolant temperature is the thermometer with waves under it.

Oil pressure is the small "tea pot" looking thing.

Oil temperature is the small "tea pot" with the thermometer sticking out of the top.

Auto transmission.

The transmission oil temperature is a what looks like a starburst (gear)with a thermometer sticking out of it.

Here are photos of the manual transmission HUD symbols in Track Mode 2. In Track Mode 1 they are the same symbols just at the top next to the round tach as opposed to at the bottom with the linear tach.

Painrace

"If you can read the HUD you are going too slow!"

jim

SloChicken

Thank's man!
I know it was a pretty simple one, but it is nice to know for sure.

GotVett?

Paul is a great guy to have around, as usual.

AFVETTE

On the track I display OIL PRESSURE in the HUD (it goes up and down with RPM's so I'm surprised folks couldn't figure that out) and I monitor OIL TEMP in the DIC.

Why is that important? My first time on a BIG track like Road America in Wis I found my oil temps were approaching 300 degrees and that was with the Z51 package. Talking to a few non Z51 guys their temps were even higher and one guy got the HIGH OIL TEMP warning (315 degrees).

But my instructor showed me what I was doing wrong (frequently in a lower gear than needed) and not allowing the engine to cool on the LONG stratights by going into 5th gear. Once I did that my oil temps never exceeded 265 degrees.

Tom

Vette_DD

Actually, that page of symbols has been removed from the 2008 owner's manual.

Here's a picture of that symbol page from the 2006 owner's manual. Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

Walt White Coupe

There is no "tea pot", it's an oil can.

Ratchet Thunderbolt

Great reply

C6ToGo

So the guage question is resolved. Now what are all those dashes and dots to the left of the G-meter display?

Vette_DD

2006 Owner's manual (page 3-22) says it's a G-gauge bar.

Bill Dearborn

They are an analog form of the G meter. As you go around turns you can see a bar moving from left to right as G levels increase. When you don't have time to look at the digital display you can get a relative G reading by looking at the bar graph.

Bill