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kannibul · 06-27-2009, 09:03 AM

I seriously TRIED to get the oil temp up and get the car into limp mode.

Temp outside yesterday was 102F. I ran it HARD for nearly an hour. I'm surprised I didn't get caught for tickets...

Very hard accelleration, hard braking, aggressive downshifting...even cracked a hell of drift/fishtale/powerslide with TDS off...and a few times left dollar bills behind as I took off. Also discovered that it can break it loose in 4th gear as well - lol (reminder, mine is an automatic)

I couldn't get it to crack 260F...

So, those of you that have had it go into limp mode...WTF were you doing? Given my experience, I can absolutely see why Nissan would state that installing an oil cooler would indicate competition use...because short of competition, I can't see how the oil temp would be an issue, triggering limp mode.

06-27-2009, 09:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
kannibul A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Jenks, OK Posts: 2,281 Drives: 370z Touring/Sport Rep Power: 267	Oil Temp issues + Limp Mode....HOW!!!??? I seriously TRIED to get the oil temp up and get the car into limp mode. Temp outside yesterday was 102F. I ran it HARD for nearly an hour. I'm surprised I didn't get caught for tickets... Very hard accelleration, hard braking, aggressive downshifting...even cracked a hell of drift/fishtale/powerslide with TDS off...and a few times left dollar bills behind as I took off. Also discovered that it can break it loose in 4th gear as well - lol (reminder, mine is an automatic) I couldn't get it to crack 260F... So, those of you that have had it go into limp mode...WTF were you doing? Given my experience, I can absolutely see why Nissan would state that installing an oil cooler would indicate competition use...because short of competition, I can't see how the oil temp would be an issue, triggering limp mode.