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Old 07-25-2014, 12:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
victorofhavoc
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Originally Posted by mab864 View Post
Welcome and congrats. In '12 Nissan added a coolant line from the radiator to help cool the oil and in '13 they added a pressurized radiator overflow tank to increasing the capacity of the cooling system. Break yours in according to the manual and then see where your oil temps are. I have a '13 and my normal oil temp is 200 on an 80 degree PNW summer day. My temps run 220 with spirited driving. If I lived in a hotter climate or tracked the car then I would probably have a cooler. Agree on the oil. Change to a good quality synthetic with better heat properties.
Yeah, I plan on changing my tranny fluid, brake fluid, and clutch fluid out with the gtr stuff they have at the dealership as soon as i hit 1500-2000 miles. get all the little metal bits from the break in out of there! At that time i'll probably swap to a 5w-40 synthetic like rotella T6. had great experiences with it in the past.

side note - i heard the '13 and '14 got carbon synchros as well, which are apparently substantially better
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