Engine Oil Temp Above 240 Degree

laricb

daily driving on a hot day I noticed my temp go up to 240 degree is this to hot should I consider an oil cooler

flashburn

Oh noes! UR ENGIN IS GNG TO XPLOD!

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laricb

instead of posting jokes that arent funny just answer the question if you know the answer

BG40thZ

How hot of a day was it? Were you driving hard, or just cruising? Did the temps stay constant at 240 or drop? If it was just for a short period of time I wouldnt worry about it, but I've only seen over 230 one time, most of the time I'm around 200-220 depending. If its a constant deal you may want to consider a cooler. Also, I'd check your oil level, see if you are low. Hope this helps!

laricb

Thanks, I only noticed it once. I live in nyc and we had an 80 degree day last week when it happened. I have the car only 3 months so I was concerned for the hot ny summer coming up....

Footloose301

I live in Southwest Florida and went to the car meet on the other coast crusing at 80-90mph the entire time and it never went above 220deg. It was roughly 90-92deg outside yesterday. You must really be driving it to get it that warm.

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jnaut

mine was at 195. haha

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jnaut

If you are just driving normal then it should not be this high, but if you were driving aggressively then yes if you dont have an oil cooler. nissan FTW

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laricb

I was somewhat aggressive but we should be able to have some fun off track without the car starting to overheat. I ran my previous vehicle (corvette) occasionally hard and never experienced oil issues I actually felt the car start to loss power at those numbers

Trips

I agree but a cooler can fix it, and a vette is another story

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Footloose301

A vette is another price tag

Could theoretically get two 370's for the price of a Vette. A daily driver and a track car

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xdeslitx

IBTL

this has been discussed so many times already...a simple search doesnt hurt

Trips

And deny us the wasted breath of repeating the same answers for the 1000th time

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Nismo221

Temps will spike during spirted driving. I have gotten up to 250 on the track last Sep. before adding oil coolers. Aslong as your temp does not stay high it will not hurt. But if you worry just add a small oil cooler if your not tracking the car. I have a 25 row with no problem during track events. Also temps hit the 40s last night and I dont have a plate covering the cooler and oil temps still got up to 160 on the short drive home from work.

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cfweber

I wonder what your story is

for example

well, I was out driving for probably 3 hours (had to stop to get gas!)

and banged off the limiter a couple times...

or...

I wonder what it takes to get to 240

thanks