Originally Posted by Zeto Is not having a thermo plate bad? It's not strictly necessary in warmer climates, where a cooler is most useful anyways, but for the cost of
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06-28-2009, 01:04 PM | #676 (permalink) |
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It's not strictly necessary in warmer climates, where a cooler is most useful anyways, but for the cost of the Nismo unit I would've expected one. The non-thermo plate always flows all of your oil through the cooler. The thermo one blocks off the cooler when the oil is cold, and gradually opens up the path to the cooler as the temps rise (should be fully open at 180 I believe on most we've seen for this car). Without a thermo plate, you really need to wait for the oil to warm up a bit before you use the engine too hard (pushing way high PSI cold oil through the cooler isn't great for it or the fittings), and it will take longer to warm up than stock because the cooler doesn't help with that. In a colder climate I'd say it's pretty essential, but I want one even here in TX so I don't have to wait forever on warmup.
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So here it is, has anyone tested the accuracy of the Oil temp Gauge in the car? It seems that this gauge could be off and reporting higher temps for some and lower temps for others. The reason I ask is primarily due to people having high temps at startup, high temps when driving yet not getting the 'limp mode' and other various reasons. If the gauge was off then it could be reporting higher temps than actual. I guess the only real way would be to run the spirited test driving, noting the Oil gauge temp, and then draining the oil (or some other way to thermo gauge the temp). What do you all think about this? Not being a huge car expert, it just seems questionable that with all the same mechanical parts, the one thing that could be off would be the gauges. ~Matt
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When I drove home from purchasing my 370Z from the Nissan dealership my oil temp increased to 240 degrees in a 35 mile commute. Outside temps varied from 89 - 93 degrees that day. Since then, my 370Z oil temperature during daily driving commute max's out around 220-230 degrees with the outside temperature between 87 - 93 degrees. One would think that living in Florida should be a testbed for oil temps/water temperature issues. In order for Nissan to receive feedback on the 370Z oil temperature issue; I suggest logging your 370Z commutes by:
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Love to find out if/when the dealerships will be able to order & install the oil cooler. I'd love to add it onto mine. I think it's a sure bet it will be added to next year's model.
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Thats why I don't expect to see the 2010 sporting an oil cooler. Though someone else on this forum mentioned a quicker, easier (though less effective) approach to cooling the oil. Something along those lines is what I would expect... not a outright admittance that the Z needs a cooler, but a slight remedy. For all the owners who do have oil temperature problems, do you think I would be plagued by this up in Michigan? It seems like most of you live in hotter climates (i.e. Texas, Arizona, Florida). |
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I've spoken to them a couple of times now regarding the oil temp issue. They said if I was concerned, I should buy a Nismo oil cooler kit (part # 21300-SS370). The dealer quoted a price of $700 for the kit plus about 3 hours of labor to install. When I asked Nissan what they considered normal oil operating temp, they would not give me a straight answer. Asked them if they were ok with me emailing Road and Track to get their take on this issue (or to make sure their readers were aware); they said they would have a supervisor call me back. That was earlier today. We'll see what happens. Its a great car (minus the oil temp issue). I'd read about the oil temp issue on the track; but did not believe it would be a problem for daily driving.
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I just got my 370 2 weeks ago.. I have put around 1200 miles on it(drove it a lot to break it in) and the other day sitting in stop and go traffic in the great state of texas my oil temps reached 260, I pulled off the highway on the access road and before noticing how hot my oil was, i decided to do some "spirited" driving. Temps just kept rising slowly until I let it cool in a parking lot it was really close to 280. I will be bringing it to my dealership on mon. or tues. but when I called i was assured that this was normal? and that the car was meant to run this hot....I DONT THINK SO. Long story short im pissed i just spend 30k+ on a car i cant drive above 4k rpms in the summer. Not okay by me.
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