Everyone with oil temp issues

ENT-Z

Yeah, I hear ya! I have been drooling over the 370Z for months and the oil temp issue certainly did put a damper on my fun, but in the end I couldn't resist it anymore. I'll just join the rest of you guys and demand action, if that fails and I have a problem just slap an oil cooler on and go!

280z/300zx

I wondering if we should start a poll or something that tracks how many people are wanting to buy the 370z but are holding off or chosing another car due to this oil temp issue. Something else we can show Nissan so they can see how much money they are losing. Seems I'm not the only one who is holding on to my money until I know how this is going to play out.

Old Chuck

As said before, I have not purchased only because of the over heating issue.

dalparadise

I've wanted one of these cars since I was in high school and 280ZXs ruled the world. I never could afford a 300ZX, drove a BMW Z3 and then a 330 Cabriolet while the 350Z was going strong. Now I have an MX-5 (I really missed the roadster handling) that I wouldn't give up for anything out there at twice the price...until I saw the Z.

This car kills everything under $50K in my book. Fix the oil thing, or at least make me confident that you will still stand by your product if I fix the oil problem and I'm a buyer.

Diversion

I think I know you from Nasioc? Are you in Jacksonville?

Diversion

When I was negotiating a deal on the 370 they stated they couldn't budge anymore on the price of the car but they asked me if there was anything they could add onto the car to help seal the deal.. I should have said "Oil cooler and sold!" but this was before I even realized there was an issue.

nicknick

Guys I just test drove a 370Z here in Austrlaia, a 6sp manual.
Awesome car. This thing regarding high engine oil temps has me concerned though. So i checked and diwscovered that oil temp of 220 is normal. Therefore would you not expect oil temp to rise a little bit in heavy traffic or track driving. Just wondering if this is being overhyped. Additionally you could use full synthetic oil like redline, motul etc.

wstar

I'm at somewhere around 4200 miles now, on Motul 300V, and I'm still seeing some scary temps (260 without trying *too* hard on the street). The easy fix is to keep the RPMs down and not drive like a maniac. However, I don't think that's the fix I'll be using in the long run

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travisjb

Nick, congrats !

We're not concerned about 220... problems happen above 260

VCuomo

I'm wondering the same thing. I bought a new 370Z, but with 7AT not 6MT, a week ago and took the car out this weekend for a drive through Cleveland National Forest - not a lot of major elevation changes, but some nice twisties with outside air temp at about 85. I had to really work the car to get the oil temp to hit 220 - it pretty much stayed at 210 the whole trip. At the end of the trip you end up in Lake Elsinore where the outside temp was 93, and the oil temp dropped down to 200 and then rose back up to 210.

spearfish25

Moving at highway speeds and RPMs under 4k won't lead to problems. If you did that drive, revved to 6k a few times and then immediately slowed to 5-10mph stop and go driving...you'd be a believer in the oil temp problem.

SoCal 370Z

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shadyDR

Im looking at getting an A/T 370z for sometime in August. This overheating problem has me reconsidering what I get. I live in NY and this car would be my daily driver. The car would never be tracked, but a little spirited driving once in a while can not be avoided. Should I worry? or should I try getting them to put in an oil cooler?

ricer333

shadyDR,
I don't want to get off topic, but if you go through the entire post there has been some data captured and recorded by other members. I only know this because I really like this car but this issue has me rethinking it, that and I have some spare time to read 30pgs worth of posts.
Anyways, to sum this up, the AUTO trans don't seem to exhibit this behavior all that much. The theory to this (from what I've been able to gleam from reading) is that the AUTO is much more precise in shifting and will keep the RPM's lower than the typical driver on a M/T.
Second, it seems to have a lot of us worried/concerned in the southern states. I'm originally from Vermont and I would not worry about the Northern areas too much because the heat-to-humidity ratio is nothing compared to Florida, SoCal, Texas, etc.

If you go back in the posts you will see the data collected and compiled regarding people posting with problems that have the A/T vs the M/T.
EDIT: just for quick reference: PG 24, Post #4 by travisjb has some data.
EDIT: There was another word document somewhere but I'm having trouble finding it right now.
EDIT: Oil Temp Survey

As a side note, anyone know if the G37 A/T's have showed this sign? Or even if the M/T's have showed this sign? I have not gotten over to their boards. I do have a co-worker that has the new G37 A/T and again we live in Florida. I will post back if I ever hear of their car going into 'Limp Mode'.

TheWeatherman

[QUOTE=ricer333;72261]shadyDR,
heat-to-humidity ratio is nothing compared to Florida, SoCal, Texas, etc.

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I don't mean to be this guy Ricer, but just so everyone knows, cars don't feel humidity, but only heat. Your dewpoint/relative humidity is only felt by your skin because we use sweat evaporation as our cooling mechanism. Your ambient temperature is the only factor in a car engine's temperature and its ability to cool itsself. (Sorry, I've taken a lot of classes on this stuff. Just look at my name! )