Everyone with oil temp issues

Tim · 07-02-2009, 11:18 PM

i really dont feel like looking through 47 pages but has anyone used royal purple and what were your results?

FuszNissan · 07-04-2009, 09:24 AM

Do you have pics?

Zeto · 07-04-2009, 10:41 AM

What kit do you have Rackley

rackley · 07-05-2009, 08:21 AM

GT Motorsports oil cooler kit.

Pics: Picasa Web Albums - Ray - 2009 370Z GTM...
Thread: http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ll-review.html

Zeto · 07-06-2009, 02:11 AM

Thank you. Rep+1

AK370Z · 07-06-2009, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeto

Thank you. Rep+1

Our forum member DannyGT also has the GTM oil cooler. Feel free to search his s/n as well.

nurburgring · 07-06-2009, 09:36 AM

just to make sure i am clear. there is no problem with this car an oil temps for street driving correct? these problems only surface on hard track driving?

i just want to make sure im not going to have problems if i step on the gas on the highway etc..

thanks

kannibul · 07-06-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by nurburgring

just to make sure i am clear. there is no problem with this car an oil temps for street driving correct? these problems only surface on hard track driving?

i just want to make sure im not going to have problems if i step on the gas on the highway etc..

thanks

You'll be fine.

People who are complaining most about oil temps are the ones that are driving their cars hard enough to cause issues with oil temps for just about any car without an oil cooler to have "issues"...

wstar · 07-06-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nurburgring

just to make sure i am clear. there is no problem with this car an oil temps for street driving correct? these problems only surface on hard track driving?

i just want to make sure im not going to have problems if i step on the gas on the highway etc..

thanks

Really depends on your definition of "step on the gas on the highway". If you mean you want to pass another commuter in your nice-looking car, you won't have any problems. If it means you want to double the speed limit for a long time, maybe

Even then, highway isn't so much the issue, it's aggressive low-speed driving with lots of repeated accel/decel cycles that really runs the oil temps up. And even then, you won't limp-mode the car on the street, I don't think anyone has reported that yet. You'll just potentially wear out your oil and your engine faster.

nurburgring · 07-06-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar

Really depends on your definition of "step on the gas on the highway". If you mean you want to pass another commuter in your nice-looking car, you won't have any problems. If it means you want to double the speed limit for a long time, maybe

Even then, highway isn't so much the issue, it's aggressive low-speed driving with lots of repeated accel/decel cycles that really runs the oil temps up. And even then, you won't limp-mode the car on the street, I don't think anyone has reported that yet. You'll just potentially wear out your oil and your engine faster.

yea, sounds like i wont have a problem. i like to step on the gas here or there, pass some cars and go around the bends.

travisjb · 07-06-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar

Really depends on your definition of "step on the gas on the highway". If you mean you want to pass another commuter in your nice-looking car, you won't have any problems. If it means you want to double the speed limit for a long time, maybe

Even then, highway isn't so much the issue, it's aggressive low-speed driving with lots of repeated accel/decel cycles that really runs the oil temps up. And even then, you won't limp-mode the car on the street, I don't think anyone has reported that yet. You'll just potentially wear out your oil and your engine faster.

Oil Temp Survey

Actually, in the oil temp survey thread, we did find a lot of respondents claiming they hit limp mode with only street driving... scroll down the thread linked above and look at the table... hope it's clear

wstar · 07-06-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

Oil Temp Survey

Actually, in the oil temp survey thread, we did find a lot of respondents claiming they hit limp mode with only street driving... scroll down the thread linked above and look at the table... hope it's clear

Yeah but come on, there's even a data point there where someone claimed to drive "conservatively" and hit limp mode. I don't think anybody has posted here in their own words and claimed limp mode from street driving, at least not that I've seen.

bluzman · 07-07-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

Oil Temp Survey

Actually, in the oil temp survey thread, we did find a lot of respondents claiming they hit limp mode with only street driving... scroll down the thread linked above and look at the table... hope it's clear

I guess I'm missing something. In the table I find 12 people responded that they went into the dreaded limp mode. OTOH, I don't see where I can find out whether some or all of them experienced this on the street.

spearfish25 · 07-07-2009, 09:19 PM

I was driving around the city at 10-20mph stop and go and keeping it in first gear with revs between 2500 and 4000 (exhaust sounds sweet in this range). Ambient temp was 71F. Looked at the oil gauge and it was at 240F.

Robert_Nash · 07-08-2009, 01:21 PM

As I related in my thread here: Reporting From the Mother Road!

I just completed a 4,200+ mile trip which included temps in the tipple digits and desert and mountain driving...while I wasn't driving near the vehicle's performance edge or flogging it in any way, I certainly do drive "spiritedly" (which is one of the reasons I have a Z in the first place)...I'm happy to say that even under the most demanding conditions, the Z never faltered and the engine oil temps only once went near the 250 range (and only then after an extended trip up a mountain range which involved an elevation change of several thousand feet) - in all other occasions throughout the trip the temps hung around the 200-220 range.

I'm not saying this "proves" anything but I can say that any concerns I had about the "engine oil temp" issue have been pretty well answered for me unless I want to track my car (which I don't plan to do).

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Robert_Nash Track Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Middle TN/Savannah GA Posts: 762 Drives: '14 Q60IPL/'14Armada Rep Power: 18	As I related in my thread here: Reporting From the Mother Road! I just completed a 4,200+ mile trip which included temps in the tipple digits and desert and mountain driving...while I wasn't driving near the vehicle's performance edge or flogging it in any way, I certainly do drive "spiritedly" (which is one of the reasons I have a Z in the first place)...I'm happy to say that even under the most demanding conditions, the Z never faltered and the engine oil temps only once went near the 250 range (and only then after an extended trip up a mountain range which involved an elevation change of several thousand feet) - in all other occasions throughout the trip the temps hung around the 200-220 range. I'm not saying this "proves" anything but I can say that any concerns I had about the "engine oil temp" issue have been pretty well answered for me unless I want to track my car (which I don't plan to do). __________________ Robert -My Basset Hound Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student and Barack Obama - Last edited by Robert_Nash; 07-08-2009 at 01:37 PM.

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Tim Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 35 Posts: 162 Drives: Impala Rep Power: 16	i really dont feel like looking through 47 pages but has anyone used royal purple and what were your results?

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Zeto Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North NJ Age: 41 Posts: 766 Drives: 09 Pearl White 370Z Rep Power: 268	Thank you. Rep+1

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nurburgring Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jersey Posts: 224 Drives: Blah Rep Power: 16	just to make sure i am clear. there is no problem with this car an oil temps for street driving correct? these problems only surface on hard track driving? i just want to make sure im not going to have problems if i step on the gas on the highway etc.. thanks

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spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1857	I was driving around the city at 10-20mph stop and go and keeping it in first gear with revs between 2500 and 4000 (exhaust sounds sweet in this range). Ambient temp was 71F. Looked at the oil gauge and it was at 240F.