Nissan 370Z Forum - 2012 Z Factory Oil Cooler

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Originally Posted by glenthall (Post 1739837)

Not unless you want to void your warranty.
Prior to year 2012 using an oil cooler would not void your warranty
unless the cooler damaged the car.

Now with Nissan adding an insufficient POS oil cooler in 2012 as they have,
you cannot remove it (part of the factory installed cooling system) without
voiding your entire engine warranty.

The dealer now has no suggested add'l cooling options for the 2012 model that will not void the warranty.

Nissan has effectively removed the performance experience from their performance car.

This is my 2nd new Z and will be my last Nissan purchase of any kind.

Nissan needs to get their head out of their ***.

Being a warranty master... Brother, you're kinda wrong... Yeah tampering with the cooling is a no-no, but if a dealer says that they're going to void your warranty because you took that POS off, you need a new dealer who is mod friendly.
When the shít does hit the fan in any scenario, revert to stock, but there will be no real evidence this thing was uninstalled.
50% of members have an UpRev tune... THAT will void your warranty, why worry about a factory "oil" cooler

Has anybody tried getting an aftermarket radiator (i.e. CSF) for 2012+ to fix oil temperatures? A better radiator should mean lower water temps with which to cool the oil(water cooled oil) and lower oil temps.

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Originally Posted by slowpok3 (Post 2252589)

Water temps will get up to whatever the stock thermostat is set to. You just might slow it down some. The arguement here is, can the coolant keep the oil cool enough?

Why bother, just add another cooler.. I added a 34 row cooler+have stock cooler..

The thermostat is where the water leaves the engine, so it will always leave the engine at (approximately) the same temperature (assuming on/off operation). All water has to go through the radiator before it re-enters the engine (and the oil cooler). So a better radiator should mean the water entering the engine (and the oil cooler) will be cooler and better oil cooling performance.

I assume the water routes through the radiator to the oil cooler before it enters the engine. Is this correct? or does the oil cooler take water exiting the engine (which seems dumb to me)?

I was going crazy wondering what that was on my car and wondering if I could piggy back my race parts wholesale kit on it so it sounds like you can:tup: Do I need to buy an extra adapter?

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Originally Posted by slowpok3 (Post 2252589)

The single pass csf dropped oil temps by 10-15 degrees in normal driving when it was installed. Unfortunately, it appears that I will get to try out a 3 pass too.

No idea what it would do on a track. That said, I was pretty surpised at the difference. It pretty well suggests that if you want to run on track seriously, you should probably get a bigger radiator AND an oil-air oil cooler.

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Originally Posted by martin82 (Post 2252626)

Why bother, just add another cooler.. I added a 34 row cooler+have stock cooler..

How did u add the 34r cooler with the stock cooler on th e 2012 370z?

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Originally Posted by Jdmspeed-Z (Post 2898613)

How did u add the 34r cooler with the stock cooler on th e 2012 370z?

Easy, just install it like every other.