Nissan 370Z Forum - The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXVIII

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eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:12 PM

in regards to air temperature vs engine oil temps and how an oil cooler factors in..

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:13 PM

when you'd use a block off plate and when you dont.. and how air temps factor in..

madwi

03-31-2018 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 3743413)

ewwwwwwww... dude, you'll soon find out, having one is kinda a pain in the azz...

He is getting a very good deal. One you dont pass up or you regret it later lol.

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:14 PM

It took me a little bit figuring it out, but I did.. would I have bought it knowing what I know now? hmmmm, thats hard to say.. but watching my oil temps is definitely a priority now that I have a cooler than before getting one..

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:15 PM

Maybe one of the vets can chime in.. (Rusty? paging Rusty)

madwi

03-31-2018 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 3743407)

mike.. buy 2 cheap blankets from harbor freight.. we'll use the blankets to lay on the floor, so the pb blaster that we'll use will fall on that and not on Mr. Madwi's garage..

Be sure to save room for a large box of crap when you leave. You get to have all my old detailing crap I couldnt send in the mail. They are gallon sized jugs. :tup:

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:20 PM

basically, even at 60 degrees, with an oil cooler, if your car's oil temp is struggling to reach 160 degrees, you're running the potential of doing damage to your engine (because the oil is too cool).. now there's varying opinions on air temperature and engine oil temps.. some will say 160 is too low, 170 to 180 is ideal, but there's no way you'll reach that if its 60 degrees out, and you're driving casually..

make sense?

madwi

03-31-2018 05:22 PM

It might have thermostatic switch. not sure but my guess would be it is.

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:23 PM

now, if its 70 degrees out or higher, you should be safe.. but always watching your temps (even at night, when temps are prone to dropping), if your engine oil temp drops to a certain level, you'd put on your block off plate, to prevent the cooler from dropping your engine temps to damaging levels.

trust me, if this doesnt make sense right now, it will when you get one. Its pretty impressive to see it in action, because your engine oil temps can change very very quickly with one.

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:29 PM

I'm only speaking from personal experience, I am in no way an expert on how they work, this is only analysis that I've experienced 1st hand and the research that did AFTER I got one.. I couldn't pass up a good deal..

I was like...sh1t...:eek::eek::eek::eek:

eastwest2300

03-31-2018 05:31 PM

you vets are free to chime in and chew me out if im way off... :icon17:

Leingod

03-31-2018 06:09 PM

It doesn't come with a plate. I have no issue getting one though. Shouldn't be that bad. At worse, either of you guys wanna trade for the smaller version? Lol

Rusty

03-31-2018 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 3743403)

I'm literally strategically thinking about the most efficient way of doing this project.. and mitigating any potential issues that could arise and slow us down.

i can smell the smoke all the way to my place.

Rusty

03-31-2018 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 3743419)

Maybe one of the vets can chime in.. (Rusty? paging Rusty)

WHAT??????? What's you need to know?

onzedge

03-31-2018 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 3743411)

and I do remember when I had my oil cooler installed, it was like I did an oil change at the same time, so I'd factor in 5 quarts and a filter added in too..

:iagree:

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