The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXXII

FPenvy · 05-08-2019, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

I dig it, I used to run the longer 1010A on the therm plate; there's MAYBE 2mm of clearance after you get it off the threads. If I didnt live in #chiberia I'd ditch the stock sandwich.

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yea spring and fall you get the nights where like last night 65 out but highway drive home from a concert it was struggling to get about 160/165 degrees. soooo sometimes a 34 row isnt needed....give it 3 weeks it'll be 90 here and be totally worth it

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My oil filter wrench has no issues fitting it on the Z even with oil cooler thermostatic plate and larger oil filter. I can't get a socket wrench on the end, but a large ratcheting wrench or crescent wrench easily gets to it.

If my oil filter wrench doesn't do the job, I just do what FP does... stab it with a screwdriver and twist lol

makes you feel better too just stabbing that little bastard lol

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

That is, in fact, the tool I use to take the filter off. You just grip it like it owes you money and off she goes.

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sadly i want that aFe filter but only place i can get one here in time is amazon they got one left and it's $25.....i'll take the $9.99 purolator lol

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

yea just saying with no need for the socket itself it saves a lot of space to maneuver in there.

Not for the oil filter, but I've found the Craftsman Max Axess low profile sockets to work pretty well in a number of limited clearance scenarios. The socket secures inside the ratchet head and only projects a little bit instead of the whole socket projecting off the ratchet head

https://www.sears.com/craftsman-51-p...p-00929309000P

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

Your Z is pre-factory oil cooler, yes?

Yes but I've used the tool on other Z's as well, including 2012+ models with the stock cooler. However, I have not used it on a Z that kept the factory cooler in conjunction with an aftermarket cooler.

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

makes you feel better too just stabbing that little bastard lol

EXACTLY!!

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:24 PM

Crushing the filter with a pair of channel locks is also a good feeling

BettyZ · 05-08-2019, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

yea spring and fall you get the nights where like last night 65 out but highway drive home from a concert it was struggling to get about 160/165 degrees. soooo sometimes a 34 row isnt needed....give it 3 weeks it'll be 90 here and be totally worth it

makes you feel better too just stabbing that little bastard lol

sadly i want that aFe filter but only place i can get one here in time is amazon they got one left and it's $25.....i'll take the $9.99 purolator lol

I feel you, maybe time for a temporary blockoff plate aka duct tape.

From what I've deduced, when the sensor itself reads 160 the oil temp in the channels is 180, so it's not the end of the world.

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BettyZ · 05-08-2019, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Yes but I've used the tool on other Z's as well, including 2012+ models with the stock cooler. However, I have not used it on a Z that kept the factory cooler in conjunction with an aftermarket cooler.

Gotcha. Having previously run a large filter on a mocal therm plate on top of the stock cooler, I can tell you the rubber strap is actually too thick to get between the filter and the body lol.

Murder it with pliers. It's the only way to be sure.

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FPenvy · 05-08-2019, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ

I feel you, maybe time for a temporary blockoff plate aka duct tape.

From what I've deduced, when the sensor itself reads 160 the oil temp in the channels is 180, so it's not the end of the world.

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oh yea i gave up on a block off plate about 2 weeks after trying it lol

it'll be ok. worst case drive harder.

jwick · 05-08-2019, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

https://afepower.com/afe-power-44-lf...ilter#overview

dude this one has a 3/8" drive ratchet slot in it WTF lol

on the Z i know i have ZERO room for this but cant remember if the GTR had a gap to get one in there. would make life so much easier.

Couldn’t you just use a crescent wrench on the outside of the nut. You wouldnt necessarily need to fit a 3/8 drive ratchet in there. You might **** the filter up but it’s going on the trash anyway, so who cares.

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jwick

Couldn’t you just use a crescent wrench on the outside of the nut. You wouldnt necessarily need to fit a 3/8 drive ratchet in there. You might **** the filter up but it’s going on the trash anyway, so who cares.

That's how the thing always rounds off for me. They have so much formed plastic around the base of the nut where it attaches to the oil filter body that it doesn't provide a flat surface around the nut so you can't seat the wrench on the nut very well.

After that happens, I usually just go at the filter body with channel locks.

bunk · 05-08-2019, 01:45 PM

Jar, that Triggzz guy is selling the diff cover now.

jwick · 05-08-2019, 01:45 PM

I never have an issue getting the oil filter off. I run a thermostat sandwich plate and the large passport oil filter. Of course I’m the only one that has ever put an oil filter on that car and I’m very careful with how tight I make it. I also use the purolator filter which has a nice rough powder coat texture to grip.

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jwick

I never have an issue getting the oil filter off. I run a thermostat sandwich plate and the large passport oil filter. Of course I’m the only one that has ever put an oil filter on that car and I’m very careful with how tight I make it. I also use the purolator filter which has a nice rough powder coat texture to grip.

Ding ding ding ding ding!

I've never had an issue on my Z. Only on other Z's when I wasn't the last person to do the oil change.

JARblue · 05-08-2019, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Jar, that Triggzz guy is selling the diff cover now.

That guy

I've actually decided I'm not at all interested in Z1 parts anymore. Plus I don't need the high capacity cover anyway - the diff I'm getting doesn't heat up like the clutch type diffs do. I'm planning to grab a Nismo finned diff cover from Joe at ZSpeed - he's waiting on a supply of them.

BoneZ · 05-08-2019, 01:55 PM

Good afternoon all you sexy sexy z people.

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JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Crushing the filter with a pair of channel locks is also a good feeling FPenvy, Rusty, Memphis370Z and 1 others like this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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bunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,077 Drives: 2010 370z Roadster Rep Power: 2684369	Jar, that Triggzz guy is selling the diff cover now. __________________ -Drop in K&N Filter -Invidia Gemini CBE -Z1 Oil Cooler -Swift Springs - EcuTek -Forgestar F14 -SPL Camber Links -Akebono BBK Upgrade -Z1 Premium SS Lines -SPL Diff Bushings -SPL FUCAs - BellRaceworks Diff Brace

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jwick A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 14,532 Drives: '10 G37 6MT Rep Power: 2465057	I never have an issue getting the oil filter off. I run a thermostat sandwich plate and the large passport oil filter. Of course I’m the only one that has ever put an oil filter on that car and I’m very careful with how tight I make it. I also use the purolator filter which has a nice rough powder coat texture to grip. __________________ '10 G37T 6MT Graphite/Graphite - BP - G37T Build

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