Oil temp question?
 

I know some people have had issues with temps going upward toward 300 deg,I seen people install oil coolers to remedy this but I have never had this problem now my car was made in June of this year I was wondering if Nissan fixed this maybe you guys know if they changed something?

I am not aware if they changed anything. Others may be able to clarify that. But I can say that most of those who had overheating issues were tracking or autoX the car.

I get 225 degrees driving like a grandma... Car is still new and I do not even want to know what it will be at if I were to drive it hard.

Some have said that as the engine gets some miles on it, the temps tend to drop a bit.

+1. I followed break in procedures to a t, no revving over 4k, etc, and saw 225 every time I drove, with temps up to 240 or so.

There isn't really a problem on the street, temps will stay in the 180-240 range with all but the most aggressive drivers. Temps will climb when you are spending lots of time in the high RPM range with lots of WOT, this basically means track or track like scenarios such as mountain carving, hill climbs etc.

The high temps have inspired me to get the oil cooler installed when they replace my short block.
Driving uphill over 4000 rpm's will spike my cars oil temp 40 degrees in 90 seconds. Driving behind a Prius uphill below 4000 rpm's on a hot day can still get my oil temp to 260 degrees, it just takes 10 minutes. So I am getting the oil cooler to match my life style.

Yep, when it has been in the 90's here, I easily saw temps in the 225-240 range without more than a few runs to 6000 rpm. When it dipped down into the 70's at night, I was able to keep it about 215 doing the same style runs.

I have not seen any temps over 210 even with the 95+ degree days we have had. The average seems to be 225-240 on a hot day. Maybe Nissan did make a change. I'm not exactly sure when mine was build. I will have to look when I get home.

Under normal driving conditions in Las Vegas, my temps have been hanging around 220-230.. outside temps have been around 102-111...

I don't think mine has gone over 200 driving at 75 for 15-20 minute rides, or 60 for 100 miles, even after redlining through the gears to 70 MPH.

If argue that the car shouldn't see over 200 or so on the street.

While driving at 55-70 mph my temps drop to about around 210. That is with a cool weather today. around 70 degrees.

I was going to say, "We envy you.". However, what's the possibility that your gauge is reading low or malfunctioning?

Either case, you're lucky to have a cool engine.

I don't know - water temp is about one or two dots below middle (how stupid is that gauge!) and doesn't go up as oil temp goes up - is that about normal?

My water temp never budges (significantly) while I pull over to let the oil cool down.

I have never experienced oil temps over 200 while driving in 90+ weather. I have a 2010 7at

I am impressed. I wish this were my experience.

Mine rarely gets above 220 and usually tops out around 210-215.

New personal best today. 262* at top of summit, 81* ambient. It was fun getting there I will admit.

Gotta say you're either driving like a grandma or your gauge is wrong. WITH the oil cooler I will have a real hard time getting it over 200 in those ambient temps, and without I would have been close to 230...

:iagree:

sometimes i wonder about these gauge's. i've seen mine average 210 to 240
on a hot day. i can stop to get gas whatever and turn car off car for no more then 10 minutes and get back in the car start it up go on my way and the temp will read 200 to 210 and stay there the rest of the trip go figure.

staring at the oil temp gauge is getting old. if it wasn't for it most of us would have one less thing to worry about. i'd rather have a true oil pressure gauge
that's more important.

Sonic,

with respect to your input, I am the opposite. I guess I value the oil temp gauge coming from the turbo world. Given the choice, in addition to the oil temp gauge, I would like an ampmeter, an AFR meter, fuel pressure meter.

:iagree:
I'm scouting out places for more gauges. I like to have my car feeding me all the info it can.

Sounds like your temp gauge is faulty:ughdance:

when I go canyon runs, my oil temp. is usually around 250. It can be your oil too. When you hit about 7k miles on a oil, you wouldnt want to track or autoX in that oil

It's not a "Real" Gauge. Light 7 stays lit from 155 to over 214 degrees. Real water temps typically run from 180-190. This car runs pretty cool on the water side..

High temps my first 30 min in the car
 

Leaving the dealer I was stuck in horrible surface street traffic. The oil temp well over 240 (not sure how much more, maybe 280). Once I got onto the freeway it went back down to 220 or so. The boost in oil temp seemed pretty extreme to me. It was cool (65 deg F) day and no sun.

The car had only 12 miles on it (has only 260 now). Is this a problem for new engines? Any experience with negative effects of high oil temps in the Z? I drive a touring with sport package and auto.

I had the same experience with my first engine. As you may have guessed, at velocity, more air cools the oil. Just watch it and check the engine oil level every so often.

I installed an oil cooler on my 2nd engine.