New owner 370 touring black cherry Help !!

Mt Tam I am · 07-10-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT

Congratulations on you new purchase and welcome to the forum. I only see 240 when I push the car a little. I think if I were pushing 240 all the time I would be installing an oil cooler. As mentioned above, definatly keep an eye on your oil level. There are many other oil temp and consumption threads if you want to do a little extra reading.

Great advice. Got the oil cooler myself and now 225*F is the highest temp I've seen. It almost makes the oil temp guage superfulous.

Best of luck.

UNKNOWN_370 · 07-10-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Methodical4u

yeah, i've gotten 220 before on normal driving, but i'm changing the oil soon and synthetic supposedly does help a little.

I find synthetic to help drop temps a good 10 degrees. Which is not bad. But if your car is new? I recommend nissan esther for the first 5,000 miles then switch to a synthetic. The engine breaks in better with the esther. Me personally, I love castrol edge.
At switch, the car doesn't feel all that great. But once you pushed a tank of gas through it. The engine feels stronger, smoother and I do notice better temps. My Z would see about 240 when pushed hard. With syn oil I would see 220-230 on the reg. I drive aggressive. I live in dallas.

On another note. Just take it to the dealer and let them tell you what they think. Better safe than sorry

chuckd05 · 07-10-2011, 09:09 PM

I rarely do this but how many times do we have to beat this issue into the ground?

There are about 139 threads on this topic

onzedge · 07-10-2011, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chuckd05

I rarely do this but how many times do we have to beat this issue into the ground?

There are about 139 threads on this topic

No kidding.

MacCool · 07-11-2011, 08:08 AM

I think the best way to manage your oil temp concerns is to put a piece of duct tape over the oil temperature gauge.

LunaZ · 07-12-2011, 08:07 AM

With so many varied reports on oil temp, I question the accuracy and consistency of the stock gauges.
Maybe my gauge is faulty and I'm running hotter than I think I am. I drive the snot out of my car in the middle of summer and rarely see more than 225° without an oil cooler.

onzedge · 07-12-2011, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MacCool

I think the best way to manage your oil temp concerns is to put a piece of duct tape over the oil temperature gauge.

Econ · 07-12-2011, 09:09 AM

i use my oil temp gauge as like a high score tool.

i drive around and see how high i can get it. 260 is the record.

BeachZTT · 07-12-2011, 05:26 PM

^ +1

Skeeterbop · 07-12-2011, 08:45 PM

Mine hovered around 230 cruising down 281 from Lampassas to San Antonio and back last weekend.

sonic370 · 07-12-2011, 09:13 PM

I think this horse has been beat to death...........

imho nissan knew there could be some oil temp issue in some engines and
thats the only reason why they put the gauge in the car in the first place...
when it should have been an oil pressure gauge instead...........

07-10-2011, 09:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
chuckd05 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NY Posts: 2,391 Drives: No longer a Z Rep Power: 20	I rarely do this but how many times do we have to beat this issue into the ground? There are about 139 threads on this topic __________________ 09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)

07-12-2011, 08:07 AM	#21 (permalink)
LunaZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vagabond Posts: 6,704 Drives: Project: a white one Rep Power: 512	With so many varied reports on oil temp, I question the accuracy and consistency of the stock gauges. Maybe my gauge is faulty and I'm running hotter than I think I am. I drive the snot out of my car in the middle of summer and rarely see more than 225° without an oil cooler. __________________ 2009 370Z Sport/Touring/Navigation \| see my journal for mods facebook: Be my friend... or not.

07-12-2011, 09:09 AM	#23 (permalink)
Econ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New York City Posts: 2,546 Drives: Fiat? Rep Power: 19	i use my oil temp gauge as like a high score tool. i drive around and see how high i can get it. 260 is the record. __________________ 2014 Triumph Thruxton 900 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth 2009 Nissan 370z

07-12-2011, 05:26 PM	#24 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	^ +1 __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

07-12-2011, 08:45 PM	#25 (permalink)
Skeeterbop A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Age: 40 Posts: 1,440 Drives: 2011 GM 370 base SP Rep Power: 16	Mine hovered around 230 cruising down 281 from Lampassas to San Antonio and back last weekend. __________________ Srenity: "Yeah no rest needed to spread the love when your 20 that's for sure...."

07-11-2011, 08:08 AM	#20 (permalink)
MacCool A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,349 Drives: 370Z PW 2014 Rep Power: 16	I think the best way to manage your oil temp concerns is to put a piece of duct tape over the oil temperature gauge.

07-12-2011, 09:13 PM	#26 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 18	I think this horse has been beat to death........... imho nissan knew there could be some oil temp issue in some engines and thats the only reason why they put the gauge in the car in the first place... when it should have been an oil pressure gauge instead...........

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