Originally Posted by spearfish25 What were the ambient air temperatures during this most recent drive and the night when you hit 280? It's important to know what was different between
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05-17-2009, 11:59 AM | #92 (permalink) |
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Hmmm, were you driving the same way during each trip? I've mainly found that 80+F temps combined with spirited driving and intermittent gridlock traffic get my oil temps rising the most. Assuming your driving style was identical, I'd certainly expect your temps to go higher during the day than at night due to road heating...the air entering the engine bay may be much hotter than 80F if the asphalt has been baking.
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05-17-2009, 12:04 PM | #94 (permalink) |
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So spearfish how am i suppose to tell my dealer when my car only goies high with very hard driving and still does not go to limp mode and temp drop to 260 after 280?
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05-17-2009, 12:27 PM | #95 (permalink) | |
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I can tell you that the day I had the most temp problems it was about 78F outside. I had intermixed times where I could rev to 5k in 2nd and maybe third but then would come to a slow crawl again for 15-20 min. After an hour trying to get across the city like this, I was at 245F and could easily have made it go higher if I didn't stop revving beyond 3k with gear changes. |
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05-17-2009, 03:33 PM | #100 (permalink) | |
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Ok, so on a side note. I took the long way down. GMR (Glendora Mountain Ridge Road) about 24 miles. This time I did a few spirited driving sessions, but still nothing extreme. The car ran in the 230-250 temp range and I didn't notice any power loss :-) Then again I would get on it for a couple a minutes and then back off, etc. There wasn't a time where I would be on it hard for more then a few minutes as to let the car and my temp to go back down :-) This is totally unrelated but I have to say that was one of the best drives (down the mountain) that I've had in a long time. 24 miles and I only past 1 car, 2 motorcycle and 2 cyclist, otherwise the road was pretty much deserted. This was Sunday afternoon about 4pm, probably the best time to go. The car stuck like glue once the tires heated up, the HOTCHKIS swaybars made a huge difference in control and feel. It was a great ride, I will have to try and get some other 370z drivers up there on a late Sunday afternoon. GMR meet
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05-17-2009, 07:20 PM | #101 (permalink) |
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This is very unfortunate, I might have to hold up my purchase of a 370z as it gets to around 95-105 here in Fairfield CA. I was already convinced that this is the car i wanted most likely I won't be buying a 370z till nissan fix this issue.
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05-17-2009, 10:12 PM | #102 (permalink) |
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Well I read the whole thread and is vey interesting, I did noticed my car normal driving easily gets to 220 - 230 too fast. Maybe for Nissan thats normal as long the car doesnt shutdown, but in my opinion it shouldnt hit that temp, just normal driving, I dont know how the car will respond when here in FL, gets into the 90's degree even 100's
I will call Nissan, Corporate as well and get more feedback. If I get a case number or someone has a case number, please post it here so we can all refer to the same case #. About the new model in September, if they install an Oil Cooler in the 2010 model, it means that Nissan admited the problem which means they have to fix our car with the same solution cause it will become a RECALL. ALso, is there any member here that speak Japanese, maybe that person can hit Japan at the same time. |
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Manny, I remember reading that people using the same case # will be UNDER-reported as far as problems/concerns. There is a reason why there are case numbers. As long as you refer to it and DON'T use the same case # as someone else, then the data at Nissan Corporate will accurately reflect the number of problems/cases that currently exist. Just trying to prevent a thousand different people with problems looking like a few hundred in the computer data system.
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Well I deal with a lot of BS from diff companies, Dell, Dealers, Banks, Customers, etc and I kinda know my way of talking. The reason I mentioned the case, is because I know when I call, the first thing they r gona tell me is, take it to the dealer and when I request to take it to the big guys, they r gona say, "we never heard of such a problem and we dont have record of anyone else complaining, if not Nissan would done something already"
Thats when I need the case #, so I can tell them "really, well check all these cases and you tell me if this hasnt been reported" I need 2 b prepare for all the round around they are gona give me for sure. Quote:
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