Oil cooler for 2014, still needed?

winnre

I go to Vegas every August. And I want to drive to Tampa, and back, so yes.

jaybulls

i live here in vegas. i always fret a bit when the temp gets up to 220, as it does regularly in the warmer months (230 max, so far) and even in our moderate winter it will climb to 220 slowly with just a bit of spirited driving for a short drive...

when on the FW it will drop...in fact, when i ran down to tony's for my pipes the temps REALLY dropped, to the point where i wondered if something was wrong...maybe it was, since it's so far below optimum running temp...

it was on a fresh change of redline. btw, my oil always darkens too soon, methinks...

Elan

Nope you should still be between the 180 and 220 mark. During highway cruise, the fact that you will not be on the throttle at all times allows the oil to stay cool. I think stop-go in the summer time is where I finally start to see the needle creep past 220. Never been past 230.

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KaienZ34

If you don't track it you don't need it, limp mode doesn't happen till 260*+. Limp mode doesn't mean you broke something it's just the car's fail safe so you don't break it.

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KaienZ34

180*-220* is normal operating oil temps, if there was no gauge most people would never even think about oil temps or see any problems. The 350z ran really close to the same temps, no gauge no issues go figure.

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KaienZ34

So lets end this thread as there are tons and tons and tons of them.

Track you car or boosted=need oil cooler, if not THERE IS NO NEED.

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alcheng

can someone introduce the "search" button to the OP, there are many of his questions could be answered by that.

winnre

The search button SUCKS.

alcheng

fixed.


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Chuck33079

Yes, there are many threads about this.

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alcheng

KaienZ34

Advanced search work for me every time, it may take a little while to find what you want. It's better than opening more and more duplacite theads that admin will combine into the others like it any way.

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mts

I was seeing above 260 degrees at the track even with a 25 row on my 2010. I went to a 34 row over the winter but had to develop a complete shroud for the cooler (in addition to the thermostat) to get the temps up in the winter months. I imagine I will need to run a partial shroud on the street even in the summer to keep the temps up where they need to be. I will be interesting to see.

H2O_Doc

I asked Z1 as I was concerned about the oil being too cool as well and I was assured that north of a reading of 180°F, the oil would be greater than 212°F inside the motor (I don't know how temps vary across the flow path of the oil).

Having said that, I have no problem reaching 180°F with a block off plate in the winter at 35°F ish ambient. On a warmer winter day, I see 220°F. Road use, not track.

Chuck33079

From a thread I read when I was planning my build and can no longer find, the gauge reads the oil at its coldest point oil cooler or not. So the gauge is always 10-20 degrees cooler than what the inside of your motor sees. So if you see 230, your motor is really seeing 240-250. That's higher than I'm comfortable with.

I tried to find that thread, but a search here for "oil cooler" returns more threads than I'm willing to sift through.

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