Oil temp issues

Zoren 370

I have the 25 row cooler obviously Im in FL.
Normal DD 180F on hard driving 220's up.

Just get the 19 row and block it off during winter times.
For some reasons the Z feels sluggish and engine sounds crappy on a slow phased traffic mid afternoon its like the car is being choked.
Most high performance engine hates to be driven slow as it needs the air to cool it off. Besides the Z is prone to suffer engine heat soak in traffic on a warm weather.

That is where I felt the difference of having the oil cooler. The car still drives smooth. Somebody also suggested here change your oil to a synthetic one. I use redline seems to work in harmony with the engine.

Tadpole

I'm in central Texas and it's been in the mid 90 ' s here. My 13 Z runs around 220 in little to no traffic but it was creeping around 240 at the drag strip at night a few weeks back. You boys up north should not have issues with heat unless it's about the models with no oil coolers.

__________________
Takeda TR3009P Short Ram Intakes, Custom Dual Exhaust, X-Piped with 18" Resonators & TopSpeed Axle Backs. EVO-R Led Third Foglight,

Nismo358

I run full synthetic Mobil1 on her.


I have the 2010 and it didn't come with the oil cooler to my knowledge.

Limeybastard

The 2012 + had a "special" ( waste of space ) oil cooler. Hence me testing it.

falconfixer

Whatever new magic parts are installed I know the oil on my 2014 stays cooler a little longer than on my 2011. I actually bought into the snake oil charm of installing a 25 row oil cooler on a DD while living in Maryland and removed it after my neurosis ate away at my sanity that one of the lines would start leaking and I'd lose all oil/blow the motor. Needless to say I never overtemped the oil in 98 degree east cost heat and most likely will not in Tennessee heat as a daily driver.

__________________


Bitch ex wife's scumbag lawyer made sure this went away.

gbrettin

I believe it Mocal sandwich plate still lets some oil through so your temps would be way too cold for winter. As others suggested, you should block off the cooler in the winter. There are two ways of getting this done.

1.) Get some aluminum and make a square block off plate the same size as the oil cooler. Hook some tabs onto the cooler so that the plate can slide the plate in and out.

2.) Use some cardboard and zip ties.

I like the second option because it's easy and cheap.