Everyone with oil temp issues

semtex · 11-30-2009, 12:18 PM

This is Nissan's official position on this matter:

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Originally Posted by Nissan USA
The 370Z has an engine protection system that reduces peak engine speeds when the oil temperature exceeds recommended levels in order to protect against possible engine damage. Aggressive driving of the 370Z on a race track at sustained high engine speeds can cause increases in oil temperature and may activate this engine protection system. To avoid activation of this engine protection system and these reduced peak engine speeds, Nissan recommends an oil cooler be fitted to the 370Z before driving it on a race track. A Nissan Motorsports accessory oil cooler kit is available for customer purchase through authorized Nissan dealerships for race track use. The part number is 21300-SS370.

An oil cooler is not necessary for normal operation of the vehicle on public roads. The addition of an oil cooler would have raised the price of the car and potentially moved it out of the reach of some customers. Value has been a core principle of the Z car since the original 240Z and we choose to uphold this core principle by not adding additional costs that are unnecessary for normal use. For those individuals who choose to drive their vehicle on a race track, the oil cooler is available as an aftersales item.

The oil cooler is a Nissan Motorsports item and as such is sold without warranty, express or implied, unless expressly prohibited by law in which case the warranty provided is the minimum required by law. The installation of the Nissan Motorsports oil cooler does not, by itself, “void” the vehicle warranty. However any damage caused by the installation or use of this part is expressly excluded under the terms of the Nissan New Vehicle Limited warranty.

avitech · 12-01-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

This is Nissan's official position on this matter:

Oh thank heavens. This is the best news I've heard all week. Since Nissan will be supplying the oil cooler it helps take all the guesswork out of this type of modification. Kudos to Nissan for listening to the customers complaints and taking some action. The pen is mightier than the sword.

kdo2milger · 12-01-2009, 03:44 PM

-1 rep for you!

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Originally Posted by avitech

Oh thank heavens. This is the best news I've heard all week. Since Nissan will be supplying the oil cooler it helps take all the guesswork out of this type of modification. Kudos to Nissan for listening to the customers complaints and taking some action. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Modshack · 12-01-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Oh thank heavens. This is the best news I've heard all week. Since Nissan will be supplying the oil cooler it helps take all the guesswork out of this type of modification. Kudos to Nissan for listening to the customers complaints and taking some action. The pen is mightier than the sword.

What the hell are you talking about? Can you not read? Nissan's doing NOTHING. This is all on your dime if you chose to pursue this route.

antennahead · 12-01-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

What the hell are you talking about? Can you not read? Nissan's doing NOTHING. This is all on your dime if you chose to pursue this route.

No he can't read, remember his previous posts..... then he got mad and attacked me and my city

avitech · 12-01-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

What the hell are you talking about? Can you not read? Nissan's doing NOTHING. This is all on your dime if you chose to pursue this route.

Wow you got me all wrong. I never said that Nissan would be PAYING for the oil cooler. All I said is that Nissan will provide the part for those who want to pursue that route.

You just misunderstood me. That's all.

Once again. There is nothing wrong with the original design. But for those who want more performance out of their Z, an aftermarket item is available through Nissan.

ricky bobby · 12-02-2009, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Wow you got me all wrong. I never said that Nissan would be PAYING for the oil cooler. All I said is that Nissan will provide the part for those who want to pursue that route.

You just misunderstood me. That's all.

Once again. There is nothing wrong with the original design. But for those who want more performance out of their Z, an aftermarket item is available through Nissan.

Dude, do you even have a Z?

Aren't you the guy that won't go over 80? What you need an oil cooler for?

370Zsteve · 12-02-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Wow you got me all wrong. I never said that Nissan would be PAYING for the oil cooler. All I said is that Nissan will provide the part for those who want to pursue that route.

You just misunderstood me. That's all.

Once again. There is nothing wrong with the original design. But for those who want more performance out of their Z, an aftermarket item is available through Nissan.

Avi, gratz on making it out of the basement and into positive rep territory.

semtex · 12-02-2009, 11:44 AM

Guys, it seems to me that avitech is trying to make a positive contribution after an admittedly lackluster start to his membership on this forum. Human nature being what it is, I understand the urge to just pile on him whenever he posts something. But maybe we should try to give him a break? I mean, if he's trying to turn a new leaf, we could have a little generosity of spirit and meet him halfway by giving him a second chance. Just a thought.

kdo2milger · 12-02-2009, 11:48 AM

r u srs...

after he calls members trolls...

honestly woild you feel the same way if he called you a troll...

semtex · 12-02-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kdo2milger

r u srs...

after he calls members trolls...

honestly woild you feel the same way if he called you a troll...

No, I probably wouldn't. But I don't think he was unprovoked either, and that's why I'm saying let's try to meet him halfway. Let's look at what happened. After I posted Nissan's official position, he made a post expressing his relief that Nissan would be 'taking some action'. Modshack said what the heck are you talking about, Nissan isn't paying for anything, and avitech clarified that he wasn't trying to say that Nissan is paying for anything -- only that they've provided a part number, and it is for that which he is grateful. Okay, everything's constructive and civil to this point. No name calling, no insults. But then Ricky Bobby comes along and says 'Hey do you even have a Z? Aren't you the guy who won't go over 80? You don't need an oil cooler!' (I'm paraphrasing.) That's when it goes downhill, with Antennahead poking fun by giving him the "Mr. < 80" name. So then avitech gets defensive and stands up for himself by calling him a troll. Now, to be clear, I'm not saying I agree with him calling Antennahead a troll. I'm just trying to recognize that he (avitech) was trying to behave when someone dredged up his past posts to make fun of him. This is what I mean by cutting him some slack. Has he said some dumb crap in the past? Sure. But let's leave the past in the past. Let's not dredge it up every time he tries to start over and post something civil in a thread.

But hey, take everything I'm saying with a grain of salt, cuz I'm loaded up on hydrocodone today after my surgery yesterday.

kdo2milger · 12-02-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

But hey, take everything I'm saying with a grain of salt, cuz I'm loaded up on hydrocodone today after my surgery yesterday.

thats why your so damn happy

i should have known...vicodins got ya all in the holiday spirits eh

just becareful the vicodin farts will play hell on ya and stink ya out of your own chair

antennahead · 12-02-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

No, I probably wouldn't. But I don't think he was unprovoked either, and that's why I'm saying let's try to meet him halfway. Let's look at what happened. After I posted Nissan's official position, he made a post expressing his relief that Nissan would be 'taking some action'. Modshack said what the heck are you talking about, Nissan isn't paying for anything, and avitech clarified that he wasn't trying to say that Nissan is paying for anything -- only that they've provided a part number, and it is for that which he is grateful. Okay, everything's constructive and civil to this point. No name calling, no insults. But then Ricky Bobby comes along and says 'Hey do you even have a Z? Aren't you the guy who won't go over 80? You don't need an oil cooler!' (I'm paraphrasing.) That's when it goes downhill, with Antennahead poking fun by giving him the "Mr. < 80" name. So then avitech gets defensive and stands up for himself by calling him a troll. Now, to be clear, I'm not saying I agree with him calling Antennahead a troll. I'm just trying to recognize that he (avitech) was trying to behave when someone dredged up his past posts to make fun of him. This is what I mean by cutting him some slack. Has he said some dumb crap in the past? Sure. But let's leave the past in the past. Let's not dredge it up every time he tries to start over and post something civil in a thread.

But hey, take everything I'm saying with a grain of salt, cuz I'm loaded up on hydrocodone today after my surgery yesterday.

I hope all went well with, and after, the surgery

avitech · 12-02-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

No, I probably wouldn't. But I don't think he was unprovoked either, and that's why I'm saying let's try to meet him halfway. Let's look at what happened. After I posted Nissan's official position, he made a post expressing his relief that Nissan would be 'taking some action'. Modshack said what the heck are you talking about, Nissan isn't paying for anything, and avitech clarified that he wasn't trying to say that Nissan is paying for anything -- only that they've provided a part number, and it is for that which he is grateful. Okay, everything's constructive and civil to this point. No name calling, no insults. But then Ricky Bobby comes along and says 'Hey do you even have a Z? Aren't you the guy who won't go over 80? You don't need an oil cooler!' (I'm paraphrasing.) That's when it goes downhill, with Antennahead poking fun by giving him the "Mr. < 80" name. So then avitech gets defensive and stands up for himself by calling him a troll. Now, to be clear, I'm not saying I agree with him calling Antennahead a troll. I'm just trying to recognize that he (avitech) was trying to behave when someone dredged up his past posts to make fun of him. This is what I mean by cutting him some slack. Has he said some dumb crap in the past? Sure. But let's leave the past in the past. Let's not dredge it up every time he tries to start over and post something civil in a thread.

But hey, take everything I'm saying with a grain of salt, cuz I'm loaded up on hydrocodone today after my surgery yesterday.

Well thank you so much for seeing things with an unbiased point of view. I believe Antennahead is still holding a grudge because of my comments I said earlier about his/her hometown. In any case if he/she is listening. It must of sounded worse than it was. I was not putting down the "South" if you will. As a matter of fact I happen to appreciate the South a great deal because it's a nice contrast to California. Atlanta is known to have the best residential housing in the country if not all of the Americas thanks to it's generous attitude toward land use. I have been there. I have seen the South. I was merely making a point about what I have seen in Charleston in particular during one of my journeys over there. I noticed that it had a 3 or 5 story parking garage without a single elevator and all the handicap spaces were at the ground level. When I said these things I wasn't being hypercritical about the south, I was merely being descriptive in order to show to Antennaehead that I have actually been to his hometown.

For example if I were to say that I had a Red Apple. Notice I didn't use any negative adjectives in order to describe the item? It was just pure descriptive.

If I had offended anyone in this whole newsgroup then you have my sincere apologies. Upsetting and or insulting anyone is not and never was my intention.

It's just that wen I hear about other people breaking traffic laws and doing things on the public access roads that are unsafe for the general public at large then I tend to want to encourage safe driving practices.

If you want to drive faster than 80, sure you can. You can do so all day if you want. All I ask is you just do it the legal way by going to a closed race track or by driving in a dry lake bed where it is safe and there are no cars, people, or animals in the way. Aside from that, if you want to travel at higher speeds to get from point A to point B then it's better to try the Autobahn with no speed restrictions. Or better yet, learn how to fly a single engine aircraft.

But driving >100mph on any limited access highway in North America is both illegal and highly not advised or encouraged. Unless of course that stretch of highway is closed down just for racing.

I'm just worried for myself and my friends who have to share the road with speeders who don't respect life.

antennahead · 12-02-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by avitech

Well thank you so much for seeing things with an unbiased point of view. I believe Antennahead is still holding a grudge because of my comments I said earlier about his/her hometown. In any case if he/she is listening. It must of sounded worse than it was. I was not putting down the "South" if you will. As a matter of fact I happen to appreciate the South a great deal because it's a nice contrast to California. Atlanta is known to have the best residential housing in the country if not all of the Americas thanks to it's generous attitude toward land use. I have been there. I have seen the South. I was merely making a point about what I have seen in Charleston in particular during one of my journeys over there. I noticed that it had a 3 or 5 story parking garage without a single elevator and all the handicap spaces were at the ground level. When I said these things I wasn't being hypercritical about the south, I was merely being descriptive in order to show to Antennaehead that I have actually been to his hometown.

For example if I were to say that I had a Red Apple. Notice I didn't use any negative adjectives in order to describe the item? It was just pure descriptive.

If I had offended anyone in this whole newsgroup then you have my sincere apologies. Upsetting and or insulting anyone is not and never was my intention.

It's just that wen I hear about other people breaking traffic laws and doing things on the public access roads that are unsafe for the general public at large then I tend to want to encourage safe driving practices.

If you want to drive faster than 80, sure you can. You can do so all day if you want. All I ask is you just do it the legal way by going to a closed race track or by driving in a dry lake bed where it is safe and there are no cars, people, or animals in the way. Aside from that, if you want to travel at higher speeds to get from point A to point B then it's better to try the Autobahn with no speed restrictions. Or better yet, learn how to fly a single engine aircraft.

But driving >100mph on any limited access highway in North America is both illegal and highly not advised or encouraged. Unless of course that stretch of highway is closed down just for racing.

I'm just worried for myself and my friends who have to share the road with speeders who don't respect life.

It came across as very condescending. Charleston has actually won the most friendly city in America so many times, that Conde Nast retired us from the competition. The reason the handicapped parking spaces are on the ground level is to make it easier for a handicapped person to manuver. The top level does not have elevator service on some of the older garages, that were built before certain code restrictions applied. By increasing the number of handicapped spaces on the first level however, we were making it easier for a handicapped person to park. I believe there are more than enough to pass code taking into account that the top level has no elevator service.

I do not favor excessive speed on public highways. That said, we have stretches of interstate in the south with a posted limit of 75MPH. People regularly drive close to 85 MPH on them. Assuming the vehicle is in good mechanical condition and tires are fine, there is little danger in that, assuming no racing is going on.

12-02-2009, 11:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
semtex A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Behind enemy lines Age: 55 Posts: 5,995 Drives: People to drink Rep Power: 33	Guys, it seems to me that avitech is trying to make a positive contribution after an admittedly lackluster start to his membership on this forum. Human nature being what it is, I understand the urge to just pile on him whenever he posts something. But maybe we should try to give him a break? I mean, if he's trying to turn a new leaf, we could have a little generosity of spirit and meet him halfway by giving him a second chance. Just a thought. __________________ "There are no small accidents on this circuit." -- Ayrton Senna 316.8whp & 248 ft/lbs (Dyno Dynamics) \| 319whp & 256 ft/lbs (DynoJet) (04/23/10) Stillen G3 CAI, CBE, Pulley / F.I. LTH / GTSpec Ladder Brace / Setrab Oil Cooler / UpRev-tuned by Forged Perf.

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