Everyone with oil temp issues

SoCal 370Z · 04-25-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by smartbomb

Technosquare did not write the article for 370z.com, I did. Why the oil gets hot is my opinion and a posible theory on why the VQ37VHR has high oil temps. Technosqaure just makes the kit and we tested it to see if it works.

If you don't do track days or other sorts of motorsports and run good synthetic oil and change it frequently, then you should not have problems. No need to get excessivly paranoid.

Most track driven cars should have an engine oil cooler. If you participate in motorsports then get the cooler for sure. If you don't, then don't worry so much.

Definite rep points for an excellent article, and I have corrected my post.

The issue would not be of concern if others who are driving in everyday situations were not overheating (see prior posts), but they are. You live in SoCal, and you know what traffic is like on our freeways...need I say more? Also, I always run synthetics just because of their higher heat related breakdown point, but Nissan is pandering their ester oil that I understand is not synthetic.

And from your article:

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Since we have actually started to work on and modify the 370Z we have come to realize that high oil temperatures have the potential to become a problem on these cars. We have recorded oil temperatures of 260 degrees plus on 370Z’s on the dyno, in brisk driving and simply in heavy traffic. Several times we had to stop dyno testing or slow down while driving to allow oil temperatures to drop. This is not race track flogging, a dyno run is a very short burst at wide open throttle through one gear, brisk driving is not an illegal balls out cannonball run, its driving a sports car how it was supposed to be driven and heavy traffic is something any car should be able to deal with easily.

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