Everyone with oil temp issues

tbonesteak · 04-28-2009, 06:02 PM

doesnt the lemon law apply only in the first 18 months or something after purchase?

nicknick · 05-11-2009, 07:01 PM

Guys I just test drove a 370Z here in Austrlaia, a 6sp manual.
Awesome car. This thing regarding high engine oil temps has me concerned though. So i checked and diwscovered that oil temp of 220 is normal. Therefore would you not expect oil temp to rise a little bit in heavy traffic or track driving. Just wondering if this is being overhyped. Additionally you could use full synthetic oil like redline, motul etc.

wstar · 05-11-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick

Guys I just test drove a 370Z here in Austrlaia, a 6sp manual.
Awesome car. This thing regarding high engine oil temps has me concerned though. So i checked and diwscovered that oil temp of 220 is normal. Therefore would you not expect oil temp to rise a little bit in heavy traffic or track driving. Just wondering if this is being overhyped. Additionally you could use full synthetic oil like redline, motul etc.

I'm at somewhere around 4200 miles now, on Motul 300V, and I'm still seeing some scary temps (260 without trying *too* hard on the street). The easy fix is to keep the RPMs down and not drive like a maniac. However, I don't think that's the fix I'll be using in the long run

VCuomo · 05-11-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick

Guys I just test drove a 370Z here in Austrlaia, a 6sp manual.
Awesome car. This thing regarding high engine oil temps has me concerned though. So i checked and diwscovered that oil temp of 220 is normal. Therefore would you not expect oil temp to rise a little bit in heavy traffic or track driving. Just wondering if this is being overhyped. Additionally you could use full synthetic oil like redline, motul etc.

I'm wondering the same thing. I bought a new 370Z, but with 7AT not 6MT, a week ago and took the car out this weekend for a drive through Cleveland National Forest - not a lot of major elevation changes, but some nice twisties with outside air temp at about 85. I had to really work the car to get the oil temp to hit 220 - it pretty much stayed at 210 the whole trip. At the end of the trip you end up in Lake Elsinore where the outside temp was 93, and the oil temp dropped down to 200 and then rose back up to 210.

spearfish25 · 05-11-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by VCuomo

I'm wondering the same thing. I bought a new 370Z, but with 7AT not 6MT, a week ago and took the car out this weekend for a drive through Cleveland National Forest - not a lot of major elevation changes, but some nice twisties with outside air temp at about 85. I had to really work the car to get the oil temp to hit 220 - it pretty much stayed at 210 the whole trip. At the end of the trip you end up in Lake Elsinore where the outside temp was 93, and the oil temp dropped down to 200 and then rose back up to 210.

Moving at highway speeds and RPMs under 4k won't lead to problems. If you did that drive, revved to 6k a few times and then immediately slowed to 5-10mph stop and go driving...you'd be a believer in the oil temp problem.

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tbonesteak Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 914 Drives: MY09 MB 6MT Rep Power: 377	doesnt the lemon law apply only in the first 18 months or something after purchase?

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nicknick Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 438 Drives: Mazda mx5 2007 6sp m Rep Power: 18	Guys I just test drove a 370Z here in Austrlaia, a 6sp manual. Awesome car. This thing regarding high engine oil temps has me concerned though. So i checked and diwscovered that oil temp of 220 is normal. Therefore would you not expect oil temp to rise a little bit in heavy traffic or track driving. Just wondering if this is being overhyped. Additionally you could use full synthetic oil like redline, motul etc.