Nissan Motorsports Oil Coolers

miguez

Thanks semtex!

Wally

After a weekend of spirited driving car went into limp mode fairly quickly, and temps stayed about 260 or so with mild driving, talked with dealership in which they say they will honor the warranty with this cooler as long as they install.

caneman88

What dealer in Austin Town North? thay's were I got my Z in Jan 09

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Wally

After asking the dealership to put this in writing they quickly backed down since the Nissan Oil Cooler is considered a nismo competition part and does not come with any type of warranty from Nissan. The dealer will only point towards you warranty manual which is vague on the issue. I also checked around with other dealerships with the same response. Dealers say that by putting on an oil cooler will not affect you warranty unless the oil cooler fails and causes the damage. (Which from a legal standpoint I understand that this is the case) From several talks with consumer affairs, by placing an oil cooler on the vehicle that they classify as a competition part that the car has been modified for competition use therefore having the potential to void your power train warranty however the did say that your radio would still be covered.

VTalumni

Good thing for that!

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cotizi

Anyone have any idea how cool Town North is in terms of being mod friendly? Im curious about when it comes time for service/repairs.

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nogoodname

^get that in writing !
when you get it installed. But y do we gotta pay for this.

Wally

Will be sure to get in writing, and I agree with everyone we should not have to pay to make a so called performance car perform. Should have part installed next week.

ZYUL8R

I was under the impression that when a Nissan competiton part fails, the PART itself is not warrantied. I didn't think it affected the warranty of your car unless it could be proven that the part that failed was indeed the cause of the would be warranty repairs.

Junior370z

This might be a dumb question but say someone goes with an aftermarket oil cooler of their choice and something were to happen to the car and needed repair at the dealership, wouldn't it be easier just to take the oil cooler kit back off rather than dealing with having issues of them honoring the warranty? I also feel that Nissan sould have installed an oil cooler on the car from the get go and the one soon to be offered for us from Nissan will be a bit pricey. I save all my stock parts just in case something unexpected happens. It might be extra work but you gotta do what you gotta do right?

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Phimosis

I live in central California. The air temps there are already hitting 105F. My oil temps with spirited driving around town where speeds were slow were up to 265F, but easily hitting 250F every day. I got the Stillen (Setrab) oil cooler for $425 and had Bakersfield Nissan install it, charging me 4 hours @ $90/hour. I had them do an oil change with ester oil at the same time and they included that in the 4 hour labor charge.

Now, my oil temps have maxed at 235F. Usually it goes no higher than 220F. Out doing canyon carving, it still stays at 220F, which is lower than romping on it a few times in traffic. Probably because of more air flow across the cooler at road speeds. I'm guessing that track speeds may keep temps lower than in the city too, even though you're working the engine hard.

They used the Setrab unit on all the Nissan press vehicles and they were running them in the desert at 80+ F in track conditions and no one ever mentioned "limp mode" in the initial reviews of the 370z.

It would be an expensive and painful mistake to find out the Setrab unit is deficient for track use by installing it. If anyone with a Setrab unit has had to go to limp mode at the track, please tell us!

Wally

Oh well for nissan honoring the warranty once I got to the Dealership the story had changed so off to customer affairs will see if I get a response. Daily outside temp around 90 oil temps 260 to 270

Brazilbro

any update about the beefer stillen oil cooler?

Josh@STILLEN

All of the specs are mapped out, we just need time with a vehicle, which should happen next week, and we can finalize everything.

ResIpsa

FYI- the 19 row 6 series (6 inch length) Setrab has a 27,000 to 37,000 btu/hr (heat dissipation per hour) rating.

A 34 row 6 series has a 43,000 to 59,000 btu/hr rating.

That's almost double the cooling capability.