Low Oil Temperature Question

Spooler · 12-15-2015, 07:14 PM

Add 20 degrees to the oil temp. The temp is taken after the oil cooler. I have been running at around 165F on the drive in to work on cold days. That would be 185 out of the motor. I don't worry about it. I run 5W30 synthetic.

James10694 · 12-16-2015, 02:03 AM

I don't see why you can't just let it warm up. I park mine in the garage and give it about 10 minutes of warm up time. I'm N/A and I stay below 4k RPMs until I get to 180* oil temp.

JenovaI · 12-16-2015, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by James10694

I don't see why you can't just let it warm up. I park mine in the garage and give it about 10 minutes of warm up time. I'm N/A and I stay below 4k RPMs until I get to 180* oil temp.

My commute is 8 minutes. Your warm-up time of 10 min is more than my entire commute lol. I guess I need a remote start.

JenovaI · 12-16-2015, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Add 20 degrees to the oil temp. The temp is taken after the oil cooler. I have been running at around 165F on the drive in to work on cold days. That would be 185 out of the motor. I don't worry about it. I run 5W30 synthetic.

I didn't even think of that..

RadioFlyer · 12-21-2015, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Add 20 degrees to the oil temp. The temp is taken after the oil cooler. I have been running at around 165F on the drive in to work on cold days. That would be 185 out of the motor. I don't worry about it. I run 5W30 synthetic.

Is this true for all adapter plate setups? I run a Z1 34 row oil cooler, and it's connected via thermostatic plate. The cooler is blocked off, I ran it for about 20 mins on the highway in 34* ambient temp, and it barely got to 170F. So you're saying the motor is seeing 185-190F?

Spooler · 12-21-2015, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RadioFlyer

Is this true for all adapter plate setups? I run a Z1 34 row oil cooler, and it's connected via thermostatic plate. The cooler is blocked off, I ran it for about 20 mins on the highway in 34* ambient temp, and it barely got to 170F. So you're saying the motor is seeing 185-190F?

Yeap, the oil temp is measured after it comes back from the cooler/thermostatic plate.

RadioFlyer · 12-21-2015, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

Yeap, the oil temp is measured after it comes back from the cooler/thermostatic plate.

Cool, thanks!

12-16-2015, 02:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
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Spooler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ga Posts: 14,153 Drives: 2013 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 2684394	Add 20 degrees to the oil temp. The temp is taken after the oil cooler. I have been running at around 165F on the drive in to work on cold days. That would be 185 out of the motor. I don't worry about it. I run 5W30 synthetic.