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Originally Posted by SeattleLion ......On the subject of oil temp, there are tons of threads about the problem. It's real and affects all 370's regardless of year. An oil cooler

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Old 09-02-2011, 01:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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......On the subject of oil temp, there are tons of threads about the problem. It's real and affects all 370's regardless of year. An oil cooler solves it very nicely. My oil temp rarely goes over 180.
Hmm?

I was worried about that until yesterday when I literally crawled 3 miles in 30 minutes in traffic on a 100° day here, and the oil temp never got above 200°.

Maybe the problem was solved for 2011?
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The oil temp never goes high during traffic jams,only tracking will goes up.
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Old 06-03-2013, 11:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I know this is old, but nonetheless still an issue with 2013 models.
I live in Las Vegas, one big downhill bowl heading east, if I'm going down any type of grade on anything less than a 1/4 tank, my dash lights up & says 70 miles dte. My 08 nismo never did this. I despise digital gauges.
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I know this is old, but nonetheless still an issue with 2013 models.
I live in Las Vegas, one big downhill bowl heading east, if I'm going down any type of grade on anything less than a 1/4 tank, my dash lights up & says 70 miles dte. My 08 nismo never did this. I despise digital gauges.
bumped a 2 year old thread


nonetheless, i dont let my car fall below 1/4 tank all the time, when it happens i usually end up filling up about 18 gallons(2 dots left) so i think the tank is a 22 gallon tank including the reserve tank

oh and i never listen to the DTE, its always changing on me
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i usually end up filling up about 18 gallons(2 dots left) so i think the tank is a 22 gallon tank including the reserve tank
If you are talking US Gallons and you're putting 18+ gallons in the Z with 2 dots left of the fuel gauge, either fuel gauge is messed up (wouldn't be the first time) or the gas pump calibration is off (in which case you should report them). The Z has a 19.1 gallon tank, and I don't know of any "reserve" tank
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HowStuffWorks "Summer-grade versus Winter-grade Fuel"

9 reasons why your winter fuel economy bites! - MetroMPG.com

This is the time of year petroleum company's change over May1-June1 from winter to summer fuel blends

In a nutshell you can't go as far with winter gas,has the service station swapped over to summer fuel?

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