![]() ![]() To understand limp mode we must understand what it’s protecting in the engine. This 370Z long lead press car has a hidden oil cooler in the drivers side front wheel well, probably to help keep the engine from going into limp mode during abusive driving The engine can also suffer from high oil temps even with short burst of full throttle use such as on an engine dyno, drag racing and even bumper to bumper traffic. ![]() The VQ37VHR is very prone to suffer from high engine oil temps during any sort of extended high speed driving such as motorsports events, and even non competition events such as track days and Autocrosses. The high engine oil temps can cause the engines ECU to put it into a limp home mode where the engine rpm is limited, first to around 6000 rpm and if you don’t start to behave, a lower limit of about 3500 rpm is engaged until the oil temperatures drop below around 280 degrees and the key is cycled. One of the main issues is that the Nissan 370Z and Infiniti G37 with the VQ37VHR engine experiences high oil temperatures. The Technosquare oil cooler kit is a good part for the 370Z, Stillen, Nissan Motorsports and ARC also make quality kits for the 370Z There is a lot of misinformation floating around on the net and hopefully this will help answer some of the questions about these incidents. If you are reading this, you might have read about these things on a forum, you might have heard the rumors or you might have experienced some of these things yourself on your car. Nissan 370Z Bad News Buzz: High Engine & Diff Oil Temps-The $300 Oil Change-Engine Clatter and More! Hype or Reality? ![]()
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