Oil temperatures--LS3
06-19-2013, 12:19 PM
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Speaking of oil coolers, I just went out and looked at our car. There is oil cooler hoses routed to the drivers side of the radiator. The passenger side has the lines for the transmission cooler in the radiator. The oil cooler lines are much larger. The power steering cooler is seperate and not in the radiator.
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
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06-19-2013, 09:58 PM
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Speaking of oil coolers, I just went out and looked at our car. There is oil cooler hoses routed to the drivers side of the radiator. The passenger side has the lines for the transmission cooler in the radiator. The oil cooler lines are much larger. The power steering cooler is seperate and not in the radiator.
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
Yes, the '10-'13 GS's got the older Z06 style air-oil coolers like in the pics, no radiator heat exchanger involved like the newer Z06's & ZR1's.
I had to install/ziptie a 6"x22" plastic cover over my '12 GS oil cooler, & now I see temps in the 160*-190* range, & 200*-220* during track days (with the cover removed). My yearly avg temp here is @ 60*-80*, so the cover stays on year round now.
I mention this becuase you don't want high RPMs/loads until the oil is at least 160*+...180*+ is preferrable, so people with dry-sump GS's should seriously consider adding an oil cooler cover to get oil temps up to 160*+ as quickly as possible.
I had to install/ziptie a 6"x22" plastic cover over my '12 GS oil cooler, & now I see temps in the 160*-190* range, & 200*-220* during track days (with the cover removed). My yearly avg temp here is @ 60*-80*, so the cover stays on year round now.
I mention this becuase you don't want high RPMs/loads until the oil is at least 160*+...180*+ is preferrable, so people with dry-sump GS's should seriously consider adding an oil cooler cover to get oil temps up to 160*+ as quickly as possible.
06-19-2013, 10:13 PM
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06-20-2013, 07:49 AM
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After a 20 mile ~65 mph drive on the freeway yesterday afternoon with air temperatures in the high 90s, my engine oil temp was 205degF after stopping at a service road intersection.
06-20-2013, 01:01 PM
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2013 GS, A6, in Dallas, about 93 degrees average Temp.
On drive home, tollway, oil temp 210-215 degrees max.
Water temp about 220 degrees max. 30 min drive.
Can be stop and go or 70-80mph.
On drive home, tollway, oil temp 210-215 degrees max.
Water temp about 220 degrees max. 30 min drive.
Can be stop and go or 70-80mph.
06-20-2013, 01:09 PM
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Speaking of oil coolers, I just went out and looked at our car. There is oil cooler hoses routed to the drivers side of the radiator. The passenger side has the lines for the transmission cooler in the radiator. The oil cooler lines are much larger. The power steering cooler is seperate and not in the radiator.
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
2013 GS A6 w/Z51
In an effort to clear some muddy water, do you have any documentation that supports a Z51 code?
06-20-2013, 06:51 PM
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06-20-2013, 07:59 PM
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06-20-2013, 09:54 PM
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IIRC, others have posted about having a Z51 code on their GS. Apparently, that's the way GM is now describing the GS suspension (probably not with F55, but that's just a guess).
06-20-2013, 10:11 PM
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06-20-2013, 10:33 PM
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06-21-2013, 02:29 AM
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I'm guessing that Z51 is the internal code for a portion of the Z16 package that's not defined somewhere else, just like the FE3 defines the springs and sways, and F55 defines the shocks.
The Z16 is standard on all GS models.
The order forms also have a Z52 code, which is only available as standard on the GS Coupe with a M6 trans, but it doesn't change anything else on the standard Z16 build.
The Z16 is standard on all GS models.
The order forms also have a Z52 code, which is only available as standard on the GS Coupe with a M6 trans, but it doesn't change anything else on the standard Z16 build.
