360 What are your Oil / Coolant temps?

Hey everyone,

I've been monitoring my coolant and oil temperatures on my Ferrari 360, and I wanted to see how this compares to what others are experiencing.

Here’s what I’m seeing:

When I start the car and let it idle, it takes 40-50 minutes for the coolant temp to reach 210°F.

When driving, the coolant temp drops to around 170°F and stays there.

Oil temp never goes above 170°F, whether idling or driving and takes about 1 hr to even get to 170.

I asked Flash32, and he believes that my thermostat might be stuck open, which I think could be the case as well and plan on replacing it. But I just wanted to understand better what is considered normal for the 360.

How long does it take the 360 to fully warm up?

What are your normal operating temps for coolant and oil while driving?

I want to get a better idea on the baseline normal so I can compare once the thermostat is taken care of.

Thanks all

 

I would tend to agree with Flash. Although it seems like it takes ages (especially on cold mornings), you should be up to temp in about 10-15 minutes of driving at most. Less time in warm weather of course.

 

Right, I'm curious what the normal temps are under driving and when idling.

 

That sounds right

 

Hmmm.. so your 360 takes that long to warm up too?

 

I think he meant the temps sounded right, not the time.

 

Got it, so when driving 170F for Coolant and Oil is normal and when idling coolant is expected to hike to 210F? So my main issue is just the long warm-up?

 

Absolutely not

 

Not sure what typical numbers are for temps on the 360, but an open thermostat is in line with a vehicle taking too long to get to temp.

 

This is why I am looking to find the trend for whats considered the normal operating temps for the 360, I’ve come across mixed opinions online...

 

What temps do you get?

 

177 degrees or higher never lower once warmed up

From the manual ..

 

For coolant or oil?

 

Coolant ..oil will trail behind and take a lot longer to get up to temp
..but with heavy driving you can get into low 200s

 

What is the ambient temp? Mine takes 15-20 mins to get to 210 from only idling when it's 65-70 outside.

 

Its been 45-50 these days. I could be wrong, maybe a better test is for me to drive under 3500 rpm and start a timer to see how long it gets to 170 when light driving. It only gets to 210 when idling however.

 

45-50* ambient temperature is quite cold. It might be normal for your car to take a long time to warm up in those temps. I wouldn’t start tearing into it without trying again on a warmer day.

 

Sounds good, I'll give it another shot on a warmer day and time it carefully

 

On a warmish day, 32°c plus my 360 will warm up to 75-85°c in under 10 minutes idling, the oil takes longer, it will go to 70°c while driving slowly for 5-10 mins, normal driving coolant won't go over 90°c and oil will stay 70-85°c, on cooler days, 20-27°c, it takes a few extra minutes to warm up and while driving coolant sits 75-90°c and oil stays at 70°c

 

The tempratures you describe on cooler days seem to be in line with what I'm getting while driving except it's way colder where I'm at with my coolant at 170F (76.7C) and oil also at about 170F(76.7C) so warmer than what you're getting. My coolant however only spikes up to 210F (98.9C) when idling so if I take that into account I think my car is behaving similar to yours in terms of temps.

 

I took this picture today just for your post. This is me after 10 - 15 miles of casual driving. Takes that long to really get up to temp I feel. This is then about where it stays unless I am in traffic/parked, or if I am playing in the 4,000+ rpm range for a while.

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Collegeboy has the correct benchmark. Thanks

 

who idles there car for 40-50 minutes? or even 15-20? I don't think you should just idle that long. get in and drive nicely for 10-15 minutes. should be fully up to temp and ready to drive like you stole it. Maybe I am just not a believer in idleing too long.

 

You are correct .warm car up for as long as it takes to put seat belts on and adjust mirrors .. the idle should settle down and you'll be ready to go

 

I don't normally let my car idle for that long, I just did a transmission oil change and engine oil change and both times I had to keep the car running for a while to measure oil levels, otherwise I normally switch it on and drive it under 3000 RPM till it warms up.