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

 

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

 

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

 

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?

 

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?

 

For coolant or oil?

 

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.

 

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

 

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 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.