General What Oil Should I use?
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General What Oil Should I use?
I am going to check the oil level in my 1.2 Lounge at weekend, what oil should I be putting in
Suzey, Hopefully you won't need any oil but the recommendation from the Fiat handbook is;
FLUIDS AND LUBRICANTS
RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
Use Fluid and lubricant specifications Recommended Change
for correct car operation fluids and lubricants intervals
Lubricants for
petrol engines
Use Fluid and lubricant specifications Recommended Change
for correct car operation fluids and lubricants intervals
Lubricants for
petrol engines
SELENIA K P.E.
Lubricants with synthetic base SAE 5W-40 ACEA C3. Qualification
FIAT 9.55535-S2.
Don't forget to allow time for oil to drain back into sump if you have driven it and make sure you are on level ground.
I am going to check the oil level in my 1.2 Lounge at weekend, what oil should I be putting in
Suzey you checked it before
Make it sound like its a big thing. You do check it weekly don't you
Poor old Tony, age isn't on his side. Gets easily confused.
Gets easily confused.
Ooops! Sorry Sarah
Poor old Tony, age isn't on his side.
:yeahthat: It'll happen to you one day Kev.
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weekly oil checks, lol
I checked my oil level for the first time in approx. 6 months last weekend and the very next time I started the car, it was moaning about needing an oil change. Once it knows you can open the bonnet....
I checked my oil level for the first time in approx. 6 months last weekend and the very next time I started the car, it was moaning about needing an oil change. Once it knows you can open the bonnet....
Sure you can get Selenia oils from
Opie Oils online.
Opie Oils online.
Don't worry Tony, it already has!Ooops! Sorry Sarah
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well I checked the oil yesterday and it was about half way between min and max so not bad - I gave it a little bit more to show I love it
Also put more air in the tyres and never checked those either lol
You are a very bad person! At least your car will think so and re-pay you by eating tyres and having early engine wear Seriously... check tyres, oil and coolant at least every weekend... it will save you pain and money in the end..
well I checked the oil yesterday and it was about half way between min and max so not bad - I gave it a little bit more to show I love it
Also put more air in the tyres and never checked those either lol
Seriously... check tyres, oil and coolant at least every weekend... it will save you pain and money in the end..
:yeahthat: and dodgy tyres inc pressures can land you £60 fine and 3 points a tyre!
:yeahthat: and dodgy tyres inc pressures can land you £60 fine and 3 points a tyre!
omg I didn't know that - is that really true? I'll have to check them weekly now
I got a kit of the Fiat recommended (as in manual) oil, brake fluid and coolant from my Fiat dealer in smallish bottles and it cost about £25. Worth having them to hand incase you need them
I hope you mean coolant. Water will rust the insides of your 500's engine nicelyI've got a bottle of oil in the boot and a bottle of water ready for whenever I need it
You should always use distilled/de-ionised water if you're mixing your own coolant.
omg I didn't know that - is that really true? I'll have to check them weekly now
Yea, hence why I warned you. Can't afford you to get done on all four tyres and face £240 fine and loss of license!
I hope you mean coolant. Water will rust the insides of your 500's engine nicely
Really
I've just used tap water when mixing coolant during a coolant change in my 10L barrel.
Yea, hence why I warned you. Can't afford you to get done on all four tyres and face £240 fine and loss of license!
Really
I've just used tap water when mixing coolant during a coolant change in my 10L barrel.
Well it's one of those things that people will disagree with but basically tap water will reduce the effectiveness of the anti-freeze as well as leaving deposits in your cooling system and corroding it as well.
Loads of people will swear by tap water and say that it's absolutely fine though.
I'm amazed that people don't check things more often. Tbh I don't check tyre pressures all that often because I'm forever looking at tyres and it's easy to notice any big changes in pressure just from looking though I do check the pressures every month or so and tbh when a tyre is new and the rim is in good shape there's not much point in checking pressures weekly.
