Hi all-checking our oil level today but seems way low-don't know where its gone to be honest -no pools on drive-but should there be a dash warning for low oil level?-thanks

Nope no low oil warning
I've suffered at the hand of this both on my current 2012 and a 2007 grande
Basically you have to check your oil regularly at least monthly but ideally weekly as the fiat engine uses a fair amount of oil (it is documented in owners manual) something like 100ml per 1000 miles cant remember exactly.
Ironically on a previous car i had between my 2 puntos (non fiat ) that engine never used a drop of oil in the 4 years i had it.

andysat said:

Hi all-checking our oil level today but seems way low-don't know where its gone to be honest -no pools on drive-but should there be a dash warning for low oil level?-thanks

Click to expand...

what engine..??

the lego-tech dipstick is awkward to gauge..

must admit I've had oil-tight engines,
only an old Strada engine ( from a scrapyard) was bad.. 1 out of 35 aint bad,


the oil light would flicker / come on if the oil was so low it didn't circulate


so - how many miles since it was last checked..? and sudden increase in consumption wants investigating.

charlie

Checked monthly -but I thought the manual says oil level low will throw a dash light up?

andysat said:

Checked monthly -but I thought the manual says oil level low will throw a dash light up?

Click to expand...

VERY low..

So you mean it would come on if it was very low??

The oil pressure light can come on because of very low oil level, but you should not use that as a subsitute for regular checks of the oil level. For Fiats that do have a low level warning, it normally looks like a dipstick (actually looks more like an injector or syringe on a Croma). Even this is a warning and not something you should wait for before topping up.

Robert G8RPI.

andysat said:

So you mean it would come on if it was very low??

Click to expand...

Yes...like I said in the post where I asked you which engine we are discussing...