JayCoops500
New member
Hi everyone 
I'm new to the Fiat Forum, but it has been something that I've needed to join (why not sooner?) Well I'm here now and happy to share any stories, advice and just general chit-chat about Fiat 500.
So I'm an owner of a Fiat 500 Twinair Plus which as Fiat market these cars as #everydayfun - it sure is! It's not so good long distance, on the M-ways, but it's a lot of fun for short journey's and running around the cities. The amazing feature I like about them, is how cheap they are to run, not only insurance but petrol and such things.
I just wanted to introduce myself and hopefully help out any of you too.
As I mentioned before that I may have an issue here, just a few days ago I was happily driving towards my local supermarket and I took the eco mode off and I went to put my foot down and accelerate and it was very slow to push off, and then power fed through, then juddered again, and never really got going. so that concerned me. I went to check the oil levels once I'd let the engine cool down and added some more oil in - forgive me if this was a school boy error, but i checked the oil that i had reserved and it was a 5w 40 Sainsbury's edition and put about 300ml in to top the oil level. The car seemed to be running fine in Eco mode. a few days later I went to buy Castrol 5w-40 and then added some more oil in a few days after so that the engine is completely topped up (not over flowing by any means)
Then yesterday, It happened again,almost back-firing but this time the engine light came on, the orange warning triangle came on and because of this then the stop/start was unavailable. So to sum it up when I drive eco everything seems to be fine, I take eco off and then something is not quite right....
Is it my error of adding the oil? or is it deeper than this? I would appreciate your feedback guys
I'm new to the Fiat Forum, but it has been something that I've needed to join (why not sooner?) Well I'm here now and happy to share any stories, advice and just general chit-chat about Fiat 500.
So I'm an owner of a Fiat 500 Twinair Plus which as Fiat market these cars as #everydayfun - it sure is! It's not so good long distance, on the M-ways, but it's a lot of fun for short journey's and running around the cities. The amazing feature I like about them, is how cheap they are to run, not only insurance but petrol and such things.
I just wanted to introduce myself and hopefully help out any of you too.
As I mentioned before that I may have an issue here, just a few days ago I was happily driving towards my local supermarket and I took the eco mode off and I went to put my foot down and accelerate and it was very slow to push off, and then power fed through, then juddered again, and never really got going. so that concerned me. I went to check the oil levels once I'd let the engine cool down and added some more oil in - forgive me if this was a school boy error, but i checked the oil that i had reserved and it was a 5w 40 Sainsbury's edition and put about 300ml in to top the oil level. The car seemed to be running fine in Eco mode. a few days later I went to buy Castrol 5w-40 and then added some more oil in a few days after so that the engine is completely topped up (not over flowing by any means)
Then yesterday, It happened again,almost back-firing but this time the engine light came on, the orange warning triangle came on and because of this then the stop/start was unavailable. So to sum it up when I drive eco everything seems to be fine, I take eco off and then something is not quite right....
Is it my error of adding the oil? or is it deeper than this? I would appreciate your feedback guys
