Shminkypinky
Member
Hi All,
Could do with a bit of advice on my 2002 1.6 Dynamic Stilo.
It runs fine (touches wood) and I have no major probs (touches wood again).
I have no oil leaks and no smoke from exhaust.
However I have noticed that as my car has got older it seems to be using alot more oil that it did from new.
I probably top my oil up about a 1 litre per month (about 800-1000miles) I know FIAT say this is perfectly normal but I find it a bit annoying/expensive.
I used FIAT dealers in the past for servicing who always used Castrol GTX magnatec 10W40 - however towards the end of my warrantly the consumption was up to 1 litre so I seeked advice from an independant who advised to go back to a normal non synthetic oil which will build up more Carbon and stop the oil consumption (apparntly VW and Skoda were doing this as customers had complained on high oil consumption). This however does not seem to have solved the problem - if anything it uses a little bit more (at least its cheaper)
So I am wondering what everyone elses Oil consumption on the 1.6 is like and what oil thay are using and any recommendations.
I wish to select an oil and have oil/filter change ASAP so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I keep reading about this Selenia 20K - is it really worth changing to as it will be hard to keep buying to continually top up as I do. (ebay - £35)
I know there is a (many) thread(s) on this but I didn't want to hijack - I hope I haven't broken any rules.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Could do with a bit of advice on my 2002 1.6 Dynamic Stilo.
It runs fine (touches wood) and I have no major probs (touches wood again).
I have no oil leaks and no smoke from exhaust.
However I have noticed that as my car has got older it seems to be using alot more oil that it did from new.
I probably top my oil up about a 1 litre per month (about 800-1000miles) I know FIAT say this is perfectly normal but I find it a bit annoying/expensive.
I used FIAT dealers in the past for servicing who always used Castrol GTX magnatec 10W40 - however towards the end of my warrantly the consumption was up to 1 litre so I seeked advice from an independant who advised to go back to a normal non synthetic oil which will build up more Carbon and stop the oil consumption (apparntly VW and Skoda were doing this as customers had complained on high oil consumption). This however does not seem to have solved the problem - if anything it uses a little bit more (at least its cheaper)
So I am wondering what everyone elses Oil consumption on the 1.6 is like and what oil thay are using and any recommendations.
I wish to select an oil and have oil/filter change ASAP so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I keep reading about this Selenia 20K - is it really worth changing to as it will be hard to keep buying to continually top up as I do. (ebay - £35)
I know there is a (many) thread(s) on this but I didn't want to hijack - I hope I haven't broken any rules.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance