General Stilo Abarth losing oil

[bosske1]

Hi all, I have some questions about oil usage... I researched this forum quite a bit on this subject, and found out that oil usage is quite high with Abarths. Anyway, seems like my oil usage is much higher than that - I lost 3l of oil in 2000km.

So here are the things - when I got the car, I normally checked the oil level and all that, drove it for about 3000km, no problems, checked the level regularly, everything was fine...

After that, I changed the oil, the garage put in 5w-40 wr, that expensive oil, and after about 1000km I got an oil pressure level warning... I topped it up a bit, but after some time i got the warning again... Drove it to the garage, and they said that it missed about 3l of oil.. That is not normal, but i did not notice any marks of a leak, and while driving, the car acts great - drives nice, no problems whatsoever...

I am now quite worried, but the engine has done only 82 000km, so there should not be any problems with it - and it sounds good, no funny noises coming from it...

Does anyone have any advice on what to check or what it could be... I am going to take it to the garage, but would like to get some heads up before I do so...

 

[Yellow Peril]

Sounds to me like the garage didn't put enough oil in when they changed it. The Abarth is unusual by the standards of today's engines in needing almost 5 litres.

And to limit consumption, make sure you use a good quality fully synthetic oil...

 

[bosske1]

Ok, I decided to take it to the garage today, and will leave it there for a few days for examination... I am worried that the engine may be gone, but I would have noticed that, at least some signs - but it is working fine, accelerates great, I even went 230+km/h with it on the highway not so long ago... I think a problematic engine would not have done that...

 

[tenwierdufos]

the oil consumption really does depend on how well the car was run in and how your driving it..

on my 1.6 i can expect 1l for every 1000 miles, or if im driving it hard mabye as much as a litre per 700miles. :bang:

 

[Greggers]

The Abarth requires 4.7ltrs (including filter) of oil and I'd recommend using something like 10w60 to reduce consumption. Selenia say to use the Selenia Racing for the 2.4 which is a 10w60 (rather than the originally recommended 10w40). My consumption has dropped since switching to it from 10w40... apart from my minor leak that is

 

[bosske1]

Ok guys, thaks for the replies. I have taken it to the garage, will be there for a few days. Other then this issue, I did not have any real problems with it, except the ocs sensor, but that is a standard issue... I am really enjoying the car, and it is soooooo much fun to drive...

 

[dan-the-man]

normal useage for an Abarth is 1l every 1000 miles.

Yes the oil level dipstick in the 2.4 lump is stupid and I could never get a proper reading, I used 10w40 in my old one and it used about 1l every 1000 miles (I had a slight leak anyway)

10w60 seems very thick oil to be using in an Abarth though?

 

[Greggers]

It's what Selenia recommend for the 2.4 but I'll be honest, I think it's the reason why my tappets are noisier now and the fact that I couldn't hit the bhp I was expecting at Red-Dot.

Well, that's the excuse I'm sticking with anyway

I think I'm going to either go back to 10w40 or maybe a 5w40 or 5w50... don't know yet.

 

[Yellow Peril]

It's what Selenia recommend for the 2.4 but I'll be honest, I think it's the reason why my tappets are noisier now and the fact that I couldn't hit the bhp I was expecting at Red-Dot.

Well, that's the excuse I'm sticking with anyway

I think I'm going to either go back to 10w40 or maybe a 5w40 or 5w50... don't know yet.

No tappetts in the 2.4. Has hydraulic valve lifters...

 

[Greggers]

Potatoes, potatoes...

Sorry, I know they're hydraulic... I just keep calling them tappets because I'm old