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john roberts (Jr328gtb)
New member
Username: Jr328gtb
Post Number: 29
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 9:31 am: | |
mine (1989 GTB) doesn't burn or leak oil...and it stays pretty clean. I just spent the last 4 days driving about 800 miles through northeast and the oil looks brand new |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 2453
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 9:21 am: | |
My Boxer burns very little oil,less than a quart in 1k miles. The manual indicates that a quart in 300 miles is normal though. |
Philip Airey (Pma1010)
Member
Username: Pma1010
Post Number: 280
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 9:07 am: | |
Remember the GTSi (2-valve) had a lot of oil burning issues (due to the guides as I recall). This was true, even from new
Philip |
Ken (Allyn)
Member
Username: Allyn
Post Number: 984
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 7:33 am: | |
No engine *should* burn oil. That's not how they're designed. Ferrari engines have a reputation as burners and leakers because a quart of oil is cheap and rebuilding a Ferrari engine is frequently too expensive to make sense. |
David Edward Carden (Dacycar)
New member
Username: Dacycar
Post Number: 4
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 11:43 pm: | |
I too have never had a problem with oil on my 88 328GTS, it also stays clean like others have mentioned. Gets changed every 2500kms |
Todd Gieger (Todd328gts)
Member
Username: Todd328gts
Post Number: 468
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 10:08 pm: | |
I have never noticed any depletion of oil either |
Russ F (Russf)
Junior Member
Username: Russf
Post Number: 132
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 9:39 pm: | |
Mike. I cancelled AOL and forgot to update my profile which has been done. Have tried to send you a message to your FCA addres but just get back error messages. I will try to call you at a reasonable hour. I am in the West-3 hours behind you I believe. |
Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member
Username: Mcharness
Post Number: 619
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 8:48 pm: | |
(offtopic) Russ, I got your email regarding Leather Dye, and tried to email you back, but AOL reported that the mailbox was invalid. You can email me directly through our FCA website at
www.fca-se.org or call me at the number there.
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Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Intermediate Member
Username: 4re_gt4
Post Number: 1486
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 7:41 pm: | |
When I first got my 'garage queen' 75 308GT4 (13K miles), it burned about 1 qt in 400 miles. Then it was 800 miles. Then 1200. Now it burns little/none in the 2500 between oil changes.
Go figure. |
Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Junior Member
Username: Arizonaguy
Post Number: 222
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 6:12 pm: | |
Since you put 3K miles on it I think its time for an oil change....Every 3K miles or 3 months. What part of Arizona are you at? |
Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 1009
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 5:45 pm: | |
Ditto. My '87 burns very little oil, and it stays very clean, as well. |
david handa (Davehanda)
Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 977
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 4:24 pm: | |
My 78 308 GTS burned a quart in about 2k miles, my current 87 328 burns a quart in about 1300 miles. |
Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
Member
Username: Craigfl
Post Number: 614
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 3:34 pm: | |
Mine is the same. |
John Striegel (John328)
New member
Username: John328
Post Number: 22
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 3:30 pm: | |
I have a 87 328 GTS and it burns almost no oil, I think this is a god thing. I had a 78 308 GTS and it burn 1/2 qt every 3,000. miles. Having had both cars I am very happy with the 328, great car.
John |
Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator
Username: Rob328gts
Post Number: 5280
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 3:07 pm: | |
I don't have hardly any oil consumption. |
Russ F (Russf)
Junior Member
Username: Russf
Post Number: 131
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 2:56 pm: | |
When I bought my 88 328 last year it had had the oil changed by Ferrari of Scottsdale pursuant to a 30K service. They did the PPI and said that they put special racing oil in the car during the 30K service.
I have now put about 3k miles on the car and it does not appear to have burned any oil and the oil on the dipstick is very clean. Is such low oil consumption normal? I beleive that the car was well cared for by the previous owners from the receipts and have no reason tobelieve that it was ever tracked. |