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arthur chambers (Art355)
Junior Member
Username: Art355
Post Number: 218
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:07 pm: | |
1996 355tb. 2 quarter in 9k miles. No leaks. Mobil 1 oil. |
Louis Bevilacqua (Toby91)
New member
Username: Toby91
Post Number: 5
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 7:49 am: | |
On my cars and I would think on most without a special problem, oil consumption is much more closely related to time at high rpm rather than simply miles. On my 60000 mile 328 I use 1 qt per 1500 miles or so on the street and 2-3 qts of Red Line on a typical track weekend at Lime Rock or the Glen where I see 7-8000 rpm many times every lap. Same on my 512TR where 2 qts on a track weekend at Moroso or Sebring is typical and very little usage off the track. |
Noelrp (Noelrp)
New member
Username: Noelrp
Post Number: 27
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 2:40 pm: | |
This is a very good survey.
With my '92 348SS with 21.4k miles, no oil leak and no engine rebuild. Oil consumption is about 1 quart/1000 miles using Shell synthetic-blend oil. I since switched to Mobil 1 but I havent driven the car enough to notice the difference.
-n |
Mark C. Gordon (Markg)
Junior Member
Username: Markg
Post Number: 120
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 2:07 pm: | |
'82 GTSi - drove from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas, via Utah 70 to 15 enroute and I40 to I25 back; added 3 quarts on entire trip. I am doing this road trip again in June! |
Michael N. (Man90tr)
Member
Username: Man90tr
Post Number: 465
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 8:41 am: | |
90 TR, Drove 9,000 miles last year, use natural 15W50 -- 1 qt every 1,450 miles and that includes many trips to 6500+ rpms in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear. |
Dr. George Petito (Doc18015)
New member
Username: Doc18015
Post Number: 18
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 8:29 am: | |
Ben: 87 TR, 12 cyl, 23k, no mods, fossil oil Castrol 20-50, no leaks, uses approx. 1 quart every 1800 miles. Next oil change will go over to Castrol Synthetic/Mobil 1. There are too many good reasons not to switch. George |
Robert Davis (H2oquick)
New member
Username: H2oquick
Post Number: 47
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 4:10 pm: | |
82 308gtbi euro...1qt at 650 miles...using Castrol 20-50. Slight oil drip from around pan. Thinking on changing to Mobil 1 which I use in everything else.(after I change pan gasket) Changed the gearbox with it and man does my car shift ohhhh so sweeeet. A very noticeable difference from conventional gearoil, right off the bat. Woops changing subject...sorry |
magoo (Magoo)
Intermediate Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 1905
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 9:03 pm: | |
Manual says 1 qt. every 600 miles. I don't put that many miles on her but I haven't noticed any. No leaks. |
BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1607
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 8:36 pm: | |
At the end (before pulling it all apart) it was a total loss oil system, well not quite. At the end (when it was leaking oil enough to be noticeable) it was probably loosing close to the Ferrari 1 quart for 600 miles. When I got it though, I was probably close to 1000 miles a quart. I'm not really sure cause I topped it off every couple of weaks. I always had oil leaks though so I don't think it was really burning oil as much as just making it's way out of the seals, which got progressively worse over the 10K miles I did last year. |
Steve (Steve)
Junior Member
Username: Steve
Post Number: 99
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 8:13 pm: | |
77 308 GTB stock with 40k on the car "0" oil burn for 3000 mile oil change. Use Valvoline racing 20-50. |
tCoupe (Allen)
New member
Username: Allen
Post Number: 33
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 8:03 pm: | |
1989 Mondial t Coupe, 3.4 liter/8cyl. All original, no mods or rebuilds. 25,700mi uses 1/2 quart every 5-700miles. Using SWEPCO 15-40 |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 558
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 7:45 pm: | |
1994 348 Spider. 16,000 miles on the clock. I use Castrol-R 10w60 synthetic. Uses about a liter every 1500 miles or so. And I rev it to red line to shift more than half the time. |
Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
New member
Username: Ulf308qv
Post Number: 29
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 7:34 pm: | |
85 308QV, 43k (69'000km) no mods/rebuilds, Mobil 1, no leaks, 1q (1l) per 2,500 miles (4'000km)/year./Ulf |
martin J weiner,M.D. (Mw360)
Member
Username: Mw360
Post Number: 325
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 5:09 pm: | |
'99 360 8k mi change the oil and filter every 3k mi-no oil burned-took 10 qts each time.First change dealer insisted on using Shell Helix.Last time F tech in a non-dealership facility used BMW synthetic (1/2 price of shell helix) |
Dave328GTB (Hardtop)
New member
Username: Hardtop
Post Number: 13
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 5:04 pm: | |
Here is my experience on 4 cars. 84 & 85 308's 87 328 and 94 348. None used any appreciable amount between changes (about 3000 miles). Always used mineral oils but just changeing to Mobil 1 now and don't know if there will be a difference. The 348 had miles from 1K to 16K. The others were 30-40K. All stock original.
Dave |
TomD (Tifosi)
Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 296
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 12:46 pm: | |
my manual says it should consume one quart every 600 miles. I go through about a quart every 1k miles with syn oil |
Richelson (Richelson)
Member
Username: Richelson
Post Number: 406
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 12:09 pm: | |
About 1 quart every 3,000 miles. I think that is common. I would find it hard to believe a Ferrari won't consume some oil. |
Ben Lobenstein 90 TR (Benjet)
Member
Username: Benjet
Post Number: 474
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 11:35 am: | |
I'm curious how much oil eveyone's Ferrari engine consumes. I think this should prove to be very interesting.
Please give year, model/engine, mileage on car, engine mods or rebuilds, Dino or synthetic oil, noticable oil leaks?, and amount of oil used over last miles/time.
I'll begin...
90 TR, 5 liter/12 cyl, 36k on the clock, no mods or rebuilds, Natural oil, NO OIL LEAKS, used approx. 1 quart/liter over the last 2,500 miles/1 year.
-Ben
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