dry or wet sump??

[BennyD]

well it was rob grimaldi that told me that the shell helix is to blame for the 3200 problems.....selenia is always used by him he said.....

Marios at Autoshield always uses Selenia in Maserati engines. Well, that's what they put in mine!

 

[conaero]

really- that's incredible!

Well, not really I suppose given the hidden technology elsewhere in the car, but that really impresses me- most dip sticks show a transient "measurement" area over a 1 litre section; the JTD must be electronically measuring over a much shallower depth which would give a decent early warning I would think...

If you say so o really have no idea as to how it works. I suppose they are addressing the 2 major issues from the GTV/156 - engines running dry and now the modern Alfas don't have belts I beleive neither, the were a right pain always snapping!

 

[ZAM400209]

a little known fact is that Selenia (a part of FIAT) is the ONLY lunricants producer owned by a manufacturer.

It's like Maserati are actually making their own oil...

 

[marcos]

a little known fact is that Selenia (a part of FIAT) is the ONLY lunricants producer owned by a manufacturer.

It's like Maserati are actually making their own oil...

Much like Seiko are the only watch manufacture to produce their own molybdenum grease lubricant as well

Porsche has an oil gauge which is spookily accurate, which is lucky as the manual check is hard to do as the oil is so clear you can hardly see it! Needs to be warm and at idle, and then it's spot on.

 

[NickP]

a little known fact is that Selenia (a part of FIAT) is the ONLY lunricants producer owned by a manufacturer.

It's like Maserati are actually making their own oil...

They are hardly likely to recommend you use a different manufacturer for oil in that case as its another revenue stream... I'm no expert but I have seen companys change allegiance in the oil company they recommend over the years, Ferrari with Shell for example.

New oils have come out in the last 12 years that are far superiour and probably better suited to the engine to that recommended for the 3200GT when it came out... Reading the Alfa forums it seems that the top complaint people have is the amount of Selenia oil the engine burns compared to other oils with similar viscocity/winter properties & additives.

 

[ZAM400209]

Hey Nick,

that's interesting; that despite the technology period when the 3200 engines were made, that there might be something better now than at the time.

How do you mean on the Alfa forums? Are people discussing 3200 engines or you mean the application of Selenia in Alfa engines?

What do you use now yourself...?

JimP

 

[Emtee]

Don't forget that as oils have developed over the past ten / twenty years, so have the engineering tolerances in engines. The GT is a perfect example with it's extended service schedule compared to the earlier models, much of which is down to very finely 'tuned' engineering. A modern oil might not be correct for an older car with different, and generally wider oil clearences.

 

[CK1]

So has anyone prepared to test the theory that there may be a more suitable oil for the 3200's than the Selenia?

CK1