Gallardo oil type/usage
Discussion
All,
My 2006 G spyder appears to be using a lot of oil. I know they are supposed to use about 1 litre per 1000 miles, however mine is using up to 3 litres per 1000 miles.
The Indy has recommended using Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 fully synthetic. However I’m wondering if that’s too thin.
Additional info: The engine has done 45k miles, its running a decat exhaust (so is running rich/is currently smoking a tad), and gets driven rather hard (hence maybe why I'm thinking a thicker oil).
I’d appreciate any advice particularly what oils people are using.
Many thanks,
BJ
My 2006 G spyder appears to be using a lot of oil. I know they are supposed to use about 1 litre per 1000 miles, however mine is using up to 3 litres per 1000 miles.
The Indy has recommended using Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 fully synthetic. However I’m wondering if that’s too thin.
Additional info: The engine has done 45k miles, its running a decat exhaust (so is running rich/is currently smoking a tad), and gets driven rather hard (hence maybe why I'm thinking a thicker oil).
I’d appreciate any advice particularly what oils people are using.
Many thanks,
BJ
I bought mine at a similar mileage four years ago and it was using a similar amount of oil. I switched to Mobil1 10w-60. Now, at 91,002 miles, it's using 4 litres per thousand miles, smokes a little when cold and goes like the clappers (frequently confirmed by the guys at Pangbourne when they road test it!!).
4321go said:
I bought mine at a similar mileage four years ago and it was using a similar amount of oil. I switched to Mobil1 10w-60. Now, at 91,002 miles, it's using 4 litres per thousand miles, smokes a little when cold and goes like the clappers (frequently confirmed by the guys at Pangbourne when they road test it!!).
Haven't a clue on the oil but 91k miles....Nice work Ok after a fair bit of research I have the following if anyones interested:
- The owners manual recommends 20w50 for sports driving (5w40 for normal driving)
- The US boys historically seem to be using this 20w50 and more recently 15w50
- I spoke to Opie Oils and now that there is a good quality 10w50 that is their reccomendation so you get more cold start protection (10) with the high end rag protection of the 50
- I ended up buying Fuchs titan race pro s 10w/50 ester fully sunthetic
- US boys cars are drinking a litre every 500 miles in spirited driving in hot weather
- These engines seem to consume more oil as mileage increases but are still supposed to be bullet proof engines
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
BJ
- The owners manual recommends 20w50 for sports driving (5w40 for normal driving)
- The US boys historically seem to be using this 20w50 and more recently 15w50
- I spoke to Opie Oils and now that there is a good quality 10w50 that is their reccomendation so you get more cold start protection (10) with the high end rag protection of the 50
- I ended up buying Fuchs titan race pro s 10w/50 ester fully sunthetic
- US boys cars are drinking a litre every 500 miles in spirited driving in hot weather
- These engines seem to consume more oil as mileage increases but are still supposed to be bullet proof engines
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
BJ
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