Jacopo > wrote:

> It's normal that Twin Spark engines use a little bit more oil than others,
> however, if the oil usage is very high try to use a more dense oil. A friend
> of mine, which has the 147 Selespeed had the same problem; he resolved by
> filling Bardahl XTC C60 instead of the standard Selenia. I use Bardahl too
> (BM7) and, in 32k miles a drop of oil wasn't burned at all.

Selenia is as weak as British lager ;-)

I tried it in my 33 16v and it literally ****ed it out the exhaust.
Switched to a bog-standard Castrol Magnatec and all was fine.
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