500 Hello Friends! I bought my first 500 TA I have questions about service.

[Twinair 1]

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[varesecrazy]

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Hi, If you want MOTOR service

Look in the various forum GUIDES

PANDA, 500 and Punto 2012+ all use that motor

Twinair OilChange

Basics of a TA oilchange

www.fiatforum.com

 

[steveras57]

DONT skimp on oil or intervals on a twin air or you will be sorry! use a good quality right spec oil and change it more frequently than recommended!
Lots of horror storys on here when things have gone wrong! multi air unit must be maintained properly or all sorts of problem show up usually around the 50k miles mark- but many have issues much sooner!

 

[Twinair 1]

DONT skimp on oil or intervals on a twin air or you will be sorry! use a good quality right spec oil and change it more frequently than recommended!
Lots of horror storys on here when things have gone wrong! multi air unit must be maintained properly or all sorts of problem show up usually around the 50k miles mark- but many have issues much sooner!

Evening Steve! Thank you for your attention. The thing is I imported 2018 TA 85HP from Japan, it has no service records. It looks quite well maintained. 116000 KM on the clock. The thing is when I was looking for the oil specs I found that facelift version 500 are Euro 6 and take 0W30 but when I went to official Fiat dealer's service center THEY INSISTED that it's Euro 5 and put 5W40 Selenia. I'm really confused, TA engine Fiats were never sold in my country and I'm not sure if I can trust Fiat people at all. What else would you recommend as preemtive maintenance to look out for other than obvious Air filter, Interior filter, Spark plugs. Is there anything weird I need to change that I'm not used to in other cars. I'd rather spend money avoiding later problems rather than everything going to hell and none of the mechanics in my country knowing what to do with TA engine most of local mechanics who work on fiats told me they won't touch TA.

 

[varesecrazy]

Evening Steve! Thank you for your attention. The thing is I imported 2018 TA 85HP from Japan, it has no service records. It looks quite well maintained. 116000 KM on the clock. The thing is when I was looking for the oil specs I found that facelift version 500 are Euro 6 and take 0W30 but when I went to official Fiat dealer's service center THEY INSISTED that it's Euro 5 and put 5W40 Selenia. I'm really confused, TA engine Fiats were never sold in my country and I'm not sure if I can trust Fiat people at all. What else would you recommend as preemtive maintenance to look out for other than obvious Air filter, Interior filter, Spark plugs. Is there anything weird I need to change that I'm not used to in other cars. I'd rather spend money avoiding later problems rather than everything going to hell and none of the mechanics in my country knowing what to do with TA engine most of local mechanics who work on fiats told me they won't touch TA.

Hi again

TAKE a photo of the ECU, that will be a big clue

2018 IS NEW.. But 500 TAs started in 2011
Euro6 didn't start until 2013 in WesternEurope