Thank you for this. My mechanic charged me 240 for my first oil change. I did have to go to 5 different parts stores to find the oil, plus a tool shop to buy car ramps and a nut driver - took me most of the day to get it done. Next time I know exactly where to go and should take me about an hour or less to complete.
Im italian had a lot of alfaromeo love them, but the way, selenia is not an extraordinary oil, i always change it with sheel or bardahl they are amzing just respect the specifics that you car requiee in the user manual! The acea aoecification and the graduation, thats it
Hey thanks for this! I just bought a used giulia and I was trying to find a dipstick to see what shape the oil is in haha. My car says the scheduled maintenance is expired. If I change the oil, will I still have to do all that stuff with the computer or can I just keep track of the miles?
Hey there so you reset it with the brake pedal. The way it works is simple you press your start button once without starting the car just in the accessories mode. Then press the brake pedal firmly 5 times fully down on the fifth press leave press for about 10 seconds that should reset it. Turn it back off and turn the engine on check for the reset light to be gone.
@@Indigo_travels_usa oh wow ok thanks. I don’t think there’s a light on though. When you go in to the maintenance menu, it just says scheduled maintenance expired. Is this the same thing?
Thanks for the tutorial! Looking to get a 2018 soon. I’m 19 years old, is this a good buy for long term? I will take care of it. My income is not consistent as I do college full time. Will I have problems with this car?
Honestly don’t do it. Very nice car but there is a lot of cars out there more reliable and easy to get parts from and cheaper as well specially if you are in college. Get a car that will give you reliability. You will give you more time to focus in college trust me.This car so far I have manage to do everything myself but there is very little to no information out there to DYI. I heard of people having issues with it and Alfa’s have a reputation of been electrically unreliable. I haven’t had any issues but I do my service before manual says is due I feel waiting for an oil change at 8k miles is nuts especially a turbo engine which consumes some oil. For now I’m stuck with it. I changed it from a Dodge Charger I had and it was in my opinion a mistake. BUT I love how it looks.
@@Indigo_travels_usa What sport sedans are reliable to you? Many people have said to me that the 2018 model does not have many issues, and that the only drawback is costy maintenance. You taught me in this video how to do an oil change so now I am eager to get one even more. I’m a bit in doubt now as I have been saving up for this car but don’t know if it will last me
@@-ChristianRF any car which you do regular maintenance and take good care of it will last you as long as you keep up your Mantainence and I recommend doing it before manufacture schedule. I don’t believe in long schedules for maintenance and all my cars have lasted over 180k miles. And people saying that oil is oil are wrong keep that in mind specially on this cars.
It’s a fun car but it has its issues. I got my 2018 Giulia when I was 19 too and thought I was ready but the issues are mostly electrical (dead batteries, start stop not working, head unit freezes). Those error codes go away after a day or two but pop up every so often. It’s a lot of fun but I always feel a little nervous since at any moment something could go wrong.
Yeah is frustrating but something to learn from. in the repair manual the mention some small dipstick that is on the bottom but I haven’t seen it yet. Weird
@@Indigo_travels_usa i think the new models have it specified in the manuals but im not sure. No diesel in the US? Its not that bad, Alfa isnt a diesel car anyway xD but aren't petrols more common in the US?
YOU ARE USING THE WRONG OIL, THERE ONLY 1 OIL THAT IS APPROVED AND THAT HAS THE SN PLUS AND THAT WILL PREVENT LOW SPEED PRE IGNITION (LSPI). IF YOU DO NOT USE THIS OIL NOT ONLY WILL YOU DAMAGE YOUR CARS ENGINE BUT YOUR WARRANTY IS VOID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE OIL IS MADE BY SHELL UNDER THE MOPAR MAX PRO 0W30
This oil is more than qualified for that car is under the specifications for this car which is the fiat specs. If we are talking about the original oil this car takes, it wouldn’t even be Mopar it would be selenia which is the oil this car comes with from factory. Look under the hood and you’ll see that none of the fluids are available in the USA. And shell does penzzoil and doesn’t void warranty because is under spec for fiat and Mopar and is SN Plus. This is the only oil apart from Mopar that can be use and won’t void warranty. The first oils changes if you did any at the dealership you’ll be surprise to find out that that Mopar oil was not fiat authorized because it was not under their spec. I know because my first oils change I asked for the oil specs at the dealer and to my surprise and theirs it was not under spec. Go on the forums and you’ll find a lot of information in regards to this. It’ll shock you. Now, if we talk about castrol or mobile one they are not under fiat specs and they will tell you not to use it on the Giulia or stelvio
Thank you for this. My mechanic charged me 240 for my first oil change. I did have to go to 5 different parts stores to find the oil, plus a tool shop to buy car ramps and a nut driver - took me most of the day to get it done. Next time I know exactly where to go and should take me about an hour or less to complete.
Great tutorial.
I ended up buying 4 quarts in one Advance Auto Parts and 2 in another.
Im italian had a lot of alfaromeo love them, but the way, selenia is not an extraordinary oil, i always change it with sheel or bardahl they are amzing just respect the specifics that you car requiee in the user manual! The acea aoecification and the graduation, thats it
Always love alfas they have something extraordinary an look nothing like other cars
Hey thanks for this! I just bought a used giulia and I was trying to find a dipstick to see what shape the oil is in haha. My car says the scheduled maintenance is expired. If I change the oil, will I still have to do all that stuff with the computer or can I just keep track of the miles?
Hey there so you reset it with the brake pedal. The way it works is simple you press your start button once without starting the car just in the accessories mode. Then press the brake pedal firmly 5 times fully down on the fifth press leave press for about 10 seconds that should reset it. Turn it back off and turn the engine on check for the reset light to be gone.
@@Indigo_travels_usa oh wow ok thanks. I don’t think there’s a light on though. When you go in to the maintenance menu, it just says scheduled maintenance expired. Is this the same thing?
It should be fine mine was. That’s just another way to deal people to the dealership
Thanks for the tutorial! Looking to get a 2018 soon. I’m 19 years old, is this a good buy for long term? I will take care of it. My income is not consistent as I do college full time. Will I have problems with this car?
Honestly don’t do it. Very nice car but there is a lot of cars out there more reliable and easy to get parts from and cheaper as well specially if you are in college. Get a car that will give you reliability. You will give you more time to focus in college trust me.This car so far I have manage to do everything myself but there is very little to no information out there to DYI. I heard of people having issues with it and Alfa’s have a reputation of been electrically unreliable. I haven’t had any issues but I do my service before manual says is due I feel waiting for an oil change at 8k miles is nuts especially a turbo engine which consumes some oil. For now I’m stuck with it. I changed it from a Dodge Charger I had and it was in my opinion a mistake. BUT I love how it looks.
@@Indigo_travels_usa What sport sedans are reliable to you? Many people have said to me that the 2018 model does not have many issues, and that the only drawback is costy maintenance. You taught me in this video how to do an oil change so now I am eager to get one even more. I’m a bit in doubt now as I have been saving up for this car but don’t know if it will last me
@@-ChristianRF any car which you do regular maintenance and take good care of it will last you as long as you keep up your Mantainence and I recommend doing it before manufacture schedule. I don’t believe in long schedules for maintenance and all my cars have lasted over 180k miles. And people saying that oil is oil are wrong keep that in mind specially on this cars.
It’s a fun car but it has its issues. I got my 2018 Giulia when I was 19 too and thought I was ready but the issues are mostly electrical (dead batteries, start stop not working, head unit freezes). Those error codes go away after a day or two but pop up every so often. It’s a lot of fun but I always feel a little nervous since at any moment something could go wrong.
@@thelaw3278 I heard some of that going on till now no problems with mine. 36558 miles and all good. The auto start I heard was a relay thing
Unfortunately a lot of modern cars dont have dipsticks anymore.
Yeah is frustrating but something to learn from. in the repair manual the mention some small dipstick that is on the bottom but I haven’t seen it yet. Weird
@@Indigo_travels_usa its for the diesel engine. They dont make seperate manuals for diesel and petrol.
@@DonViToCRLNE that would make sense thanks is weird it doesn’t specify I would have love these with a diesel in the USA
@@Indigo_travels_usa i think the new models have it specified in the manuals but im not sure. No diesel in the US? Its not that bad, Alfa isnt a diesel car anyway xD but aren't petrols more common in the US?
@@DonViToCRLNE yeah petrol only in the USA
No good...olio selenia foward 0/20 ,0/30
I know it should but Selenia is not available in the USA this is the closest thing
YOU ARE USING THE WRONG OIL, THERE ONLY 1 OIL THAT IS APPROVED AND THAT HAS THE SN PLUS AND THAT WILL PREVENT LOW SPEED PRE IGNITION (LSPI). IF YOU DO NOT USE THIS OIL NOT ONLY WILL YOU DAMAGE YOUR CARS ENGINE BUT YOUR WARRANTY IS VOID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE OIL IS MADE BY SHELL UNDER THE MOPAR MAX PRO 0W30
This oil is more than qualified for that car is under the specifications for this car which is the fiat specs. If we are talking about the original oil this car takes, it wouldn’t even be Mopar it would be selenia which is the oil this car comes with from factory. Look under the hood and you’ll see that none of the fluids are available in the USA. And shell does penzzoil and doesn’t void warranty because is under spec for fiat and Mopar and is SN Plus. This is the only oil apart from Mopar that can be use and won’t void warranty. The first oils changes if you did any at the dealership you’ll be surprise to find out that that Mopar oil was not fiat authorized because it was not under their spec. I know because my first oils change I asked for the oil specs at the dealer and to my surprise and theirs it was not under spec. Go on the forums and you’ll find a lot of information in regards to this. It’ll shock you. Now, if we talk about castrol or mobile one they are not under fiat specs and they will tell you not to use it on the Giulia or stelvio