Maybe someone put some 5W-20 in it.
Ferrari 812 Superfast Oil Consumption
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You cut the underbody panel in half on a $350,000 Ferrari so you could tighten a radiator hose instead of sending it to the dealer under warranty? Really? Did you ever think about how much that will devalue the car when you sell it?
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Give it 10000+ miles to break in
Shell and Pennzoil could possible be the same oil. Years ago, I vaguely remember some of the datasheets and MSDS's being identical.
How aggressive is the compression braking?
Its burning oil..... faulty crankcase ventilation or the rings and valveguides or loosely spec'd
Right here... you can see the overly thin and excessively low tension piston rings
Honda/Yamaha make some pretty high rpm engines with similar hp per cc. Maybe they could help with the R&D over at Ferrari? How long will the catalytic last?
Is it GDI only? Might be time to get use to regular CRC GDI cleaning spray.
Any oil consumption should just be treated as upper cylinder and valve lube.... from the factory
Hit the BWM dealer for some 10w60 for top offs.
Shell and Pennzoil could possible be the same oil. Years ago, I vaguely remember some of the datasheets and MSDS's being identical.
How aggressive is the compression braking?
Its burning oil..... faulty crankcase ventilation or the rings and valveguides or loosely spec'd
Right here... you can see the overly thin and excessively low tension piston rings
Honda/Yamaha make some pretty high rpm engines with similar hp per cc. Maybe they could help with the R&D over at Ferrari? How long will the catalytic last?
Is it GDI only? Might be time to get use to regular CRC GDI cleaning spray.
Any oil consumption should just be treated as upper cylinder and valve lube.... from the factory
Hit the BWM dealer for some 10w60 for top offs.
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Introducing the new Ferrari with the all new two-stroke V12!! 
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How about some Nulon 40W70 that they make and advertise for oil burners.
There is the fact that it's working as designed...
You're using more oil in a new Ferrari than I was in a Ford 4 cylinder after 518K miles. If I had a car that was using 2 quarts of oil in 500 miles I'd think it was ready for the scrap yard. I've had a few oil burners over the years but never one that used this much oil. I guess someone who can afford to drive a Ferrari can afford the cost of this much high quality oil but it would soon break me and 14 quarts for an oil change, no thanks. $60 worth of oil + filter for a do it yourself oil change, to rich for my blood. I don't know enough about high performance, high HP engines to even make any suggestions. If I had this amount of money invested in a car and it was using this amount of oil I'd be having a heart to heart discussion with the manufacturer and would assure them if something wasn't done about it they wouldn't be selling me another vehicle.
many manufacturers have the standard 1 quart/1000mi “cover our ***” guidelines for normal cars
you’d have to get an honest response from the factory if it actually chugs that much oil by design, given that some cars don’t seem to be having that problem
Wow ... the owner's manual actually says 3 qts in 1,000 miles is normal? You're at 4 qts in 1,000 miles, so worse than the stipulated max. What would Ferrari do if it never gets any better?
Hopefully it doesn’t run away...Introducing the new Ferrari with the all new two-stroke V12!!
That is what historically was normal and in very european manual.. 1l/1000 km which works out to 3 quarts per 1000 miles. But cars usually don't get there, or even have visible consumption.
It's not the usual engine, either. We are talking about a V12 that can turn 9000 rpm. Low tension rings, lots of valve stem seals, that sonorous high RPM V12 sound...
Sweet ride Mr. Haas. How does it compare to the other exotic cars you've owned?
Sweet ride Mr. Haas. How does it compare to the other exotic cars you've owned?
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The better the base stock, the more resistant to oxidation it is, so it burns worse than a simple Group I base oil & will likely result in more deposits, not less.
When did 1 liter work out to 3 quarts ??
read it again
it doesn't, I haven't had my morning coffee yet.
but it's all a bit mood, as the manual actually states a minimum oil consumption of 1l/1000 km...
Doh ... yeah. But still 1,000 km is 621 miles ... so it's basically 3 qts per 1,836 miles, not 1,000 miles.read it again
And the first post said "These cars have been out for 3 years and it seems many are reporting up to 3 quarts of oil usage per 1,000 miles. This is “normal” according to the owners manual." 1,000 miles, not 1,000 km.
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