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Modern synthetics are way too thin for lupo engines bearing clearences, If you're going to use a non diesel oil you will need to change it much more often as diesel leaves more cobustions products in the oil Always worth putting in a pressure guage in these sitiuations.then you can check operation of the sensors and cold and hot pressures per the specs

To whoever has starting problems on their automatic Arosas: I was having intermittent starting problems, my local garage couldn't find the fault, so I got the inhibitor changed in the hope it would help, but no. The starter motor followed but didn't help at all, in fact the starting issues seemed to get worse. A chap who owns a garage/workshop a few miles away was recommended as being good at his job, reliable and cheap, so we took my Arosa to the 'hospital' once again on a last ditch attempt to sort it out once and for all. Dropped it off first thing in the morning and got a call a couple of hours later saying that the car was ready. All it took was an alan key, some WD40 and £20! The reason was that the button you press on the gear lever to put the car in drive or park etc, wasn't springing out properly, even if it seemed to spring out, it only took half a centimeter and the car wouldn't start. The WD40 took care of that. That can be done at home, you take off the lever's plastic handle with the alan key, spray with WD40 and replace the handle. My Arosa's been starting perfectly ever since (that was 2 months ago)... A bit long-winded but hope it will help.