Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum but I have been reading some posts for the last weeks.
My dad owns a 2012 land rover defender 130 (I live in belgium, but don't mind ordering from UK sites).
We are disapointed in our local dealership as they charge hundreds of euro's for an oil and filter change.
And didn't even bother to check the oil level when we brought the car in for a 1700 euro maintenace.
Since then we have been looking into changing the fluids and filters ourselves but I have a couple of questions.
My dad and I have never done this so I am not sure where to get the right parts. We don't mind paying 90 quid for a genuine service kit so cost isn't really the issue.
I am just wondering where should I get the kit? I have looked at Craddock, LRdirect, bearmach and don't know where to buy.
So I have 3 questions:
-I know this is subjective but what is the best place to get a GENUINE service kit? (oil, fuel, cabin air filter....)
-And I have read the wikipedia page but would like some confirmation since I have never done this.
They've made land rovers for a very long time and there are many engines and variants. But is the 2012 model also know as the Puma? And does that have the 2.2 (Ford duratorq?) tdci? Or have I scrambled information?
-I'll just buy the oil type they state in the manual from a normal brand (like castrol?). Or is the oil spec not the only thing I should pay attention to? (Could the dealer have been using natural or synthetic and would this create problems if i use the other type.)
I don't know too much about the maintenance history since the dealer has a shiny floor and expensive couches but doesn't really do much.
This might seem like a stupid question to the land rover veterans but I am new to this.
Thanks in advance!
I am new to this forum but I have been reading some posts for the last weeks.
My dad owns a 2012 land rover defender 130 (I live in belgium, but don't mind ordering from UK sites).
We are disapointed in our local dealership as they charge hundreds of euro's for an oil and filter change.
And didn't even bother to check the oil level when we brought the car in for a 1700 euro maintenace.
Since then we have been looking into changing the fluids and filters ourselves but I have a couple of questions.
My dad and I have never done this so I am not sure where to get the right parts. We don't mind paying 90 quid for a genuine service kit so cost isn't really the issue.
I am just wondering where should I get the kit? I have looked at Craddock, LRdirect, bearmach and don't know where to buy.
So I have 3 questions:
-I know this is subjective but what is the best place to get a GENUINE service kit? (oil, fuel, cabin air filter....)
-And I have read the wikipedia page but would like some confirmation since I have never done this.
They've made land rovers for a very long time and there are many engines and variants. But is the 2012 model also know as the Puma? And does that have the 2.2 (Ford duratorq?) tdci? Or have I scrambled information?
-I'll just buy the oil type they state in the manual from a normal brand (like castrol?). Or is the oil spec not the only thing I should pay attention to? (Could the dealer have been using natural or synthetic and would this create problems if i use the other type.)
I don't know too much about the maintenance history since the dealer has a shiny floor and expensive couches but doesn't really do much.
This might seem like a stupid question to the land rover veterans but I am new to this.
Thanks in advance!