time for a service.......which oil

yet another oil question, cant make up my mind after reading older posts which engine oil to use when i service it next week. its a td4 btw

hi fl2002 hope this helps 5/30 fully synthetic gives the best protection apparantly. costly though , i use 10/40 semi synthetic though lot cheaper may be not as good. sure the other guys will have a say on this tim

Ive used Millers oil in my cars for a long time ,never had any problems,

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depends on what you're doing with your service intervals. If you're sticking to the 12k, then fully synth is probably the way to go.

If you're doing them every 6k for oil changes, then it could probably take semi synth

I would use Millers and 10w/40, most oil companies state 5w/30 but i dont think you would notice/see a huge difference in either oil. as long as it meets the requirments/standards. Change it regulary but remember at the end of the day it isnt an F1 car...

Fake Elvis said:

I would use Millers and 10w/40, most oil companies state 5w/30 but i dont think you would notice/see a huge difference in either oil. as long as it meets the requirments/standards. Change it regulary but remember at the end of the day it isnt an F1 car...

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No, but it's still a precision engineered BMW unit with a turbo which can give trouble (albeit usually due to the crankcase breather) so it would be silly not to use the manufacturer recommended fully synthetic.

just as a matter of intrest what oil does bmw recommend ?

slippery oil

chromiumuk said:

No, but it's still a precision engineered BMW unit with a turbo which can give trouble (albeit usually due to the crankcase breather) so it would be silly not to use the manufacturer recommended fully synthetic.

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Agree wholeheartedly but LR recommend 10W/10 or 15W40 in the TD4 not whether it is fully or semi synthetic... Extract from RAVE below

Engine oil – Td4 engine
Use a 10W/40 or 15W/40 oil meeting both ACEA A3
and ACEA B3 specifications, and having a viscosity
band recommended for the temperature range of
your locality. Where oils to these Land Rover and
European specifications are not available, well
known brands of oils meeting API SH quality should
be used.
pts)

ok all sounds good, so quick couple of word answers......what oil do you use (to anyone)?

try here

10/40 semi synthetic. have you seen the price of mobil 5/30 fully synthetic!

timfreecom said:

10/40 semi synthetic. have you seen the price of mobil 5/30 fully synthetic!

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yes mobil oil is expensive,but you dont have to use that make of oil do you.just as long as it meets manufacturers spec you can use any make,i buy my oil from opie oils and their prices are excellent,

freelander2002 said:

ok all sounds good, so quick couple of word answers......what oil do you use (to anyone)?

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See post number three...

i take your point gemsdad,hope you dont mind me asking but how much do you pay for the oil that you use tim

freelander2002 said:

yet another oil question, cant make up my mind after reading older posts which engine oil to use when i service it next week. its a td4 btw

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You have a choice

you can go for the up to date Land Rover recommendation which is a semi synthetic 5w-30 oil (ford spec)

Shell Helix HX7 AF 5w-30
Mobil Super FE Special 5w-30
Castrol Magnatec A1 B1 5w-30
Total Quartz Future 5w-30

or BMW LL04 oil which is a fully synthetic 5w-30 oil made for the BMW longlife service schedule

Shell Helix Ultra Extra 5w-30
Mobil 1 ESP 5w-30
Castrol Edge 5w-30
Total Quartz Ineo MC3 5w-30

there are other brands i know but you get the gist

Make sure you change the breather filter and vent filter. It should be done on every service.

hope this helps

i use halfrads semi doozle oil i know the purist say fully snth . . . .but it int done no harm to my 2002 auto

ming said:

i use halfrads semi doozle oil i know the purist say fully snth . . . .but it int done no harm to my 2002 auto

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What I understand is that fully synthetic is ok for people doing 30.000 kms a year or more, for the rest the semi synth would do, on condition it gets regularly serviced, some say even that semi synth even better for engines not doing these numbers (30.000) of kms a year.

willo said:

What I understand is that fully synthetic is ok for people doing 30.000 kms a year or more, for the rest the semi synth would do, on condition it gets regularly serviced, some say even that semi synth even better for engines not doing these numbers (30.000) of kms a year.

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That's right

the fully synthetic BMW LL04 oil is made especially for their longlife service regime

semi synthetic 5w-30 will be fine as TD4's are on a fixed 12500 mile service plan

both are good

I can do ll04 bmw at £20 gallon and still make £5 a can