Freelander 2 Oil Spec

Hi All, I’m new to the site and can’t believe I haven’t joined sooner, lots of interesting threads, I was wondering the difference between oil specifications, back in the summer I changed my engine oil and Halfords had a good deal on Castrol Magnatec 5/30 it said on the back it was suitable for Ford and Landrover engines so I bought a load and used it, not sure if it’s paranoia but the engine does seem to be running a bit louder so I did some research and it isn’t the exact spec Landrover recommend, so I’ve now found the exact spec oil and have ordered some, I was wondering does anyone know how much difference there will be between these two oils and the effect it might of had on damaging my engine, they’re both 5/30 they’re both fully synthetic, would a few months running around on Castrol Magnatec have done any lasting damage to my engine, I’d be grateful for views thanks

Mobil Super 3000 Formula FE 5W/30 meets the WSS-M2C913-B specification put out by Landrover

Also have a read of this
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic9453.html

Arctic2 said:

Mobil Super 3000 Formula FE 5W/30 meets the WSS-M2C913-B specification put out by Landrover

Also have a read of this
https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic9453.html

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Thanks so much for this reply, loads of information there, I think essentially the Castrol Magnatec 5/30 A5 I’ve used probably won’t do any harm for the short amount of time it’s been in but I’ll change it for the exact Land Rover spec for my non DPF FL2 as soon as I get a chance...