Servicing a Disco 300TDI 1996

Hi all,

Gonna give my Disco 2.5TDI XS (1996) it's first service tomorrow. There
seems to be dire warnings in the manaul about being careful to fill the new
oil filter so as not to bleed the oil pump and starve it.

I don't normally fill the oil filter with new oil (on my old 200TDI's) - is
it necessary?

Yours

Andy

On or around Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:46:59 GMT, "Andrew Renshaw"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Hi all,
>
>Gonna give my Disco 2.5TDI XS (1996) it's first service tomorrow. There
>seems to be dire warnings in the manaul about being careful to fill the new
>oil filter so as not to bleed the oil pump and starve it.

that's on V8s, mostly. mind, I always fill the oil filters with oil anyway.


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"Andrew Renshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> Gonna give my Disco 2.5TDI XS (1996) it's first service tomorrow. There
> seems to be dire warnings in the manaul about being careful to fill the
> new oil filter so as not to bleed the oil pump and starve it.
>
> I don't normally fill the oil filter with new oil (on my old 200TDI's) -
> is it necessary?
>
> Yours
>
> Andy
>

Andy:

I am told that the sequence for an oil change in a LR V8 is to drain the
sump, fill the sump, detach the filter, attach a new filter after applying
new oil to the rubber gasket then crank engine. If your overly concerned
with a dry start some suggest to pull the distributor and cranking the
engine. I've never heard of the pump losing prime in a newer vehicle. Sounds
like something left over from the Series LR.

Jack

On or around Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:49:51 -0500, "Jack" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>I am told that the sequence for an oil change in a LR V8 is to drain the
>sump, fill the sump, detach the filter, attach a new filter after applying
>new oil to the rubber gasket then crank engine. If your overly concerned
>with a dry start some suggest to pull the distributor and cranking the
>engine. I've never heard of the pump losing prime in a newer vehicle. Sounds
>like something left over from the Series LR.

it can happen in theory on any pre-thor V8 - the pump doesn't self-prime so
if you get it drained, then it results in hassle. The theory is that with
the sump empty and the oil filter off the pump could drain.

your sequence sounds right, though. Personally, I part-fill the oil filter
before screweing it on, but then I do that on all vehicles with cartridge
filters, on the basis that it should reduce the low-oil-pressure period on
restart.

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Andrew Renshaw came up with the following;:
> Hi all,
>
> Gonna give my Disco 2.5TDI XS (1996) it's first service tomorrow. There
> seems to be dire warnings in the manaul about being careful to fill the
> new oil filter so as not to bleed the oil pump and starve it.
>
> I don't normally fill the oil filter with new oil (on my old 200TDI's) -
> is it necessary?

Not necessary on the 300 Tdi, and probably not on many other engines, but
I've always filled cartridge oil filters, not necessarily to the brim, so
there's at least some oil to get round the pump when it starts.

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