synthetic or mineral.

barnes2010 · Aug 30, 2013

hello gents
Just going through the receipts i got when i bought my discovery td5 a couple of months ago and i found the last service receipt which says they used synthetic oil in the engine. I e never been a fan of synthetic and wondered what the genrel opinion was as too whether its worth changing or not and if i do will it need flushing out before i add mineral oil?? It was a land rover garage that done the work so i assume its ok but just wondered what you chaps think.

SteveD · Aug 30, 2013

Personally I would rather use mineral and change it more often.

livers · Aug 30, 2013

jUST TOP UP WITH uto i RECKON MINE IS ALL NEW AFTER 3 WEEKS. AND WHERE THE fffff IS THE CAPS LOCK ON AN ibm STINK PAD?

livers · Aug 30, 2013

OOOOps there it is, the big bugger with Caps Lock written on it, that Mrslivers took great relish in pointing out. Just got to find that damn GEEEE spot now.

200tdi ayre · Aug 30, 2013

Whatever is specified for the vehicle, they spend millions developing these vehicles who are we to doubt them

jamesmartin · Aug 30, 2013

barnes2010 said:
hello gents
Just going through the receipts i got when i bought my discovery td5 a couple of months ago and i found the last service receipt which says they used synthetic oil in the engine. I e never been a fan of synthetic and wondered what the genrel opinion was as too whether its worth changing or not and if i do will it need flushing out before i add mineral oil?? It was a land rover garage that done the work so i assume its ok but just wondered what you chaps think.

mineral ,semi and full synthetic will all mix perfectly ok,semi is what i use as is best price

SteveD · Aug 30, 2013

200tdi ayre said:
Whatever is specified for the vehicle, they spend millions developing these vehicles who are we to doubt them

Sometimes oil is specified for commercial reasons, so the manufacturer can claim longer service intervals better fuel consumption, rather than technical reasons. If the car lasts for the warranty period why would they care?

200tdi ayre · Aug 30, 2013

SteveD said:
Sometimes oil is specified for commercial reasons, so the manufacturer can claim longer service intervals better fuel consumption, rather than technical reasons. If the car lasts for the warranty period why would they care?

Newer vehicles can last alot longer between services than older cars but there is nothing wrong with regular servicing, which I have always been an advocate of bit the grade should be kept to what they recommend

Carrington224 · Aug 30, 2013

jamesmartin said:
mineral ,semi and full synthetic will all mix perfectly ok,semi is what i use as is best price

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the oil companies don't want anyone to know that.

jamesmartin · Aug 30, 2013

SteveD said:
Sometimes oil is specified for commercial reasons, so the manufacturer can claim longer service intervals better fuel consumption, rather than technical reasons. If the car lasts for the warranty period why would they care?

100% biggest reason,personaly i like to put fresh oil in and contaminated out regulary whether oil still has plenty of life left

synthetic or mineral.

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