TD5 Engine Oil.

Evening troops,

Can anyone tell me what is the best type/grade of engine oil to put in my Defender TD5??

I've referred to the manual and it says 5W/30, 5W/40, 5W 50???

Also what's best, part synthetic or full synthetic??

Many thanks again for any help.
Fraze

the correct oil is 5w 30 fully synthetic

Fraze said:

Evening troops,

Can anyone tell me what is the best type/grade of engine oil to put in my Defender TD5??

I've referred to the manual and it says 5W/30, 5W/40, 5W 50???

Also what's best, part synthetic or full synthetic??

Many thanks again for any help.
Fraze

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Semi synthetic oil tends to be the one recommended for the TD5

here are a couple of oils i know are recommeded and are widely available

Mobil Super FE Special 5W-30
Shell Helix F 5W-30

I been using Castrol GTX for Diesel engines and change it every 3000 miles.
No problems so far.
But I'm going to see what my local farm supplies place will sell me a drum of engine oil that the farmers use in their turbo tractors. It's got to be cheaper than buying it a gallon at a time from Halfrauds.

Shifty1962 said:

I been using Castrol GTX for Diesel engines and change it every 3000 miles.
No problems so far.
But I'm going to see what my local farm supplies place will sell me a drum of engine oil that the farmers use in their turbo tractors. It's got to be cheaper than buying it a gallon at a time from Halfrauds.

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If you buy a drum of any oil it will be cheaper than halfords because you are buying in bulk.

Universal tractor oil is not really the best for the TD5

Go into your local motor factors and they will be able to order you a drum of the correct oil (get a price from them first of course).

5w-30 is the best viscosity for the TD5

regards

Hi all,
I've just got rid of my high milage disco Td5 which gave me no problems, but I did change the oil & filters every 6000 miles as near as damn it.

I have now just got a defender TD5 with only 30,000 miles on the clock and I want to make it last as long as possible.
Does anyone know if running it on Castrol GTX Magnetex Diesel 10/40w will do it any harm.... has it got to be 5/30w as per the manual.

I ask because Costco in Derby is selling the said Castrol for £31.00 for 8 litres.

Also I was told that the cartridge filter only needs replacing every 4th oil change (24,000 miles) and the centrifudge filter every 2nd (12,000 miles) as long as the same oil is used. Think this comes from the haynes workshop manual. anyone confirm this.

Cheers

Carlos

Carlostrance said:

Hi all,
I've just got rid of my high milage disco Td5 which gave me no problems, but I did change the oil & filters every 6000 miles as near as damn it.

I have now just got a defender TD5 with only 30,000 miles on the clock and I want to make it last as long as possible.
Does anyone know if running it on Castrol GTX Magnetex Diesel 10/40w will do it any harm.... has it got to be 5/30w as per the manual.

I ask because Costco in Derby is selling the said Castrol for £31.00 for 8 litres.

Also I was told that the cartridge filter only needs replacing every 4th oil change (24,000 miles) and the centrifudge filter every 2nd (12,000 miles) as long as the same oil is used. Think this comes from the haynes workshop manual. anyone confirm this.

Cheers

Carlos

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if you are trying to make it last as long as possible then the 5w-30 oil is best, try these guys for recommendations

Opie Oils

Motul is my favourite of these

if you want really good oil quite cheap your only option is to buy it in larger pack sizes e.g 20ltr, for this try these guys as they only sell shell and mobil oils so quality is really high.

County Oil Group Ltd | Home | Oil, Quality, Ltd, Group, Local

these are the oils for the TD5 engine

Shell Helix F 5W-30
Mobil Super FE Special 5W-30

every 12000 miles/12 months - oil and cetrifugal oil filter change, lube prop shaft, check all fluid levels inc transmission, check chassis for damage check tyre pressures check operation of all switches and aux equipment

additional operations every;

24000miles/24months - replace all transmission oils(diffs, g/box, t/box), air filter, secondary fuel filter, brake fluid and alarm remote batteries

36000 miles/36 months - replace engine oil filter(cartridge), engine coolant


hope this helps

Many Thanks for all that information Sir.

Regards

Carl