are you sure there was no other alternative grade sounds a bit trick for that engine

http://www.ovoline.co.uk/ovoline/pdf/agricultural.pdf here is the spec sheet

I see what you mean, on paper the TD4 shouldn't be anything out of the ordinary. All i will say is that the oil specifications don't come from the oil manufacturers they come from the vehicle manufacturers. With regards to the snake oil aspect of things, synthetic oils can handle much higher...

The way i look at it is when i don't use an engine flush my oil goes black by the time it goes once around the engine and when i do use an engine flush it takes about 500 miles to go black. With regards to anti bacterial treatment, if you had a customer complaining of a musty smell coming...

just keep doing what you are doing, the dipstick is the final word on how much it takes

I can only find ATF DII oil listed for pre 94 R380 jan 94 to Jan 98 is ATF DII R380 Feb 98 onwards is MTF

It's not marketing hype it's fact It's a BMW engine and the Universal Tractor oil you use is not better it's just cheap and if you told BMW that you were gonna put universal tractor oil in one of their engines they would definately tell you it was not a great idea. It's a standard mineral oil...

two different LT77's ?

ATF dextron 2 only in that gearbox http://www.castrol.com/castrol/iframe.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7044829 Cheers

I think this is a case of the handbook and haynes manual being out of date when it comes to oil recommendations. Land Rover must have listed those oils at first which Haynes then printed in their book which has since been revised to a higher spec oil. The lube advisors are always up to date as...

Hi Ming with regards to the TD4 engine The best oil to use is an oil approved to BMW LL-01 which comes as a 5w / 0w-30 or 5w-40 usually. This is the requirement of the engine designer and builder to provide the best protection for the TD4 engine and for the sake of the extra money it's worth...

do you work at a Land Rover main dealers or something G man?

every day is a day in school Dave it'll be a piece of **** to you next time the first time i changed the oil on my defender was after work i put it up on the ramp and got the oil draining out after flushing it for about 30 minutes i was just undoing the oil filter slowly as i didn't...

my pleasure Dave it just makes life a bit easier and you know that it is 100% up to date information so you cant go wrong good luck

Definatley not cremator 85000 miles is nothing for a modern BMW engine bud, they'll do three times that mileage without any dramas or noticeable amounts of wear if you use the correct oil and change it at the right intervals the performance level of pretty much all 15w-40's (which will be a...

10W-40 or 15W-40 all year round will be perfect for it it may be that the oil in the sump at the moment has broken down causing the drop in oil pressure quite often with engines that were designed when 20w-50 was the only thing around they find 15W-40 or 10W-40 actually suits and protects it...