Thread: Puma Engine Oil Specs

land rover recommend we put magnatec in, so thats what we do

Same same

Allan

My dealer (ULR) uses Castrol Magnatec 5W-40 SP

Regards

John D - Defender 110 2.4

I asked Castrol a few years ago incase I needed to buy oil for my '08 Defender, this was the reply:

Hi Tim,
Thank you for your technical enquiry.
As discussed, please contact Land Rover Customer service with your vehicle serial numbers/details and they should be able to confirm whether your particular model has a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) fitted or not.
If you do have a DPF fitted then suitable engine oils that will be compatible with this device include Castrol SLX Professional OE (SAE 5W-30 viscosity grade) which is only available in 20L drums and larger packs and Castrol Edge Sport 0W-40 which does come in smaller/retail-type pack sizes.
If you find that your particular model doesn't have a DPF then you can safely run Castrol Magnatec Professional 5W-40 in the engine compartment.

If you have any further enquiries please contact the Technical Helpline on 1300 557 998, Mon - Fri, 8.30am - 5.00pm.
Thanks again for you query.
Regards,
Dimitrius Papaconstantinou
Product Applications & Projects
Castrol Lubricants
ph: 1300 557 998
fax: 03 9268 4394

Cheers,

Tim

Originally Posted by stig0000

land rover recommend we put magnatec in, so thats what we do

Yes, but which one? 5w30?

Castrol Edge 0W-40 meets the specifications and this is what I use.

That said the best mine has run is from the oil changes at MLR where they use the Magnatec Pro 5W-30. The worst is Valvoline closely followed by Mobil. Valvoline lasts about 500km and then the engine sounds like a bucket of bolts. The Mobil would last about 1500km before needing to be changed.

Puma spec is same as TD5,that is full synthetic,as said 0w/40,or 5w/40,or 5w/30.
MR auto here use Valvoline Syntec,i think they call it,full synthetic,5w/40,no problems.They are LR specialists,there's not much about LR's they don't know.

Castrol Edge is fine as it is full synthetic.Magnetec is listed in the Castrol data for TD5,but i don't think it would be as good as the full synthetic oils.
Full synthetic allows for longer intervals between changes.

As a follow on, Penrite have full synthetic oils for engines with DPF's.
e.g. ENVIRO+ 0W-40 or 5W-40 which I can purchase more easily than the castrol products. Check with Penrite who are always helpfull.