Thread: This is what happens when you change oil every 5000kms...

Originally Posted by Ohlins

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As for the BEB's...never had the sump off to date...by the sound of things I should maybe inspect??..
..To be honest this is the 1st time I've heard suchlike from around the usual forums...of course it would'nt do any harm in having a wee peep...anyone else chime in too to offer up experience????

A number of threads on here, plus all the main Land Rover workshops recommend dropping them anywhere from 180,000 to 300,000km for checking.

Oil quality and change intervals seem to have no bearing (no pun intended) on the state of the big ends, but most are down to the copper backing when checked.

If the fuelling/boost has been upped delamination is a possibility, the bearings don't seem to be able to take the added loads very well.
I have a theory that insufficient oil cooling doesn't help here either.

Thanks for that snippet...I'll have a wee peep hopefully next month before we all head off to Croatia and Greece in July...no doubt if I don't it'll calve en route spoiling our whole holiday...You heard it here first... lol

Lucky bugger traveling... all the best in your journey.

Just a note re the bigends. I replaced mine at 370,000km as a matter of course. They were pitted and had lost their tension. Rather than sitting in the conrod they clung to the crank. Apart from that, they weren't worn through to the copper.
I have increased fuelling and boost (20-25psi) for the last 50,000km or so.
As a recommendation, I would set 250,000km as a bench mark for replacing big end bearings. I read this in an excellent diesel mechanic book I borrowed off the library.
Also, the job is very quick and easy. All up about 1 hour, taking it easy.
Drop the front sway bar down, undo the sump pan and voila!

i was also looking at that wondering but yes just droplets,should the bore normally look like that though(scratched like) is this just wear or for oil?just asking

Originally Posted by Ohlins

The droplets you see are indeed just drops from removing the head....just normal splish-splash stuff from the water galleries.....dried off before putting head back on...

Whew!!!

That's good news.

Why did the head gasket let go?

At 300K+ it's not too uncommon, I think.