Thread: 20k service on new 90 is too long

Originally Posted by rick130

You can do it as often as you like.
If it makes you feel better, buy some oil from the dealer and do a change.


having said that., why do the filters need changing ?
How do you know ?

Working long and hard on the highway is a lot less stressful to oils and the engine than stop start city driving and short trips.

As I keep pointing out I was doing 20,000km oil changes on an indirect injected TD42T in a Nissan Patrol something like eight or nine years ago.

It was constantly towing 2500kg back when we had a lot higher sulphur levels in the fuel and it was fine.
I've brought it back to 10,000km now as the trips it does are a lot shorter.
Nissan recommends 5,000km OCI's.

Mileage was determined by oil testing, not guessing and it's clocked over 405,000km now

Hi excuse me for being off topic quoting other cars.
I change the oil engine for my car 79 MGB as often as I like sometimes after 500 english miles, after all it's just loosing one screw, I may not change the filter everytime. But I have to stress that the oil I use is a lot more economical than those needed for defender. I have done more than 100,000 kms within this 11 yrs. In very busy city traffic.
The filter part is that it cost more and since I change the oil so often it will not have a chance to get too dirty. ( May be different for defender diesel)
Also sticking to the rule of treating english classic cars " If it ain't break don't fix it " .... Too many past experience.

So if I get a defender later I shall change the oil in between service myself
( as often as I feel like ) and leave the 20,000 to LR.

doing mine every 10k.

It's not 1960 any longer guys . My 13 year old diesel work car had 20,000km oil changes from the factory. My 1986 isuzu is 16,000 km when fitted to a truck that works harder than a defender does.

Australia doesn't have harsh conditions for cars. It's warm, flat and pretty dry.

Originally Posted by Dougal

.....Australia doesn't have harsh conditions for cars. It's warm, flat and pretty dry.

it does when they have been under designed by the bean counting poms.....

Originally Posted by Defender Mike

Thats why i paid for the servicing up front with the corporate plan as part of the purchase cost. They now refuse to honour the deal as was written up. I am not the only one either. Others in Perth facing same story.
Mike

If it was written in to the sale documents, then it sounds like breach of contract to me... sick'em rex!

Originally Posted by uninformed

it does when they have been under designed by the bean counting poms.....

Imagine if it were wet, cold and had altitude.

2008 SVX every 10k since new........

And it's had a couple earlier, when big trips were coming up.

I got my 110 in Feburary had a service at 9.5k and is nearly due for 20k

I asked for a quote for this service (i belive same as as previous ) but there is approx $200 difference

When are fixed price services going to be the normal or am I going to start to run around for quotes?