The good oil! What oil?

[tazd]

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on different oils and whats the best to use in the defender? About to do another service tomorrow getting close to 200k so should i change to a thicker oil???

[incisor]

in a nutshell, no

:D

[Michael2]

Do a search for many an in depth discussion.

Many here like to use Penrite. Personally, it's all I use. I had a Nissan ED30 Diesel in my SIII at one stage (:() and initially used Penrite. I later moved north and couldn't get any locally and tried a variety of other oils. The Penrite was the only oil that maintained a good oil pressure, all the others dropped quite a bit (50%) when warm.

I don't have an oil pressure gauge on the Defender, so I can't comment on how it's performing on the Tdi, but I've had no issues.

I don't think 200K is much for a diesel; and especially in Tasmania, I don't think you'd need to go to a thicker oil.

[spudboy]

This is like asking what's the best religion :D

Grab the owner's manual and get the oil specs from that, and then buy a quality brand. Your local Repco/AutoPro/etc will have a range of premium stuff that will suit.