Thread: Perentie Engine Oil Capacity and Indicators malfunction

G'Day Mike.
Good on you for getting your hands dirty!
One of the positives of a Perentie is their relative simplicity and workspace in the engine bay. A rare example of design for ease of service rather than the modern 'packaging' designed for ease of assembly on the line using robots.

Ok, did you pre-fill your filter? This could account for the difference. If not, potentially you haven't drained it fully prior to refill. was it sitting flat during the service?

The instrument issues may be down to dirty contacts and earths in the instrument binnacle.
This is a 10 minute- 6 screw job. A squirt of Electrical contact cleaner/ protector will be beneficial:

1. Remove the screws retaining the Binnacle (check underneath also)
2. One by one, remove and clean all blade contacts attached to the instruments. Check for tightnes and crimp in if necessary.
3. Look for the earth points and remove, clean and replace.
4. Replace the binnacle and test.
5. Do the same on your indicator stalk.

i hope this helps.

You may not have the winged sump, which would account for the difference.

Many thanks for the quick response Dave.

Yes, the reason I was keen to get an 'old-fashioned' Land Rover was to learn about vehicle maintenance and repair in remote locations when touring, on a straight-forward, non-electronic truck. The Perentie offered the simplicity of a Series landie with more modern power and suspension and build.

I didn't pre-fill the oil filter since it was upside down and I didn't figure out how to! (I did do it with the fuel filter though).

I forgot to mention the horn isn't working either which is on the same stalk but different fuse.

Cheers

Mike

Thanks isuzurover

What is a winged sump? I haven't come across the term in my research. My vehicle is a Feb 1988 GS.

Cheers

Mike

This is my sump which appears to be a new addition in the 2009 full rebuild so presumably not winged?

cheers

Mike

Originally Posted by Trraca

This is my sump which appears to be a new addition in the 2009 full rebuild so presumably not winged?

cheers

Mike

That is a standard sump - which explains the lower oil capacity.

The winged sump looks like this:


http://photos2.pix.ie/4F/A8/4FA89E89...962C8B70D4.jpg

I had thought the oil capacity either way was the same. Depending on whether you had the winged or wingless sump, the dip stick marks were higher or lower, giving the same oil volume.

Has anyone seen the (different) official oil capacity specs for each?

Thanks isuzurover. That sorts my oil capacity problem.

Concerning the electrical problem, I arranged to meet up with my friendly auto sparkie and when I started up to go over to him I found everything was working again. Nevertheless we checked it out and found that although the fuses were good some of the holders were loose and not gripping the fuse properly. After a clean up and tighten the problem seems to have gone away.

I'm still a bit suspicious that it will reoccur since the fuse fix did not explain why the oil/ignition and CDL warning lights went on the blink as well and then cured themselves a couple of days later. I hate these intermittent faults, its like going to the dentist and finding the pains gone away when you get there but returns the moment you walk out the door! Anyhow, I'm about to follow Barefoot Dave's advice and clean up all the instrument contacts and earths. This will give a little more peace of mind and a bit of much needed practice at the same time. Not much point in having an easily fixed vehicle if you you don't know how to fix it in the bush is there.

Thanks for all your help guys - much appreciated.

Mike