Thread: Centrifuge rotor

Originally Posted by dwarfmarine

Wow, 20'000 Kms?

I just changed my oil 1500kms overdue
(10'000 as per log book- this was 230'000)

And there's no way I would want to leave the oil in there for 20'000kms
I was even thinking of dropping my interval to 7000!

why not, when I was running big red i was running nulon oil an changing at 15000km oil testing showed the oil to still be good.

Personally I always change the centrifuge rotor oil filter with the oil and the spin on oil filter - I can't see the point in leaving it in when they are relatively cheap.

I service my TD5 every 10,000km as this is about 12 months of driving for me. You do need to remember that it's not just the km, but also the time between services that is relevant.

Landrover's spec for the Td5 is 20,000 for oil change. However, if the vehicle does repeated short trips of less than 8 km or stop start driving or long periods of idling, this is then reduced to 5,000 km.

The above would apply to a lot of those that live in a capital city and drive in peak hour.

I live in the country where my disco gets little of above, but I still do it every 10,000.

Originally Posted by dwarfmarine

Wow, 20'000 Kms?

I just changed my oil 1500kms overdue
(10'000 as per log book- this was 230'000)

And there's no way I would want to leave the oil in there for 20'000kms
I was even thinking of dropping my interval to 7000!

I have posted data before which shows that the centrifuge keeps the oil very clean. So as long as you are using good quality oil which does not degrade then changing the oil sooner is just a waste of money. After 20000 km in a Td5 you will have less contamination in the oil than 5000 km in most other diesels.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Personally I always change the centrifuge rotor oil filter with the oil and the spin on oil filter - I can't see the point in leaving it in when they are relatively cheap.

I service my TD5 every 10,000km as this is about 12 months of driving for me. You do need to remember that it's not just the km, but also the time between services that is relevant.

x2 - as maximums. Any driving out of the ordinary and my figures drop accordingly

Originally Posted by d2dave

Landrover's spec for the Td5 is 20,000 for oil change. However, if the vehicle does repeated short trips of less than 8 km or stop start driving or long periods of idling, this is then reduced to 5,000 km.

The above would apply to a lot of those that live in a capital city and drive in peak hour.

I live in the country where my disco gets little of above, but I still do it every 10,000.

D2dave - 5000 or 10000 for extreme service?

Interesting (?) aside - some new Mercedes monitor oil condition and tell you when to change. Drive hard - expect about 5k between changes; drive moderate / highway etc - up to 60k between changes.

10,000 for petrol and 5,000 for diesel.

Here is a scan of my service book.