Thread: Ineos Grenadier, do you reckon it'll take off?

Harry Metcalf has a review on his channel, Given the context in which he test drives vehicles it is a level-headed review:

Ineos Grenadier real-world review. 7 days, on & off road, plus towing. Is it a new Defender rival? - YouTube

His upcoming Harry's Farm channel review will perhaps be more appropriate and relevant.

I look forward to seeing that!

(Edit here is the Farm review: Ineos Grenadier Trialmaster review. How does it work as a farm car? - YouTube)

Just watched both reviews, worth a look.

For our needs his conclusion as a multi purpose family touring / holiday / everything car ( which our D2 still does so well), it misses the mark. So may be more niche than I thought.

The BMW engine in the Grenadier specifies 5W30 oil.
Wonder how that’ll go down with some around here.

Originally Posted by Tombie

The BMW engine in the Grenadier specifies 5W30 oil.
Wonder how that’ll go down with some around here.

Behave… 🤣

Originally Posted by Tombie

The BMW engine in the Grenadier specifies 5W30 oil.
Wonder how that’ll go down with some around here.

A couple of years back I was asked if I wanted to write an article addressing the claims of a prominent diesel workshop suggesting they were having numerous issues with modern ute diesels as the engine oil was too light.
The spec was something like 0 or 5W-30 and they claimed they needed to run a 10 or 15W-40 to 'fix' the issues.
I doubt it'd have anything to do with their tunes?
I don't think I wrote the article.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Behave… 🤣

BMW says you should put 10W60 in some of their M engines :P Who knows what the grenadier is supposed to take

In any case, 5w30 is also VERBOTEN by our friendly german youtube engineer with his D3/D4: No more 5W-30 ever again - Land Rover Discovery 4 - Transfer Case and Diff oil change - YouTube

Oil is always an interesting discussion! I would reckon due to emissions they would have gone for the thinnest possible they think they can get away with.

Speaking of which, I finally saw a price listed including taxes for the grenadier in my country. A while back I posted why I would not get one and one of them was price due to emissions and tax. Guess what.. the base 2 seat van would cost me a whopping 170K euro's , that's 280K AUD. I hear some "complaints" on here some times about that oz is behind in terms of "the environment", I'd say; be glad.

Cheers,
-P

Originally Posted by Tombie

The BMW engine in the Grenadier specifies 5W30 oil.
Wonder how that’ll go down with some around here.

Also known as 5W30 Dumbass and now you can visit the workshop where it was invented WORKSHOPS — Chateau Dumas

Originally Posted by prelude

BMW says you should put 10W60 in some of their M engines :P Who knows what the grenadier is supposed to take

In any case, 5w30 is also VERBOTEN by our friendly german youtube engineer with his D3/D4: No more 5W-30 ever again - Land Rover Discovery 4 - Transfer Case and Diff oil change - YouTube

Oil is always an interesting discussion! I would reckon due to emissions they would have gone for the thinnest possible they think they can get away with.

Speaking of which, I finally saw a price listed including taxes for the grenadier in my country. A while back I posted why I would not get one and one of them was price due to emissions and tax. Guess what.. the base 2 seat van would cost me a whopping 170K euro's , that's 280K AUD. I hear some "complaints" on here some times about that oz is behind in terms of "the environment", I'd say; be glad.

Cheers,
-P

Yes. His choice to run a mid-SAPS oil in a Low SAPS engine can only end well for him and his DPF
Not that it’s a huge increase, an increase nonetheless.