Thread: Oil overfilled TDV6 3lt

Ken, I had my oil changed at the 13K health check, but under instruction.
Despite others advice, I intend to have my oil changed every 12K (in between services). I believe that it a very small investment for long term gain. After all, most of us have invested 90K + on our vehicles.
No diesel oil is that good that it will last 24K (I believe), especially when the oil capacity on the Disco's isn't that great.
It will help when you go to sell it in the end as well. I for one, have always checked the service intervals on vehicles that I have bought second hand.
Cheers, Craig

Hi Craig, yeah I agree I had a D3 before and oil changed a 10k, its a big ask to try and get 24k, this was it's first change at 8k, I work hard to get these cars and like to look after them, seems to work I've never had a engine problem not even an oil leak
Cheers Ken

Originally Posted by Hendrik

OK so its a bit of oil, so what, did your engine catastrophically fail because of this??? How is a bit of oil left on the subframe disrespectful, I fail to see it sorry. For starters its a Land Rover and its oil, they get used in the same sentence very often.

Whether the engine catastrophically failed or not, overfilling can cause damage and that may not be immediately apparent. A glib comment suggesting that Land Rovers should all be covered in leaking oil underneath is typical of the sort of pig ignorant statements that dribble out of Land Rover service agents mouths on a regular basis. IMO spilling oil on your customers nice new $90k vehicle and failing to clean it up is akin to a plumber fixing your toilet and leaving the bathroom floor covered in turds. Unprofessional.

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Whether the engine catastrophically failed or not, overfilling can cause damage and that may not be immediately apparent. A glib comment suggesting that Land Rovers should all be covered in leaking oil underneath is typical of the sort of pig ignorant statements that dribble out of Land Rover service agents mouths on a regular basis. IMO spilling oil on your customers nice new $90k vehicle and failing to clean it up is akin to a plumber fixing your toilet and leaving the bathroom floor covered in turds. Unprofessional.

so true

I think that the first oil change at 13K is probably one of the most important. If others are happy having thier oil changed every 24K, thats fine, but at least try to get the 13K done

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

but at least try to get the 13K done

I tried to get mine changed at 8K, but a big slip-up at the dealers meant that when I returned to p/u the vehicle I was informed that LR hadn't supplied any 3.0 oil yet so it wasn't changed, even though it was booked 2 wks earlier specifically to get the oil changed! Haven't got back yet and now over 16K.

Over filling the oil is a major oversight. It was overfilled to a point where oil was forced out of the crank case. Concequences could be serious.
Mine was overfilled at the dealers once but no oil was forced out.
There have been a lot of posts on different forums about service at the same dealership mostly negative. If they have the same attitude as Hendrik it is not surprising.
The only thing I could say in their defence is that having no dipstick makes it harder to check the oil level as the procedure is time consuming to check the level. There should be a process to check implemented by delerships to replicate the dip stick check after filling.

I would be asking for an extended warranty on the engine.

Originally Posted by mattg

I heared about a new Range Rover that after being taken to a dealer for it 30,000km service it still had the original, fitted in the factory oil filter. The owners non dealer discovered it as the filter still had overspray from the under body corosion protection.

Oil simply had not been changed even though that what had been charged.

The LR spec is not to change the spin on oil filter every oil change.When the TD5 came on the market,the spin on oil filter was not changed by the dealer until the 60k service.This may have changed since then.Could be the case with the RR,depending on model.

As for overfilling engine oil after a change,i would presume the dealer techs would measure the quantity before filling,therefore taking the guesswork out of the job.

As for dealer workmanship by LR,i have had my say in previous threads,& won't repeat myself