Thread: Oil consumption in D4

In 3 years and 72,000k (50% city/50% Hwy) my MY11 has used no oil.

I used to work for a dealership (not LR) and their cars sometimes used oil. I had customers say that in the 1st 15k, they had to top it up then no use after that. I had some say they constantly filled it up between services and others never had to touch it😳. As I said, not land rovers, so not sure if the same applies.
Dave.

On Just about every vehicle in the D3/D4 range at first service i have had to add oil, including my own vehicle. The amount varies with every engine also.
With our customers we just top up free of charge. Would recommend you drop in to your dealer you purchased the vehicle from & ask for it to be topped up.
Cheers.

How many notches are there above halfway? Seeing as it is only 4 months old therefore under warranty, I would take it back to the dealer so it's documented, get a sample tested, topped up and continue monitoring.

I got a 3 litre 2012 Model and in the first six months it used oil. It also blew a big cloud of smoke when you booted it after a period of quiet driving.

When it went in for that six month check up I think it was down to half way on the gauge, maybe one notch above. The dealer thought that was a bit much (along with the smoke report) and did the drain upgrade in the turbo that you read about on the net. After that at the main 12 month service it had dropped down to one notch below full, but it had done a run from Perth to Adelaide and back, and also another 800km trip within WA not counting other country runs. I think it had got to about 18000km by that stage.

Anyway it came back from its first major service and in in 6000kms since then then guage has not moved from full.

In summary, I have been in your boat, and I kept the Dealer abreast of what was going on and it got sorted.

How is the smoke level when you give it some welly? Mine will still smoke of course when I tromp it but it is much improved and within what I would call acceptable. Before the upgrade it was too much, it never had any other symptoms, just a big cloud under load after a period of sedate driving.

For the most part I am a very sedate driver, probably too sedate for the motor, always going for economy, but there are certain places on a country run when I will deliberately plant it to give it a blow through. That is pretty much unanimous advice, including the dealer who has told me to show it who's boss at regular opportunities.

Thanks for the advice gang. There are 4 notches above the halfway point. So, at least visually, about 40% of the oil has been consumed.

Will call the dealer tomorrow and try to pop it in.

Cheers.

My MY13 D4 was down 2 bars at about 3000ks, took it to another dealer as I was heading to a funeral in Maryborough.
Dealer added 1/2 a litre and gave me another litre for take home. Curiously they did no paper work so it will not be recorded on my service history.

2000 ks later, no drop in the gauge.

On a side note, they used Mazda C1 oil, told me it was the same and cheaper than LR home brand.

Regards

Hi James. Haven't noticed smoke at any time, even under load. I often follow it (wife driving) on my way to work and thus far, seems to run clean. No oil leaks that I can see either. Hopefully it's a porous block and will settle down in a few thousand km.