Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by LuckyLes

Does anybody have some idea of what my disco might fetch at the wreckers.
Les

When discussing options with 2 well regarded independent LR mechanics in Perth, both mentioned they have occasionally purchased them (with blown engines) for ~$3k.

What did I do with my D4 today?

Loaded it up with my F class gear,
Jumped in it (Solo) at 04:00 this morning in Whyalla. SA

Stopped for breakfast at Waikerie and caught up with Digger



And then hopped out of it at Canberra at 21:30 tonight.

1,463 kilometres in total comfort.

11.3l/100km actual avg.
98km/h avg speed for trip

Not bad for 3.2t

Originally Posted by scarry

Defender uses the same oil with services pushed out to over 30,00Km......

Back on topic,it is the HT/HS rating(C5) of the oil which is a problem,under certain operating conditions..The rating is higher in 0W-30,or 5w-30 oils.

JA have released Part 2 of that original vid,sorry i don't have a link ATM

Yes, castrol edge professional 0W20 and 34000km oil intervals on the P400 ingenium straight 6 engines. I changed it at 10000km and plan to continue that. I use LR filters and bought a 20l drum of Edge professional to do the first few oil changes.

Originally Posted by LuckyLes

Hi DD,
I have been using Penrite C4 5w-30 ,but was thinking about going to Penrite Enviro+ 5w-40. I have never had the oil tested for impurities, but I may start doing so if I manage to get it back on the road.
I have located an engine, and am just waiting on an estimate for installation from an indie I have known for years and used until I moved away some years ago.
Fingers crossed.
Cheers
Les

Even though non DPF for AU spec D4's, I used the C5 enviro+ penrite for about 100,000km with no issues whatsoever, plus penrite engine flush every second change.

Originally Posted by Discodicky

There is nuffink inside that water outlet except air and possibly a Genie looking to escape.
People refer to it as the t/stat hsg but as you realise, it is not.
The alloy ones are good, I have one ready to fit and the quality is fine.

Awesome, thank you. This is exactly the clarification I was hoping for - and good news that the outlet is in fact empty (as I could not for the life of me find any reference to any 'thermostat' to fit in the water outlet, but kept reading it called 'thermostat' and just wanted to be sure!).

Even in the Microcat 2012 parts catalogue the water outlet is listed under the heading of Thermostat, although the part itself is labelled water outlet.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Even in the Microcat 2012 parts catalogue the water outlet is listed under the heading of Thermostat, although the part itself is labelled water outlet.

Just a typical LR thing to confuse people.

The Water Outlet is actually listed under “Thermostat/Housing & Related Parts”, but to add more confusion, the actual Thermostat is listed in a different section under “Cooling System Pipes and Hoses”.

I think they just followed the V8 cataloging structure as with the 4.4 the thermostat is the more traditional housing set up and so is listed under “Thermostat/Housing & Related Parts” alongside the water outlet.

Have had this issue for years, never able to duplicate it, but now and then my D4 clicks into a reduced power mode. A restart has always fixed it, but this time, it kept happening. So had to use the beautiful paddle shifters to keep the revs below about 2,200 RPM. I wished the time out when the manual control stops was much longer ... evidently the issue relates to the control on the 2nd turbo.