Thread: Home Servicing.

Diesel oil quickly turning black is the norm, but it doesn't need to be so. It's because there's a lot of contaminates left in the engine. I used Cost Effective's Flush Oil Concentrate on a 30 yr old diesel engine (Hilux 2L). When we ran it after getting all the crud out, I thought we'd forgotten to put oil in, as it was that clean. Engine ran better after this with more power. I don't work for the company, just reckon it's good product.

What's the recommended interval for changing the fuel filter?

Originally Posted by Homestar

For the TC - buy the oil from the dealers - they don't use much and it's not too expensive. I've found it difficult to find what the after maket equivalent is for the TC and diffs.

With the engine, again, buy your filters from the dealer or good quality afternarket - there's some cheap junk available on line in the for, of cheap service kits - don't use these.

Find out what the spec of the engine oil is and find the correct equivalent - don't just bang any old synthetic in there thinking it will be ok.

Have a look in the D3/D4 forum as there is a thread on this. I used Royal Purple in the TC on my D3. I don't know about the TDV8 but the Petrol V8 in my D4 takes 5W-20W from memory and I haven't found it anywhere. I got a LR specialist to change it.

Originally Posted by rar110

What's the recommended interval for changing the fuel filter?

I'm doing it every service on my Defender. I figure its $100 well spent for longer engine life.

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Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

the Petrol V8 in my D4 takes 5W-20W from memory and I haven't found it anywhere.

5W30 ACEA A1 or A3 or API SJ, SL or SM, Ford spec WSS-M2C913-B or -C preferred. The TDV6/TDV8 Castrol preferred oil is suitable but many other 5W30 oils have the required ACEA and/or API specs.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

It used to be the case that diesel oils had more detergent in them to clean the soot from inside. Not sure about the modern oils as they are also used in petrol engines.

A "diesel" oil generally has more detergent (usually calcium) than a normal engine oil, however most engine oils now contain around the 3000ppm mark of calcium, compared to some diesel oils that are up around 4000ppm. The detergent is not just used to clean the soot, it also disperses the soot and stops its coagulating and forming sludges. Detergents can also neutralise acids

I replaced the air filter today, what a marathon job that is!
The hidden bolt at the rear of the engine cover was a real mongrel to refit, it's not a job I would like to do too often.
Rave doesn't explain the removal of the cover too well.
I did find a YOU TUBE vid on it, and it mentioned 5 bolts to remove and showed the locations , he points to the side of the cover for one of them, but it's not there , it's actually at the rear, the hidden one, which was stopping it's removal.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiP1Xi_B-hw[/ame]

I also changed the Crank case breather filter whilst I was in there, as I didn't know the history of when it was last replaced. Luckily it was in pretty good nick.
I was unable to get the modified crank case breather , so I order one from the UK. Well it would have been handy to have had it whilst I in there, but 6 weeks waiting for it to arrive! I thought I'll probably turn up in the mail tomorrow knowing my luck. Well I was right, it arrived today!.
So I'm not going to fit it until my next service.

i pull mine out every few weeks to bang out the dust from the amount of dirt i see. i need to make a snorkel next