Thread: Are OZ disco 5 suffering from fuel in oil and early service warning issus?

Yes, I have seen those threads on the U.K. sites too, I'm hoping it's just a very small amount that are having issues, not large numbers.

lets face it with any new vehicle release, not all of them are going to be perfect and is bound to have a few teething issues, and LR have never been at the top of the heap for their reliability.

So if only a few are complaining and they would of delivered a lot of the new D5 in the U.K. It might not be too bad.

just spent a few days in a new D5 HSE, while getting work done on my D4, and can't wait till my new one arrives in February. It was interesting driving them both back to back. It's a really nice place to be, and you can't see its behind while driving it !

i think we have only a few new D5's on the AULRO site at the moment, but haven't heard any stories to be concerned with. ( so far, fingers crossed ) the only bitch has been its looks really
from the old timers..... but we all have to move on, it's starting to grow on me a little and when you are actually driving it, it's a beautiful thing!

Jack

Why would you take it to a dealer to refill Adblue? You would have to be crazy even to buy it from them at $19 for 1.9l when you can get 10l for less than that at places like Bursons.

See the earlier thread re Adblue for the D5. In short, you need to buy a 1.9l container from a dealer and then refill this bottle multiple times from the 10l container. It will do about 500 to 800km on a litre of Adblue. On my DS I have just done my third fill at around 20,000km, with the first carried out free of charge by the dealer, so I have put in 40l myself.

If there is fuel in the oil you would have much more serious problems than just an early oil change.

Thanks Jack

I actually test drove both SD4 SE and TD6 HSE, I also test drove a LC 200 on the same day, I loved how the V6 drives, and how it looks as well. The handling on road is way better than the LC200, and the cargo space is much more practical, albeit the interiors are underwhelming. The LR dealer told me they had received no complaints about the FIO issue, so perhaps indeed it only happened on small amount of my17 disco 5s. Hope they put in a fix in my18 ones.

Originally Posted by mhtaucnuk

I was considering buying a disco 5 TD6 but scared of the poor reliability. On the UK disco 5 forum so many people complained about the fuel in oil resulting in early oil changes, plus frequent Adblue refill could see your beloved disco in dealer garage 4 or 5 times within 6 months. Also there is a concern about engine damage on long run. These issues don't seem to be complained about by OZ owners, what is the magic here? Thanks in advance.

My HSE Td6 needed to have an Oil Distillation Service done at 5654 kms on 14/11/2017.

The service reps and sales rep I spoke to were surprised to the point they didn't believe me and I brought it in and showed them the warning prompt.

Originally Posted by meremortal

My HSE Td6 needed to have an Oil Distillation Service done at 5654 kms on 14/11/2017.

The service reps and sales rep I spoke to were surprised to the point they didn't believe me and I brought it in and showed them the warning prompt.

Sorry not familiar with the term “ Oil Distillation Service “ can you go into more detail please?

thanks Jack

So what is causing the fuel dilution issue?

TD5's have been known to have that issue, it was either injector O ring, injector washer, or the worst case scenario, a cracked fuel rail in the head.

Fuel dilution is never good, your engine needs it's oil to be whole and complete to do its job, and once you have fuel in the oil it needs to be changed quickly, no oil, regardless of cost or specification can mitigate fuel dilution.

Originally Posted by GP1200

Sorry not familiar with the term “ Oil Distillation Service “ can you go into more detail please?

thanks Jack

Sorry I should have written "Oil Dilution Service"

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Originally Posted by rick130

So what is causing the fuel dilution issue?

TD5's have been known to have that issue, it was either injector O ring, injector washer, or the worst case scenario, a cracked fuel rail in the head.

Fuel dilution is never good, your engine needs it's oil to be whole and complete to do its job, and once you have fuel in the oil it needs to be changed quickly, no oil, regardless of cost or specification can mitigate fuel dilution.

No idea unfortunately. I'm very much regretting my purchase of this car it's been one long headache so far with a constant raft of ongoing problems. It's my first "expensive" car and I'd been looking forward to it for over 2 years.

I've been through the 7 stages of grief and am now looking for my next car. Pretty gutted.