Thread: Defender major service, which oils?

theres a discussion in this section about casrol oils ,page 2 i think ive just had my defender done using caltex oil,also dont forget the timing belt :!: :!: :!: every landy mechanic i talk to asks when i did mine last very important around 70 to 80ooo apparently

Hi Martin, I just went through this with my disco, I rang land rover in Bathurst and they use caltex oils.
Caltex MTF 94 - Manual gearbox
Diffs and transfer case- Caltex Gear oil 80W/90
Engine oil- Caltex Havoline Semi Synthetic

These oils were all recommended by Caltex technical support. The MTF 94 for the manual gear box is forumlated by Caltex especially for land rover.

For more info refer to the thread titled "Caltex Oils Formulated Especially for LandRover" should be in the first couple of pages still.
Castrol oils are good but they are expensive. I know you get what you pay for but Caltex is a reputable oil and I have found it to be good, if you are on a tight budget Caltex is the go. Matt

Ace, thanx for the info will check out post discussing caltex oil too.

Trojan, mine is the TD5 which unless I'm much mistaken doesn't have a timing belt.....it has a chain drive.......I think...could be wrong on that tho, I'm sure somebody will put me in my place if so..

thx

Martin