Thread: TD5 Servicing frequency

I would,seeing the mess that comes out of"dirty Diesels" and clean ones useing synthetics.
I was speaking to an oil rep about synthetic oils.Carbon is one of the hardest compounds there is,the particles in an engine are very small and hard to filter,synthetic oils have a high Boron(pretty sure that was the one) content that trap the carbon and make the molecules larger and easy to filter out.He went on to add that some vehicles including Landrover(he didnt know I had one) have very effecient cyclone filters that will give you 20000k service intervals no probs.
The new Merc truck at work has 100000k(yep not a typo) interval as long as a full synthetic oil is used and oil sampling is done at 20000k intervals.
Andrew

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>The water sensor is brittle and does not like to be removed & replaced. Also $130 each...you don't want to stuff it up each time you change the filter
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I have been quted $55 by www.Landrovers.com each, not as bad, but silly for a poorly made bit of plastic.

Harry I change my oil with synthetic every 5,000kms, oil and filters every 10,000kms, all other oils every 40,000kms or 2 years, coolant every 2 years. Most of the servicing is fairly straight forward and if you allow yourself a day at home it is ample time. I would only take it to the stealer for difficult items. Doing it yourseld you know it gets done and gets done properly. Just get the schedule off a Rave disc.
Overall the price of synthetic is a small cost in the long run. Having the sump off mine I have seen the benefits of synthetic. Nice clean bottom end.