Thread: TD5 engine life - discuss

To do a service, you're opening the system; via the sump plug, filter housings, etc.
More frequent services = more times the system is opened = greater odds that at some point a contaminant is going to be introduced to the system.

Yep righto

Originally Posted by TonyC

Over servicing runs the risk of introducing contaminates into the motor.

Never heard so much bull. Sure it probably does. But walking down the street raises the risk of getting hit by a car.

You weigh up the risks in life. Servicing or over servicing done properly and I don't believe there is such a thing as over servicing, far outweighs the miniscule risk of introducing contaminates into an engine.

Oil analysis is only done to reduce costs. I don't care what any chemist says. Oil that has done say 20,000 km and analysis says it is still ok, wont be as good as new oil.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

To do a service, you're opening the system; via the sump plug, filter housings, etc.
More frequent services = more times the system is opened = greater odds that at some point a contaminant is going to be introduced to the system.

To give an extreme example of this, when I was working in the Simpson fifty years ago, we learned from experience that once an engine started using oil, it was time to order a new engine, as it was impossible to avoid the blowing dust and sand to do daily top-ups. Remember that in those days a litre of oil a week was not considered abnormal, and normally an engine using that much oil could remain serviceable for years. We found that topping the oil up every couple of days would lead to major bearing and crankshaft wear within a few weeks.

While this was extreme, there remains a probability that every time you put oil in, you also put contaminants in, and at some stage this will outweigh the advantages of more frequent oil changes.

John

Originally Posted by d2dave

Never heard so much bull. Sure it probably does. But walking down the street raises the risk of getting hit by a car.

You weigh up the risks in life. Servicing or over servicing done properly and I don't believe there is such a thing as over servicing, far outweighs the miniscule risk of introducing contaminates into an engine.

Oil analysis is only done to reduce costs. I don't care what any chemist says. Oil that has done say 20,000 km and analysis says it is still ok, wont be as good as new oil.

It's not bull actually,Toyota and CAT will void your warranty if you over service them because you run extra risk of contaminates,oil analysis is a waste of time and money,just change the oil as per LR service requirements,you guys are over thinking it.One last thing about engine life,ask yourself why Holden and Ford six's easily see 750,000 - 1,000,000k's as taxi's yet struggle to hit 300,000 as a family car. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

One last thing about engine life,ask yourself why Holden and Ford six's easily see 750,000 - 1,000,000k's as taxi's yet struggle to hit 300,000 as a family car. Pat

The engine is always warm. The oil is always warm. There are very few cold starts.
Aaron

And we have a winner. Pat

Originally Posted by JDNSW

To give an extreme example of this, when I was working in the Simpson fifty years ago, we learned from experience that once an engine started using oil, it was time to order a new engine, as it was impossible to avoid the blowing dust and sand to do daily top-ups.

John

Makes sense in the desert, but I can tell you in my shed at home any contaminates that get in my engine during a service would be that minute it would not matter.