Keith Hollis
Member
Considering sales volume of new vehicles sold, is it just me, or is there really a high percentage of these fine luxury British vehicles with motor failures?
Oil consumption/loss, coolant leaks, fuel rail pressure concerns and lean codes. Generally on vehicles that aren't that old and do not have that many miles.
"Annual Services" are not a great idea at face value.
10K miles (and higher) recommended oil change intervals are not a great idea at face value.
The manufacturers (all of them) are happy to play along with the Climate Change crowd and our fine government when they suggested (years ago) that we extend oil drain intervals to reduce the amount of waste oil created annually. No sweat. The manufacturers have nothing to lose. They're all out of warranty before these expensive repairs are required.
1) Changing you motor oil by the calendar and not waiting on an idiot light or an odometer reading to reach a particular mileage would be a good idea - especially for daily drivers with short-trip commutes. We used to say 3 months or 3K miles, and all anyone ever heard was "3K miles". Even with more efficient engines, closer tolerances, and synthetic oils, we're talking about machinery, and preemptive maintenance goes a long way. The VVT systems have small oil passages that easily become clogged with residual dirty oil over time. After repeated extended drain intervals. If you want to extend service intervals, you had best perform an engine flush at each oil change and get ALL of the dirty oil out when it drains. Otherwise, 2-3 oil changes/year minimum should go a long way towards preventing these failures.
Quit buying to Annual Service garbage.
2) The plastic and rubber components your JLR vehicles are comprised of leave a lot to be desired. (Just look at your key fobs/keys.) It's all the same grade and quality of materials used under the hood and in the interior of your fine luxury vehicle. I spent many years as a service consultant at a very large Lexus dealership, writing over 6,000 repair orders a year for many of those years (and 4K-5K repair orders minimum for almost 16 years), and never saw such problems or material failures. The Japanese (Toyota, anyway), did their homework in terms of materials research.
My 2 cents.
Oil consumption/loss, coolant leaks, fuel rail pressure concerns and lean codes. Generally on vehicles that aren't that old and do not have that many miles.
"Annual Services" are not a great idea at face value.
10K miles (and higher) recommended oil change intervals are not a great idea at face value.
The manufacturers (all of them) are happy to play along with the Climate Change crowd and our fine government when they suggested (years ago) that we extend oil drain intervals to reduce the amount of waste oil created annually. No sweat. The manufacturers have nothing to lose. They're all out of warranty before these expensive repairs are required.
1) Changing you motor oil by the calendar and not waiting on an idiot light or an odometer reading to reach a particular mileage would be a good idea - especially for daily drivers with short-trip commutes. We used to say 3 months or 3K miles, and all anyone ever heard was "3K miles". Even with more efficient engines, closer tolerances, and synthetic oils, we're talking about machinery, and preemptive maintenance goes a long way. The VVT systems have small oil passages that easily become clogged with residual dirty oil over time. After repeated extended drain intervals. If you want to extend service intervals, you had best perform an engine flush at each oil change and get ALL of the dirty oil out when it drains. Otherwise, 2-3 oil changes/year minimum should go a long way towards preventing these failures.
Quit buying to Annual Service garbage.
2) The plastic and rubber components your JLR vehicles are comprised of leave a lot to be desired. (Just look at your key fobs/keys.) It's all the same grade and quality of materials used under the hood and in the interior of your fine luxury vehicle. I spent many years as a service consultant at a very large Lexus dealership, writing over 6,000 repair orders a year for many of those years (and 4K-5K repair orders minimum for almost 16 years), and never saw such problems or material failures. The Japanese (Toyota, anyway), did their homework in terms of materials research.
My 2 cents.