Land Rover Denver south just told me that they do not put synthetic oil in the LR3 unless requested by the owner. I know this has probably been covered, but I was under the impression that castrol 5w-30 synthetic was the standard oil used?
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They are correct. Factory Fill is Castrol GTX. (not a synthetic). If a client requests a synthetic, that is usually not a problem. If a factory scheduled servcie is being done, we charge the difference between the two to the customer.
I had the engine oil changed at around 1000 miles on my new V8 SE from the LR delearship and they put in Mobil 1 synthetic, however since it was not "scheduled" maintanence they charged me almost 130 bucks for it. I remember the service rep. saying that if it ws a scheduled maintainence they would have still put in the same oil and not charged me anything for it.davez26 said:
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This is the normal recommend oil change interval for many vehicles. But you also have to remember they are in the business of getting you to buy newer vehicles, most oils will not survive to 7500 unless it is all highway miles. Even then I wouldn't go much over 5000 miles. I normally run 5000 miles on my 1992 Buick Roadmaster, but I have put 5000 miles on in less than a month in most cases. When it goes more than 3 months I tend to change the oil sooner.new06 said:
At 224,000 miles I don't use a drop of oil between changes on my buick. If I did this to my rover it would be dead by now at 126,000+ miles (can't remember acual miles off the top of my head.
I know I wouldn't run standard oil that long in my Rover... 3500 miles is the most I have ran it and will go to 5000 on synthetics.
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I use Mobile 1 synthetic with my truck every 3~4K miles. The differences between the type and brands of oil are minor. Everyone's got their favorites. The intervals which you change them is far more important.
