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I do not agree with this, I would not change the oil in advance, it is a waste of money, I would not do it unless I observed problems with dilution, etc….something that does not seem to be happening in the I6 MHEV!!

Good thing it's his money he's "wasting", then?
You are free to run your engine's oil into the ground, just as some people are free to change it as often as they'd like. Gotta love freedom of choice, no?

For example, I changed the factory filled oil out at 20 (twenty) miles. Its was watery, and should have saved a sample to send to blackstone, but.. meh. That soupy mess was replaced with Valvoline racing oil (high Zinc content), and Royal Purple engine break-in oil. Not a RP nuthugger, but couldn't find enough of either locally for the whole procedure, so I had to do some mixing.

Then, after the engine was broken in, I changed it again at 52 miles. That was done with 5qts of conventional 5-20 oil and 3.5 qts of remaining Valvoline oil.

At 550 miles, another oil/filter change happened. This time, the engine received 8.5 qts of Mobil 1 0-20.

So, three oil changes inside of 550 miles. Stupid Yanks, wasting all of that money, right?

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I do not agree with this, I would not change the oil in advance, it is a waste of money, I would not do it unless I observed problems with dilution, etc….something that does not seem to be happening in the I6 MHEV!!

So, three oil changes inside of 550 miles. Stupid Yanks, wasting all of that money, right?

Blimey! I think thats obsessive but your choice . I've never done anything other than manufacturers changes. I keep my cars well into high mileages, usually 150,000 +

Since 2005 they have all been Discovery 3 / 4 (other than a XC90). One I sold at 231,000 miles and is still going strong as are all the others. My defender is currently on 34,000 miles in 18 months. If I keep it then it will be on the same basis.

Anyway, horses for courses.  Eiger Grey MY23 D250 SE with bits. Known as Noddy.

Blimey! I think thats obsessive but your choice . I've never done anything other than manufacturers changes. I keep my cars well into high mileages, usually 150,000 +

Since 2005 they have all been Discovery 3 / 4 (other than a XC90). One I sold at 231,000 miles and is still going strong as are all the others. My defender is currently on 34,000 miles in 18 months. If I keep it then it will be on the same basis.

Anyway, horses for courses. [/quote]

Hey, if that works for you, more power to you. 34K mi in a year and a half is more than average. I'm at 125K in 28 months as of this morning on today's daily driver, a 22 F150 Tremor. I only drive it to church and back... or some such thing.


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The same can be said by here, my LR D3 TDV6 left for its second owner with 400,000 km with the original engine, never 1€ was spent on an extra oil change, always 24,000 km or 1 year…in those 18 years of ownership, many colleagues here, infected by the “worried LR” virus, I saw their oils changed at 12,000 or 6 months…and many of them saw their engine die at an early age…others did not…I always followed the instructions given to me by the car dictated by the manufacturer LR, that is, surely everything is part of a design plan motivated by spurious and unspeakable interests…within a great malevolent world plan…that without a doubt!!

Kamala? Kamala Harris?

Sorry, for a second there, I thought you were Kamala, what with that word salad you spewed out, at the end.

If you want to follow the manufacturer's recommendations, feel free to do so. I ask you forgive me for not jumping on the 24K km oil change intervals on some anecdotal evidence you provided, and just because you say it works for you. On one vehiclle.

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Blimey! I think thats obsessive but your choice . I've never done anything other than manufacturers changes. I keep my cars well into high mileages, usually 150,000 +

Since 2005 they have all been Discovery 3 / 4 (other than a XC90). One I sold at 231,000 miles and is still going strong as are all the others. My defender is currently on 34,000 miles in 18 months. If I keep it then it will be on the same basis.

Anyway, horses for courses.

Hey, if that works for you, more power to you. 34K mi in a year and a half is more than average. I'm at 125K in 28 months as of this morning on today's daily driver, a 22 F150 Tremor. I only drive it to church and back... or some such thing.


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The same can be said by here, my LR D3 TDV6 left for its second owner with 400,000 km with the original engine, never 1€ was spent on an extra oil change, always 24,000 km or 1 year…in those 18 years of ownership, many colleagues here, infected by the “worried LR” virus, I saw their oils changed at 12,000 or 6 months…and many of them saw their engine die at an early age…others did not…I always followed the instructions given to me by the car dictated by the manufacturer LR, that is, surely everything is part of a design plan motivated by spurious and unspeakable interests…within a great malevolent world plan…that without a doubt!!

Kamala? Kamala Harris?

Sorry, for a second there, I thought you were Kamala, what with that word salad you spewed out, at the end.

If you want to follow the manufacturer's recommendations, feel free to do so. I ask you forgive me for not jumping on the 24K km oil change intervals on some anecdotal evidence you provided, and just because you say it works for you. On one vehiclle.[/quote]

Brilliant, you're six posts in and insulting someone whose first language isn't English and who shared a response you don't agree with. Now who does that remind me of....  Eiger Grey MY23 D250 SE with bits. Known as Noddy.