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Marius



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South Africa 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green
To Service or NOT to service
I dont drive my landy often. Had 2 kids and the trips kind of stopped. Now that the youngest is 2 we are going on a Namibia trip to visit my brother in Windhoek, going via the kgalagadi.

My landy has done 41k km in total. In the past 12 months it's done 14k km.
It was last serviced in November 2013 by landrover due to the warranty still being an issue. The warranty is now over.

I was going to take it to our local indie in pretoria (Waynes 4x4) but he is so popular he is booked out till January Sad

Landrover is an extreme ripp off!!!!! and quoted R8500 for the 80k service..... I cant do that!!
Now it seems the 80 k service includes diff and gearbox oil changes.

Can I wait till January and go on our overland trip. It will total my km to 20k km in the past 12 months but i'll be over in time with 3 months.

What shall I do. Change at least the filters and engine oil myself and then take it to Wayne in January?
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bpman



Member Since: 21 May 2008
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If you are able to service and use genuine parts ... Why not ? Keep the receipt for the oil and filters

Careful if you decide to tackle the axles, xfr box and gearboxes though
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Regard



Member Since: 08 Dec 2011
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Marius

Why not contact Walter at LRExtreme in Pta East? Way better indie than Wayne.

Btw...I service my Puma myself. Extremely easy and you know that is was done right. There are so many tips on servicing the Puma that you really can not go wrong.
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LR90XS2011



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do it yourself dead easy with limited tools and cost very little compared to a garage, follow the guide on here I did and am happy that I did saving over £500 DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
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Supacat



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Not just saving you money but more importantly knowing it was done correctly. Thumbs Up
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Cheshire110



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I'm a pretty hopeless mechanic and it's very doable DIY.

Including diffs, trans box, gbox, engine, filters etc,

There's good guides on here Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
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Marius



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I see the sump plug of the engine needs replacing. What about the plugs for the rest?
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LR90XS2011



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the engine sump plug has a parallel thread and rubber seal and that is why it is recommended to be replaced, the axles are reusable and tapered threads, the gear box and transfer box are also reused DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
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LR90XS2011



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martinks post and subsequent thread on the subject


http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic8707.html DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
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Marius



Member Since: 21 Dec 2010
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So after digging around I made the following lists from various sources (This site; Topix; SA 4x4 forums).

Which oil in each category would be preferred or rated best?

Engine Oil:
5W/30 – WSS–M2C913–B
WSS–M2C913–C
Castrol Magnatec 5W-30 A1 Fully Synthetic

Puma 6 Speed Gearbox (MT82) : 2.2l (Service fill); 2.4l (Dry fill)
Castrol BOT 130M (SAE75W-90. API GL4)
Castrol Syntrans Multivehicle 75W-90 Fully Synthetic MTF
Castrol BOT402
MTF 94
ATF Dexron D2 or D3

NB!! Do not fill the Gearbox until the oil flow out of the Filler hole. The filer hole is NOT at the full mark as we used to on ie the R380. (Land Rover had to send the Dealers a Service Bullitin (SSM34407) to highlight this)

Transfer Case: 2.3litres
Castrol Syntrax 75W–90
Texaco Multigear 75W–90R
API GL4 or GL5
MIL-L-2105 or MIL-L-2105B
Fuchs Titan Race SYN 5 75W-90 Fully Synthetic Gear Oil

Front and Rear Diffs: Both is 1.6litres
Castrol EPX 80W–90
Texaco Geartex EP85W–90
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jst



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i would just change engine oil and filter then get it done Jan time when they can book them in. Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop
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MartinK



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Re: To Service or NOT to service
Marius wrote:


What shall I do. Change at least the filters and engine oil myself and then take it to Wayne in January?


That's what I would do...

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i would just change engine oil and filter then get it done Jan time when they can book them in.


Seconded...

Mine's due now (well, last month actually). However it's only done 8000 easy miles since the last (dealer) service. As I won't be using her much in the next 3 months, I'll be leaving it just now, and getting it done in Spring before still doing any major miles.

I did an interim service myself last year. Warranty's expired now, so I will be doing some myself, and some by the local Indie... Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)
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