NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D
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NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D - 9/11/2008 9:05:18 PM
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snowdude
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First of all congradulations, and welcome to the family. Please dont take this as mean but..
From a rover owner with decent knowlage, you should be putting ATLEST 91 (i put 93 in mine). The clynders run hotter in rovers and need the extra boost for some reason i cant explain. you can run 87, but you shouldent run it long (ie a full tank every few mounths). You mostlikley wont feel the effects of it now, but in about 20k miles you will start having problems (leaking head gaskets, engine knocking), then after 50-70k you can see large problems costing in the $1000''''s. YOU HAVE TO PUT ATLEST 91 OCTANE, CHANGE YOUR OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES!!!! i know land rover recomends 7.5k but thats the minnimum, you CAN NOT do the minimun with these trucks if you want them to last over 50k. WHEN LAND ROVER SAYS SOMTHING, THEY MEAN IT, AND DO BETTER THEN WHAT THEY SAY, that just how it goes.
when people start "cutting corners" like this, you get the "LAND ROVER SUCKS, NO RELIABITLY" rant reviews going. a few extra $15 or free oil changes will help save you, there IS reliability in these trucks, you just have to do better them the recomndations change oil 2 times every time they say 1, and USE 91-93 OCTANE NO MATTER WHAT!
sincerly
All persons buying a used Land Rover.
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RE: NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D - 9/12/2008 10:00:47 AM
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jenin5280
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Actually, my dealer told me to run the lower octane The LR2 has a Volvo S80 I6 Engine, which no other Rover currently uses. I have about 13k on my truck and get over 20 mpg in the neighborhood (suburban and hilly). I get about 26 on the highway. It''s not a bad idea to run a tank of 91 once in a while but the dealer sells the car advising to use 87. When in doubt call your service department. Also, since the LR2 uses synthetic oil, every 6 months or 6k was the recommendation from the dealer and on the LR2, the oil changes are free for the first 4 years or 50K. Since I live in what''s considered extreme climate I never go more than 6 months or 6K. I changed it at 3K when it was new just becuase of the break in period. It cost me $86. Apparently the only other car that size they had seen that takes that much oild was a Benz. The whole 3 months/3,000 miles was a big oil industry campaign.
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RE: NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D - 9/12/2008 9:18:02 PM
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snowdude
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umm.. no. did you read what i said? better then recommended? the dealers will tell you anything to make a sale. sure you can run 87 octane, your car isn''t going to explode when u put it in the first time. but over time it will start losing reliability if you don''t fully take care of it. 87 octane and oil changes every 6k is like living on minimun wage, it can be done but its not a good quality. it dosent really matter if its a volvo motor, they are delicate motors as well.
living in colorado is the same climate as northern wisconsin, drastic changes from 70 degreese to 20 in a day, thurnderstorms to blizzards. when you put 94,000 miles on your LR2, come tell me how fine you were with 6,000 mile changes, and 87 octane.
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RE: NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D - 9/13/2008 2:48:37 PM
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roverguy7
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im mixed... with the si6 i highly recomend changing the oil every 3000 miles, you do not want to create any, even a very small amount, of sludging with this engine... in the end, then engine is unproven, came out in volvos about 4 months before it was slapped into the lr2 a year ago. the cps, cam profile switching system, has incredibly small oil passages and i promiss as soon as thick oil or sludge is introduced it will cause major issues, if you want to know more about this system ill explain,but just know it needs oil and it needs to be able to flow well. as to the fuel, split the diff. yes, 87 is ok to put in the tank, but spend the extra few bucks each fill up and put 89 in it, youll thank yourself when you go out of warranty. and in the end, its about an extra couple cents a mile you drive
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RE: NEW OWNERS: READ FIRST! =D - 9/14/2008 12:56:46 PM
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m1964
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quote:
ORIGINAL: jenin5280
.... Also, since the LR2 uses synthetic oil, every 6 months or 6k was the recommendation from the dealer and on the LR2, the oil changes are free for the first 4 years or 50K. ...
At first I was told LR2 uses synthetic oil, and later I was told it uses REGULAR OIL, and the guy that told me synthetic is not there anymore.
So last service I brought my own synthetic oil.
Anyone can confirm/deny if LR2 uses synthetic or not?
Thank you.
PS
I do use premium gas-I felt decrease in both acceleration and gas mileage when used regular once or twice...
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