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Never heard of Prolong but SLIK has been around for donkey's years.
1st Apr 2016 2:30 pm
Ent
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EMcC wrote:
My 'dip stick' has not moved since I bought the vehicle and I have now done 10600 miles.
So today I put in a litre of Slik and now it is showing 'over filled' and according to the handbook to drive it now could cause serious damage to the engine.
It advises me to take it to an authorised dealer for rectification - how on a truck !!
Does anybody have any other advice ?
I've never read anything as daft in my life and I used to read VizClub Exped trailer
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1st Apr 2016 3:07 pm
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Oh you can read then ! Or was that just the pictures in that comic you mentioned
1st Apr 2016 3:23 pm
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EMcC wrote:
My 'dip stick' has not moved since I bought the vehicle and I have now done 10600 miles.
So today I put in a litre of Slik and now it is showing 'over filled' and according to the handbook to drive it now could cause serious damage to the engine.
It advises me to take it to an authorised dealer for rectification - how on a truck !!
Does anybody have any other advice ?
The supplying dealer overfilled mine (MY14 with 13000m) by nearly two litres probably in a rush to get it ready for me to collect. Drove home (70 miles) and next morning dipstick read overfilled do not drive. To cut a long story short LR Assistance wouldn't suck the excess out and it was transported to my regular dealership who sorted it out. They drained and measured the excess and refilled with fresh. All this was carefully noted for the future just in case. All fine so far after 6000m.
I was specifically warned that the car should not be driven although it was driven on/off the transporter.
Didn't matter so much in the old days when the excess would just have found it's way out around the seals.
Apparently too much oil in these engines can cause the crank to snap.
Fortunately for me it was the supplying dealer who cocked up. You seem to have two choices, transporter or suck it out yourself. If it's not been driven far you might get away with the latter.
1st Apr 2016 3:26 pm
Ent
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So your dipstick said you were already at max but you thought you would pour another litre in just for the craic?
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1st Apr 2016 3:28 pm
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I think nowadays with syn oils, adding any sort of additive is probably a bad idea.
Lets be honest modern engines dont really wear out these days, even when abused.
I assume you mean Slick50?
1st Apr 2016 3:36 pm
EMcC
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So that is something new, the oil does not get used even over 10600 miles ?
Yes, it was SLIK 50 the thing that Ent has never heard of but then again once he gets out and about a bit he may get to hear of it then !
Also I expect he hasn't heard of adding 2t or a squirt of redex to diesel either
1st Apr 2016 3:53 pm
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Re: how much oil does yours take
grzesiul wrote:
is this normal on new Discovery to take so much oil?
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250-300 cc in a new engine at 7500 kms? (brack-in engine)
YES!!!
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1st Apr 2016 4:31 pm
Ent
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EMcC wrote:
So that is something new, the oil does not get used even over 10600 miles ?
Yes, it was SLIK 50 the thing that Ent has never heard of but then again once he gets out and about a bit he may get to hear of it then !
Also I expect he hasn't heard of adding 2t or a squirt of redex to diesel either
Not only have you attempted to defy the laws of physics by turning your engine in to some sort of tardis you even got the dosage wrong
From the manufacturers info it's 750ml for a 3lt engine but I suppose that's a minor issue in the grand scheme of things Club Exped trailer
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Normally an engine that is working optimally and serviced according to specs with the correct oil should not be consuming oil in between services.
For example, in 6 years, my Puma has never needed a top-up between services, and neither has my wife's 2 Audis, nor our previous 110 & D2 Td5.
Some VAG TFSis do, due to the nature of their design, but that's beside the point.
Half your oil is gone - where did it go
Naks...
Internal combustion engines petrol or diesel have to consume oil.....it's the nature of thier design & the way they are constructed....
Oil is splashed & oil vapour gets to the cylinder walls where it does its job.....lubricating the cylinder walls...essential.
Some oil may leak out.
There has by rights to be some consumption...if there isn't it means vestiges of oil aren't getting to the top of the piston.....the highest piston ring..these actually make the piston in cylinder compression.
My disco 3 consumes about 3/4 of a litre in 14k miles.....& has done since new.
Oil consumption varies dependant on age of engine....miles done, the operating conditions...speed, load, temperature...the way it's looked after & the type & state of the engine oil.BREXIT - done properly.
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Never heard of Prolong but SLIK has been around for donkey's years.
In my dafter - younger days
Slik 50...... Like the Kings invisible clothes....a load of costly nonsence.BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
1st Apr 2016 5:32 pm
EMcC
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Ent, you are so right. The dosage I put in was 750 ml as you well know.
In my haste I stated the incorrect dosage as most plastic bottles are litre bottles these days.
The nice gentleman from Landrover Customer Services treated me much gentler as it seems my mistake isn't as rare as some on here would try and make me believe.
He 'played' with the vehicle and showed me that the indicator isn't always correct as one of his readings said I was half empty !!
It took him all of ten minutes to sort out.
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1st Apr 2016 6:31 pm
Ent
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They don't sell Slick 50 in 1lt amounts pal.Club Exped trailer
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2nd Apr 2016 3:36 am
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but then again once he gets out and about a bit he may get to hear of it then !
