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Air filter change at 16k.
Have just changed my air filter today after LR carried out my first service on the D4 this week.
Looking at the old filter I'm quite glad I did.
For the cost of a filter for around £8 it's definitely worth doing every service.
LR's change at 32k is a little optimistic for maintaining good fuel consumption.
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31st Mar 2017 10:53 pm
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
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That looks quite dirty.
I've always said that basic servicing costs (oil change, oil and air filters) disappear when compared to the other running costs of a car. For much less than the price of a tank of fuel and 30 minutes of your time why wouldn't you carry out that basic stuff every 6k miles? My last oil and filter change made no difference to the running cost of my D4 measured to the nearest p. The cost would be even more insignificant as I start to rack up the miles and fuel becomes the dominant expense.
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1st Apr 2017 6:51 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
DOes a new air filter increase MPG do you think, or just make it run better?
1st Apr 2017 7:12 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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An air filter has to be amazingly bad to have any noticeable effect on a cars power, mpg is the main benefit.
Years ago truck air filters were always filthy and being replaced all over the place, now its annually and approx 150k and they are not even that dirty!
I think a lot of it is how the air is routed to the filter, a lot of older vehicles got their air from under the bonnet now its routed carefully from the outside to the filter.
1st Apr 2017 7:55 am
DrRobH
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How easy is it to change the SDV6 air filter? I don't fancy running around for 2 years on same one!Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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24th May 2017 6:24 pm
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24th May 2017 7:08 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
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Very easy, even I did it! Just dont drop the screws into the engine bay MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
Maybe the technical gurus will tell us. I'd love to know the technical reasoning.
An engine burns fuel & breathes air - lots if it. A precise amount of fuel per volume of air
To my humble reasoning for all the journies you do, wanting a high if not higher mpg that stays there service to service - an air filter allowing air to be drawn into the engine is a critical component.
It's got to have a "new" to "needs changing" life that affects performance approaching the bugggered state
Also it has to some extent to depend in where the vehicle is used...dusty conditions (that I see more than most, working near dusty quarries most days) has got to be a factor - what's on my paintwork is also in my air filter.
I realise a modern air filter pleated paper - had a massive surface area, when one bit gets dirty thecsircflow moves elsewhere.
I think the Disco uses a MAF (mass airflow sensor) that measures the air volume coming in & balances this with fuel....experts please explain....an occluded or blocked air filter has to have some effect ?
To me an air filter is low cost maintenance - mines been done every serviceBREXIT - done properly.
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24th May 2017 8:02 pm
DrRobH
Member Since: 10 Oct 2015
Location: Hampshire
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LaserTam wrote:
Very easy, even I did it! Just dont drop the screws into the engine bay
I assume you don't take the screws all the way out ? Just enough to disconnect top lid? Does the filter slide out sideways? TaVisitor from fullfatrr.com
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8th Jul 2017 12:25 pm
barryp
Member Since: 24 Dec 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 138
I just did mine on my RRS. Same filter as LR4 and I could lift the filter cover enough to slide out the filter without lifting the cover right off and having to disconnect the pipework.
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16th Jul 2017 6:31 am
Barn1e D3 Decade
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LaserTam wrote:
Very easy, even I did it! Just dont drop the screws into the engine bay
When the D3/4 gets older these rust. Get a new set from Advanced Factors and save the best as spares.2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
16th Jul 2017 7:39 am
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
Posts: 2210
Hi,
you could always start with the pollen filter first and build up to the Air filter
that's even easier and saves £££ from main dealer doing it
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Location: Hampshire
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barryp wrote:
I just did mine on my RRS. Same filter as LR4 and I could lift the filter cover enough to slide out the filter without lifting the cover right off and having to disconnect the pipework.
Regards
Barry
Yep, same here. Easy job when you know how. Can't believe they are not changed annually as standard! Will be on mine. Old one was a little grubbyVisitor from fullfatrr.com
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9th Aug 2017 3:03 pm
Dannyson
Member Since: 15 Oct 2014
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Posts: 820
According to my invoice the LR Franchise garage changed my air filter on its 2 year old service a couple of weeks ago ...... just 13,000 miles ...... 2016MY Discovery HSE - Black
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9th Aug 2017 10:43 pm
DrRobH
Member Since: 10 Oct 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 924
Yes, they get changed every 2 services (24 months or X thousand miles). I'd prefer a new one every service hence chucking one in Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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