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lucy
Member Since: 14 Jan 2006
Location: surrey
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have a disco tv6 about a month now done about 5000 mile have used 2litres of engine oil 5w,30w landrover oil to top up ,dealer says use lot oil till engine runs in,my td5 never used a drop , wondering if this is normal as their are no leaks can see ,otherwise great car
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 14th Jan 2006 5:12 am |
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TC
Member Since: 26 Oct 2005
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 253
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Hi Lucy,
Mine has now done 11.5K and it burns around half a litre every 1000 miles........apparently this is the norm
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| 14th Jan 2006 5:55 am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Its is normal, mine did use a couple of litres in its first 15000 miles. Now its on 34000 and does not use any.
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| 14th Jan 2006 7:57 am |
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
 
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Lucy, all TDv6 engines appear to use a couple of litres of oil bewteen 1k and 10k miles then oil useage seems to stop. One theory put to me by an instructor at Land Rover Experience was that the engine block on the TDv6 is porous and it absorbs oil as it runs in. Once the block is saturated with oil this useage stops. So the oil isn't being burnt or leaking out. Confess I find that explanation rather weird, but as long as the engine still performs sweetly, I cannot get worried by it.... Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
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| 14th Jan 2006 8:17 am |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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Hi Lucy, Welcome to DISCO3. Where abouts in Surrey are you?
As has been said above the TDV6 does use a fair bit to start with, mine did until about 6000 miles but I haven't had to top it up since. I had an oil and filter change at 7500 miles too which made the engine run a lot smoother
Si The End
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| 14th Jan 2006 9:49 am |
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Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
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Under 5,000 miles on mine & it had no oil at all not a drop on the dip stick!!
It was dropping a few drops on the drive but not much!
Got the leak fixed & all well, they never told me what it was. Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
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| 14th Jan 2006 12:40 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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My dealer warned me that it may use up to a litre of oil in the first 1k but I keep checking and even after 1.2k the level on the dipstick doesn't appear to have moved from the day I picked it up - I am checking the oil in the normal way - (level surface - not fired up for 12 hrs - extract dipstick - wipe - insert - leave a few seconds - extract - check) Apart from the oil getting slightly darker each time - the oil is still up to the fourth nodule. Am I missing something - or is my disco blessed by the Lord???  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 14th Jan 2006 1:44 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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Mine's not used any in 3.5k miles..... beginning to think there's something wrong with the dipstick 
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| 14th Jan 2006 1:49 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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dickgriff wrote:...even after 1200k...
You've done 1.2 million miles already?  The End
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| 14th Jan 2006 1:58 pm |
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Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
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I find the dipstick on the TDV6 the most unreassuringly one to read that I have ever known. And I have 46 years of private and professional experience of doing this with a huge variety of machines. I am never sure where the level is; the whole stick is covered in oil even after standing more than a week it was no different. I of course always clean the stick properly before dipping and often touch it onto paper to help see where it is wetted.
I don’t know if this is because of the highly thixotropic character of the synthetic oil, but it always leaves a meniscus witnesses in the roots of all the ball swellings, even the upper guide one.
Could be that my vehicle is not using oil, but in 7000+ miles I have only drizzled in, in total, under a litre; mainly out of growing fear.
[As an amusing aside I did have a VW Beetle that actually “Gained†oil on the dipstick that was until I took it for a long high speed run; the water produced by combustion , and then getting into the sump then got boiled off!]
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| 14th Jan 2006 3:15 pm |
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DG
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Location: The Gaff
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Slimer..... ok ....I'm a bit tired this morning as you can tell 
I was up all night doing my budget ......................................Oh my God ..............NOooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 14th Jan 2006 4:05 pm |
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DG
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Ocsid wrote:
I don’t know if this is because of the highly thixotropic character of the synthetic oil, but it always leaves a meniscus witnesses in the roots of all the ball swellings, even the upper guide one.
You should see a doctor about that  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 14th Jan 2006 4:09 pm |
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lucy
Member Since: 14 Jan 2006
Location: surrey
Posts: 2
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Slimer wrote:Hi Lucy, Welcome to DISCO3. Where abouts in Surrey are you?
As has been said above the TDV6 does use a fair bit to start with, mine did until about 6000 miles but I haven't had to top it up since. I had an oil and filter change at 7500 miles too which made the engine run a lot smoother
Si
thanks for helpful advice ,feel better now ,thirst for oil may be in sight,
yes agree changing the oil filter good idea , where is the oil filter on the lr3 .need to take thee undercover offf have nose around, hopefully go better around boxhill ,,lanes
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| 14th Jan 2006 11:55 pm |
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