Has anyone purchased an oil filter cap removal tool.? If so what size is correct? Brit parts and famousfour.com and others say it's 65mm x 14 flutes. I've measured the cap across flats and it's 64mm x 14 flutes. Now it could be that 65mm will do the job but the situation seems confusing as others on this forum are also quoting 64mm AF.
I've tried using hand method but it's pretty tight!

 

Answer to the above is: the size of the filter cap removal tool is determined by the diameter of the filter cap and not the distance across the flats. The correct size tool for the DS filter cap is 65mm x 14 flutes. Available from Amazon and elsewhere for around £8 - £10.
I have not removed the filter cap to date but the tool is a good fit. I'll be doing the job in the near future having now obtained the OEM filter, sump plug, and the correct oil. I've purchased enough consumables to do two oil changes which will work out around £85 per oil change.
I intend to do one intermediate change between main dealer services, which are covered buy the service plan.

 

Just a quick note on my two posts above.
Both 64mm and 65mm filter cap removal tools are marketed for the DS. Different manufacturers measure them differently. They both fit OK. The 64mm is across the flats and the 65mm is the diameter across the corners.

 

For information the engine oil drain plug (sump plug) torque is 25Nm (same as the filter cap). This can be found in section 303-00, Engine General and Ancillaries.pdf, page 70, of the manual which can be downloaded from the Technical Documents & Bulletins section.

 

Bought one of those filter removal tools when in a Walmart in Florida recently, ( Family was getting the groceries for the villa) It was packaged as for a Toyota but I knew from this forum that it would be correct, cost was just 4 Dollars 50 Cents , about a fiver. yet another way that we in G.B. are over charged.

 

I've just had my Discovery in for some warranty work on the gearbox leaking oil, they rang me to say that the oil and filter needed changing at a cost of £328, does this sound right?

Parts & oil £108.52
Labour £165.00
Vat £54.70

 

I've just had my Discovery in for some warranty work on the gearbox leaking oil, they rang me to say that the oil and filter needed changing at a cost of £328, does this sound right?

Parts & oil £108.52
Labour £165.00
Vat £54.70

My suggestion would be to find another dealer.

If your vehicle is under warranty as you state, then they are already aware that the campaign is still running, and even if it failed the criteria, an oil change at a dealer rate should be no more than £180. Of course, they will charge what they can get away with, so push for a campaign oil and filter change, or go elsewhere

 

I've just had my Discovery in for some warranty work on the gearbox leaking oil, they rang me to say that the oil and filter needed changing at a cost of £328, does this sound right?

Parts & oil £108.52
Labour £165.00
Vat £54.70

On what grounds does it need a oil & filter change?

 

Has anyone tried the millers xf longlife ow30 oil for their oil change

 

I have a 68 plate SE Tech with 16500 miles on the clock, its due its first service ay 22000K miles but the dash is stating it needs an oil service in 3200mile.
Thing its I've been using the car a bit lately and it was giving the same warning message 1000 miles ago. surely the oil change requirement should work down as the odometer clocks up the miles?
I have been told JLR will do the oil change for free under warranty because it is before the specified service interval and I was going to send off a sample off the oil for lab testing to see condition it is in.
Should the oil service mileage count down as the odometer mileage goes up ?

 

Not necessarily. Mine recently went from 3800 to 4000. The figure is produced by an algorithm based on the number of failed regenerations to date. If your driving habits change - ie you do a few longer journeys, the calculation will take this into account and alter its prediction.
It's not a bad idea to get the oil tested - plenty of comments on this forum about that!

 

Thanks for the reply.
I just changed from 3200 miles to 3000 miles and that was after a 200 mile run?
So it's going to need an oil change before 20000 miles.

 

any online vendors selling the genuine oil filter? thanks

 

I use these. You may need to ring them, the filters are not always on their web pages but are always available- don't ask me why that is!!

http://www.duckworthparts.co.uk/landrover/index.html

 

doing a interim oil change in between dealer services car has only done 5000 miles since last dealer service in may 2019 don't know weather to bother replaceing the oil filter bearing in mind JLR expect it to last 2 years/21000 miles or just drop the oil and replace with fresh oil. What have other forum members done.

 

doing a interim oil change in between dealer services car has only done 5000 miles since last dealer service in may 2019 don't know weather to bother replaceing the oil filter bearing in mind JLR expect it to last 2 years/21000 miles or just drop the oil and replace with fresh oil. What have other forum members done.

I would change the filter if you are changing the oil

 

Ideally change the filter, but i didn't after 10k miles - I just dropped the oil and refilled. I figured the less evidence of intrusion outside of JLR the better come any warranty work. My oil dilution was under 2%, so on that count i probably wasted £50 on oil. But at least there is cleaner oil circulating (the factory fill was black after a few hundred miles btw)

 

Hi guys,
I have a 66 plate disco sport with only 25k miles on it. It's a run about for the wife and we've had it since new.
It had a lot if oil dilution services the first 2 years but I'm guessing some software was tweaked as I don't recall it being such an issue the last 2 years.
It had a LR service in December but an oil service indication appeared on the dash last month.
I rang LR and they want to investigate and do an oil service ( approx £330). I was wondering if I just did an oil service myself for what is probably a dilution issue it might be more economical shall we say.
I can always get the car it's full service at LR next time to keep the full service history intact.
Any thoughts or advice appreciated.

 

The problem is that there are two service indicators. One is regular based on time/mileage, the other is based on the estimated oil dilution. Changing the oil without resetting the indicator is not going to help. The oil dilution estimate is just that, there is no sensor that will sample the oil and determine that it is no longer diluted, or that the oil is actually diluted. Change the oil and not reset the indicator is a sure way of LR getting out of any engine warranty, at which point you might as well get the servicing done by an independent and save a couple of hundred pounds per service - if not more, speaking as someone who has just been quoted £630 for a 42,000 mile (3 year) service. The service sheet says replace brake fluid, what's the chance that it A) is an extra or B) gets ignored?

 

My (first and only so far) service included brake fluid change in the price. I checked beforehand. No guarantee that they did it of course, but I've no reason to doubt them. That's Marshalls of Peterborough. Cost was £520. If I were up in the north I'd get a quote from TVLR in Gateshead - they were always good value in the past, but I've not used them recently.