I'm more concerned with finding a vehicle that has a proper service history vs a rear locker. I'm finding most have zero records of proper oil change history. They take it to the dealer for warranty coverage and that's it.
You really lucked out Blue.
Oil and filter changes on these engines using a vacuum pump are so easy and mess-free, I suspect many owners may do them in their garage in 10 minutes, rather than paying megabucks to a dealer or even big bucks to an indy shop, so finding records may be difficult for higher mileage LR4s besides the first freebie LR used to offer at 15K miles. Most of the mandatory "major" services - at least up to 60k miles - were little more than glorified oil changes anyway. Also, Land Rover recommended 15K-mile intervals between oil changes for the V8 LR4 (I believe they extended that interval even further when the SCV6 engine replaced the V8 in 2014), which were too many miles to begin with for most of us, so a "proper" oil change history is no guarantee the engine isn't half shot. I did my own oil and filter changes religiously every 7500 miles using Mobil 1 EP - another problem is finding the exact Castrol oil LR recommends, nearly impossible outside of a dealer for $15/qt - so my service record from a dealer would definitely be spotty... But I have 225K miles on my 2013 and the engine still purrs like a kitten. Good luck in your search!
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