Been running regular Castrol oil since I bought the truck. It now has 105,000 miles and I am thinking about switching to synthetic. Should i? Or should I stick with conventional?
Synthetic is better to run, on any vehicle, ever. So yes.
Been running regular Castrol oil since I bought the truck. It now has 105,000 miles and I am thinking about switching to synthetic. Should i? Or should I stick with conventional?
Why do you say that? What do feel is better about it. I'm not saying your wrong or trying to pick a fight. There are more opinions on oil than anything else I think. I like to run it in my turbo motors because I feel it will hold up to the heat better. Just a feeling and I have no real studies to base that off. I think Castrol is a good oil and its a high detergent oil, I think that"s why Land Rover want's it run in there overhead cam engines with variable valve timing.
I think keeping your oil clean is more important than anything else. If you change it often enough I feel like you kind of make synthetics qualities a non issue. But who knows.
My number one reasoning is viscosity. A Dino 10-40 is a 10 weight oil with additives to make it 40 weight when it reaches operating temp. A synthetic 10-40 is a 40 weight with additives to drop the weight when cold. When a Dino oil wears out (life, overheating, etc) it drop its maximum viscosity. So now it might be a 10-30.
Do you have source for this info? I don't know much about oil and I'm curious.
Thus the thick Shell Rotella T oil fills in the gaps created by expansion.
Is the Rover engine still aluminum?
in my old 4.0L V8 and my current 3.6 VR6 Rotella T is great. As aluminum heats up, it expands. Thus the thick Shell Rotella T oil fills in the gaps created by expansion.
LOL 3k changes on synthetic? That's wild, why ever bother with the addition cost?
You guys take this way too serious, buy some decent quality oil typically whats on sale and change it regularly keep it topped up between changes. Live you life. LR's are hardly exotic in terms of their oil needs.