The under $10k thread -- LR3 vs LR4?

Howski

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Kory, if you’re ok with 19” wheels the Toyo AT III in a 255/60/19 is your best bet and will fit at factory height. I did the size in the Goodyear Wrangler, which I wouldn’t recommend, and will probably be going to 18’s next time I need tires
 

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A local Arizona Land Rover owners group member is selling 518 inch LR three wheels with good BF good rich 80s on them right now for $400 total.
 

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That’s five LR3 18” wheels with BFG ATs. Talk to text sucks.
 

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4 are powder coated black, spare is spray painted black
 

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It's a pretty simple circuit. But You probably need a coolant reservoir, Take a look at the 2 wires going to the sensor just to be sure. But the general rule is if the cooolant level is up and the lights on, it's probably because the float in the reservoir is sunk.
Finally looked closer at this. I think my float is sunk.
 

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Blue

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I played with the wires and the connector underneath as much as I could with my fat hands and hot radiator piping in the way and everything seemed well connected. Then I shined the light behind the tank and saw what I'm thinking is the float sitting all the way at the bottom. But I really have no idea what I'm looking at. Funny thing is that this morning the idiot light was on when I started my truck and it went off after a couple minutes, then came back on (just a short 2 mile trip to son's school). I'll have to let the engine cool and look into it a bit more...maybe the connection is indeed bad because the light has been on for weeks straight now but it went off after I messed with it.
 

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Coming back to this thread in regards to LR4’s. There’s a 1-owner, dealer serviced 5.0 with low (70k) miles at a good price. Vehicle looks incredibly clean. Looking at oil change intervals- at least as reported on CarFax - there were 3 that were over 10k (11, 16, 12) which worries me a bit. The rest were 8k miles or under and of course other oil changes could've happened and not been reported. Are these higher intervals worrisome as far potential timing chain issues they could’ve caused, if not now later?
 
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pinkytoe69

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The oil change recomennded interval on that car is 16k. So the pre owner was ahead on oil changes.

What is the deal with these massive oil change intervals?

Is it really only necessary to do it that often with modern filtration and synthetic lubricants?

Or is it some kind of a marketing/cost cutting measure which has no benefit?
 

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Or is it some kind of a marketing/cost cutting measure which has no benefit?
It is a lure for the customers to imagine they have to visit the dealer once a year, roughly.
BMW was big on that. The insides of the 16-kmi-lubricated V8 engines after three years of use looked absolutely horrifying.
 

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Agree with Peter. Both local indie Rover specialists I use (when I have to) recommended 7,500-mile oil change intervals on my 4.4 V8 LR3. Which, to my pleasant surprise, the previous owner also did. At 180K miles I can barely hear the engine running from inside the cabin and the techs always marvel at what shape it's in. Which is not to suggest that your 5.0 is doomed from longer intervals, just that I haven't had problems with shorter ones. Which doesn't really answer your question.
 

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I start to sweat if I go too far beyond 6,000 miles and I don't have an appointment at my local independent shop. Since picking my 2013 LR4 up in August 2020 with 69K miles, I've had the oil changed at 5639, 6342, 3348, 6158, 6476, and 6897 mile intervals. The 3348 was a matter of convenience for me - it was in for motor mounts. Just had my 105k service completed last week and it's in the shop now for replacement upper & lower control arms.
 

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What is the deal with these massive oil change intervals?

Is it really only necessary to do it that often with modern filtration and synthetic lubricants?

Or is it some kind of a marketing/cost cutting measure which has no benefit?
No I don't think it is. I usually try to cut most of those in half.
 

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I've had a $4,000 Land Rover maintenance week between the 105K service last week (oil & filter change, air filters, pollen filter, new spark plugs) and the front upper & lower control arm replacement that was completed yesterday. Almost feels like I'm back in my 2004 D2!
 
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I've had a $4,000 Land Rover maintenance week between the 105K service last week (oil & filter change, air filters, pollen filter, new spark plugs) and the front upper & lower control arm replacement that was completed yesterday. Almost feels like I'm back in my 2004 D2!
Your service provider is pretty expensive. Uppers and lower control arms were shot?