Oil Service (Sept 14)

The Defender got an oil service today. The previous service (an 'A' service) was carried out almost 6 moths ago by Beyond Performance 4x4 with 18,006 miles on the clock.

The mileage at the time of service was 20,374. The process of this service was mainly a repeat of my blog from the previous oil service a year ago, so the same detail isn't covered here.

The engine was run to get the temperature up to help the oil drain.

 The items for the service are shown below. An engine flush was added to the old oil and run for 10 minutes to further help the draining.
Having seen a slight increase in MPG after using Castrol Magnatec in the previous service, it is now my oil of choice. Also shown are the  Mahle oil filter element and the new sump plug

The old engine oil wasn't in bad condition:

Having removed the old filter, it's good to see Beyond Performance 4x4 have also used Mahle.

 Whilst under the Defender, the oil in the front diff was checked. At the previous service, the front diff oil was found to be contaminated with one-shot hub grease. The front hubs were rebuilt to prevent this happening and, as can be seen below, the diff oil appears to have remained relatively uncontaminated.