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Almost 16,000 miles and just shy of 1 year old. Time for a service.
About $350 in supplies including the MityVac pump for the oil. The 8.8L nominal capacity Mityvac is plenty big. Actual capacity is larger it would seem. All parts are OEM and the oil meets the JLR specs. A simple process all told. A relaxing time in the garage.
Air Filter
The Air filter is fiddly enough. Remove 6 screws with a Torx T25 and the big hose clamp. A little wiggling to pop it off. Out with old and in with the new.
Left: New
Oil Change.
I stopped half way and poured a little oil out into a bucket just in case the 8.8L nominal capacity was too small. There was plenty of room.
Swapped out the oil filter with a new one and new gasket. 25Nm of torque. (Hand loosened and hand tightened. I will verify the torque when I get the right socket). Overall, this is the easiest oil change I've ever done. I'll be doing it this way from now on. The manual pump worked a treat.
8.8L went back in. Oil levels are correct.
10L bought - 1.2L remaining in the can = 8.8L used.
Tire Rotation
I took care of this a little while back so it is not due again.I'm getting some new tires to replace the Adventures soon anyway.
Bonus material
I finally finalized my caliper trim for my Tuffants. Just the last 1mm or so and a finer grit.
About 2mm of clearance between caliper and rim. Plenty of room for wheel weights. Over 1" on the rim.
Very nice, thanks for sharing. I do everything on my motorcycles. On the truck, I will definitely tackle mods and repairs, but for some reason have always paid someone else to maintain. You've got me thinking maybe it's time to try something new!
Very nice, thanks for sharing. I do everything on my motorcycles. On the truck, I will definitely tackle mods and repairs, but for some reason have always paid someone else to maintain. You've got me thinking maybe it's time to try something new!
I started doing more of this stuff a couple of years back when my last car was getting a bit older. I sort of enjoy tinkering in the garage anyway. A bit of relaxation there with the tunes a playing. Dealer quoted $850 plus taxes so there's some money to be saved too. Not a huge deal I know and not going to be enough for that new yacht but better than a kick in the bollox.
Nice write-up.
One thing, assuming you are still in your warranty period why reset ? I don't want to void my warranty so I changed the oil myself at 10.000mls but did not reset.
Display is now showing 1st service at 15.000mls or whitin 24 months , wichever comes first.
Just my thoughts..
Great post, @GavinC ! Can you post the air filter #'s (cabin & engine) for the lazy? Er, preoccupied? Thanks. I've got my next interval coming up. I have all the oil on hand, but not the two filters.
Nice write-up.
One thing, assuming you are still in your warranty period why reset ? I don't want to void my warranty so I changed the oil myself at 10.000mls but did not reset.
Display is now showing 1st service at 15.000mls or whitin 24 months , wichever comes first.
Just my thoughts..
I reset it as it's had it's 1st service. Resetting or not is not really important I guess. I won't be bringing it in at 21k and don't want an annoying reminder on the dash.
Great post, @GavinC ! Can you post the air filter #'s (cabin & engine) for the lazy? Er, preoccupied? Thanks. I've got my next interval coming up. I have all the oil on hand, but not the two filters.
I can get the part numbers but they're also in the pictures. The OEM stickers on the filters have the numbers.
Edit:
@GrouseK9
The details are covered in the Oil Change thread. This oil meets or exceeds the JLR specifications and requirements.
This is the Castrol one if you prefer. The oil branding is not the critical feature. The specifications are. You must use oil that meets the JLR specs.
I started doing more of this stuff a couple of years back when my last car was getting a bit older. I sort of enjoy tinkering in the garage anyway. A bit of relaxation there with the tunes a playing. Dealer quoted $850 plus taxes so there's some money to be saved too. Not a huge deal I know and not going to be enough for that new yacht but better than a kick in the bollox.
To clarify, your dealer was charging $850 for an oil and filter change?
1 year Service
