william john wrote:

has any one used Smith and Alllen for their engines. Works out at about £30.00 for 6 litres including vat and delivery which seems good compared to branded oil.

Job completed today. Raised car and put sleeper blocks under front wheels. Drained oil and removed filter from below with 27mm ratchet combo spanner. Glad I bought this as it made the job of filter removal so easy. Used my local motor factor Monmore Auto Spare Wolverhampton for the oil, filter and new sump plug and copper washer which came as a kit. Oil is UltratecGtec2. 5w30 fully synthetic approved by Arnold Clark motor group.
£40.00 for the lot. Half an hour to do the change, 1hour to do all the prep work lifting and removing the bottom engine pan and the top engine cover. Recently done the air and pollen filters so will defo be doing oil and filters next time.

Does that oil have 'C1' in it's desciption which is the specification required for the SD4? Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Yes I believe so. The chap at the factors assured me it was what I needed for my 2012 td4.

I hope that knew what he was talking about.....these engines cost a lot to replace when they go bang

Hi there,
I managed to get access to the Oil Filter by removing the fan housing. You need to unclip some cables, but it just lifts out. It is a wee bit tricky to get past the hoses. You need to unclip then lift from the left up to about 45 degrees then lift out. This lets the "lugs" at the bottom right clear this big coolant hose. Re-fitting is right side down first then lower to the left. Doing this gives you full access to the filter housing for a 27mm socket. I could even get a torque wrench down when tightening up. Reason I did it this way was that I could not get hold of a 27mm flexible head ratchet spanner. I think next time I would use this from underneath as you need to get the undertray off anyway to drain the oil from the sump plug. Amazon is selling a Silverline for about £13. Will buy it for next time.
Cheers,

Bobupndown wrote:

Does that oil have 'C1' in it's desciption which is the specification required for the SD4?

SeanD wrote:

I think next time I would use this from underneath as you need to get the undertray off anyway to drain the oil from the sump plug.

SeanD wrote:

Hi there,
I managed to get access to the Oil Filter by removing the fan housing. You need to unclip some cables, but it just lifts out. It is a wee bit tricky to get past the hoses. You need to unclip then lift from the left up to about 45 degrees then lift out. This lets the "lugs" at the bottom right clear this big coolant hose. Re-fitting is right side down first then lower to the left. Doing this gives you full access to the filter housing for a 27mm socket. I could even get a torque wrench down when tightening up. Reason I did it this way was that I could not get hold of a 27mm flexible head ratchet spanner. I think next time I would use this from underneath as you need to get the undertray off anyway to drain the oil from the sump plug. Amazon is selling a Silverline for about £13. Will buy it for next time.
Cheers,