Hello all, its one thing how all freelander owners need to check its the motor OIL on the car, will burn much oil first miles or km when the car is new the oil is going to all motorparts and it will going down and u maybe need to put 3 liters on oil on your car and after first check 20,000km the car will stop burning oil

and not trust on the oil ligt in the car

i hope all can understand my bad english

Last edited by r.helgason on 12th Jun 2009 6:32 pm. Edited 1 time in total

I was going to suggest Google Translate but they don't appear to do Icelandic

Looks like he is advising FL owners to check our oil often when new.......


....but then again I could be wrong.......

Thanks for the warning.

I don't think it will be a dramatic drop in oil, at least I haven't experienced such before with other new cars.

Do others have the experience of a dramatic drop of oil level after delivery of their new car?

I hope to pick up my new FL2 within the next 2 weeks  FL2 S TD4_e, Santorini Black, with towbar

Only ever topped mine up once, and that was with about 1/3 of a litre........must admit I haven't checked it for a while now so best go and do it this weekend

I checked mine after 15000 km and it whas nerly emty and put 3,3 L oil on him and i talk to the car comany how sell Land Rover thay told me its its normal on Freelander to drop oil the first KM

I checked mine at 24000 km and it was just at minimum. Filled 1 liter oil, because 2 week later I had my 25000 km service check, where all oil was changed. Freelander 2 SE 4Td Izmir Blue, Dog cage for Alaskan Malamute, iphone Navigon Navigator

For the first 20,000 miles mine used a litre of oil every 5,000 miles. since then no problem. i check mine evrey week and every day when towing.

Mine needed about 1/2 litre after about 5000, not needed a top up since annual service at 10000 now at 13000. So it has used less oil that my previous Audi did. My ford ranger never needs topping up but that engine was made before the dinosaurs and is a unrefined heap of and it gets a service every 6500 anyway  At work
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New to the forum, which I have found very interesting and informative. My Freelander 2 Petrol has now done 11500 kilometres and has needed no oil at all. This is probably just as well, since the grade of oil specified by Land Rover in Australia - 0W 30 - is not available at retail outlets and is not actually used at service times by the four Land Rover dealerships I have spoken to. For the interest of anyone else reading in Australia, Land Rover Australia say that Castrol Edge 5W 30 is OK. On a more general note, the car has been completely fault free (so far!) and we're very pleased we chose this, our first Land Rover. For interest, it replaced an H6 Subaru Outback which had no replacements, other than service items and a battery, over 6 years and 160000 kilometres, so the Freelander has got something to live up to, but so far shows every sign of doing so.

I topped up mine with 2 litres at 10,000 miles. Now done 15500 miles and never needed any more oil.