10’ Land Rover Range Rover - 5.0 V8 NA (151k) (4,042 Mile interval) (LM 0W-40)

[RRJar]

Latest results! This is of my 2010 Range Rover with the 5.0 Naturally Aspirated V8. We are the original owner, it's been running the same viscosity (5W-40/0W-40) for the last 10 years and we have never run an interval over 6k miles. I started doing these analysis after the vehicle went over the 100k mark, it had its timing chains done at around 68k miles, a OTS (Off the Shelf) tune from Eurocharged which was installed at 70k miles, and the engine oil cooler was done around 112k miles. New injectors, coils, plugs, valve cover, pcv at 130k miles.

Happy with these ‘healthier’ look results! Towards the end of the oil change interval, the vehicle became ‘retired’ from the daily driver. So it got idled more, short drives, fluids didn’t fully heat up; maybe that could explain the fuel in the oil and the lower flash point.

 

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Good deal & the fuel spike will happen w/shorter run/idle times like you previously mentioned. It just dawned on me that since Ford had ownership in LR that this 5.0L V8 is probably similar to Ford's 5.0L V8?

 

[RRJar]

Good deal & the fuel spike will happen w/shorter run/idle times like you previously mentioned. It just dawned on me that since Ford had ownership in LR that this 5.0L V8 is probably similar to Ford's 5.0L V8?

Honestly, lots of people think that! There are kinda similar in the aspect of DOHC and DI and etc. But they aren't really the 'same' or that similar outside of the major points. The chain set-up, tensioner set-up, and even phasers are different enough.

What is interesting is that the 4.4 Turbo Diesel V8's that were offered in International Markets for this Generation Range Rover as actually a Power Stroke diesel, made in the same factory in Mexico as the 6.7s

 

[fantastic]

Honestly, lots of people think that! There are kinda similar in the aspect of DOHC and DI and etc. But they aren't really the 'same' or that similar outside of the major points. The chain set-up, tensioner set-up, and even phasers are different enough.

What is interesting is that the 4.4 Turbo Diesel V8's that were offered in International Markets for this Generation Range Rover as actually a Power Stroke diesel, made in the same factory in Mexico as the 6.7s

That is interesting. I'll ad my limited experience w/foreign engines. The Volvo in my sig. I think mostly Volvo designed but was build by Ford in England. It has FoMoCo on everything. Screams "Premium" right?

Where was your engine built?

 

[RRJar]

That is interesting. I'll ad my limited experience w/foreign engines. The Volvo in my sig. I think mostly Volvo designed but was build by Ford in England. It has FoMoCo on everything. Screams "Premium" right?

Where was your engine built?

It was being made in a Ford Factory in the UK until recent where JLR took over the manufacturing. But this motor will eventually 'die'. JLR has gone away from the 3.0 SC V6 and the 5.0 V8s and moved to their new I6 motors and the N63 BMW V8s.

 

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It was being made in a Ford Factory in the UK until recent where JLR took over the manufacturing. But this motor will eventually 'die'. JLR has gone away from the 3.0 SC V6 and the 5.0 V8s and moved to their new I6 motors and the N63 BMW V8s.

Sounds like both were made at the same plant...cool! I'll have to go dig into those newer I6's.