Hello there,
Three months ago I was in Pretoria South Africa with my Landy for a engine oil change (travel through Africa for the last 29 years, on and off, 1.200.000 km's and 4 engines) I asked the workshop (not a Landrover workshop) to change the engine oil and filter. Mostly used Castrol Magnatec but asked for a very good engine oil, 15W/40. They had no Magnatec in stock but Shell Rimula was a very good alternative, that's what they said. Came back after an hour and noticed that they had used Shell Rimula R4 X 15W/40 specially made for heavy duty trucks. After 4.000 km's I noticed (suprise, suprise) that there is hardly any oil consumption (before about 0,5 liter on 1.000 km's), only going up-hill for a long time it will use a little bit. Checking the specifications, it does not give me an idea if it is bad for the 200tdi engine:
Specifications:
SAE viscosity grade: 15W-40
API: CI-4, CH-4, CG-4, CF-4, CF. SL; ACEA: E7, E5, E3; Global: DHD-1; Caterpillar: ECF-2, ECF-1-A; Cummins: CES 20078, 77, 76 ,75, 72 ,71; DDC: 93K215; Deutz: DQC III-10; IVECO: T1 (Meets requirements);JASO: DH-1; Mack EO-M+, EO-M; MAN: M3275-1; MB-Approval 228.3; MTU: Category 2; Renault Trucks: RLD-2; Volvo: VDS-3;
Like to know if it harms the engine with the specs. above. Specially the lack of oil consumption is a question mark.
Thanks for any idea.