[Defender Puma Engine oil]

The owners handbook states that only engine oil meeting certain Ford spec should be used when servicing. There is no choice. Unfortunately the LR dealer (just one here) insists on using Mobil 1 5w-40. This oil meets other Ford specs.....Aparently the only way to get this cleared is to write to the LR customer service. I would not call since I probably won´t understand the English on the phone. The question: does anybody knows if the usually reply?

thanks

M

[New Defender´s suspension]

Hello:

New in this forum. The local LR dealer told me that new 110" Defenders have a different type of spring coils in the rear (not the same the Td5 had). Anybody knows the part number or spring rate?

Mines are: front left: white/white, front right: yellow/yellow, rear left: white and rear right:green.

thanks

mch

[2007 MY Defender]

Hello:

I have a brand new 110" with the very same details. The roof seals cracks because the rear plate is too wide compared with the front panel. I glued some thick rubber to seal the "hole". Anyway, every Defender I have seen has these holes. I do not know what is the idea.

regards

mch

Hi,

I'm new to Defender ownership and took the plunge last year with a new 90 XS and have been nothing but impressed with the cars abilities so far.

From delivery the car has had paint defect on the roof along the seam, the dealer have repaired it once before and I noticed the paint was starting to come off again a couple of weeks ago and its gone back again for another respray.

There is also daylight visible from the bottom corner of the passenger door (closest to the A-Post) and co-incidently there was also white crust in this area, where the black angled vertical post on the A-Post, just inside the door shut where it comes down to meet the floor.

I have obviously raised this with the supplying Dealer and they have said, yes, thats quite normal (crust) and within the manufacturing tolerance of the vehicle and they all are like that (daylight), which sounds like absolute bull@£$%.

I'd appreciate any input from other owners of 2007 MY as to whether they've had the same issues.

Thanks