PAUL MARRIOTT Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I've just bought a Freelander, for the family and towing the b*****d horsebox, and Land Rover are recommending Castrol GTX Magnatec 10/40 for the K16 engine, I've not seen Castrol mentioned here before. Can anybody comment one its quality please? Should get all the valve seats cut tonight, then lapped in, and then its put back together time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan J Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Paul, Have you tried towing with the Freelander yet? I only ask as we bought our 1.8k petrol 3dr in 1998 on the back of the salesmans conviction that it would pull a horsebox no problem. Turned out to be a complete crock of s**t and to add insult to injury we had a large number of quality and dealer "issues". Getting shot of it was the best thing we ever did and SWMBO adored the Shogun replacement. Dan Fury K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 AFAIK its a regular quality multigrade oil, not synth or semi-synth but a good oil nonetheless. If it were me I'd use a good quality synth or semi-synth. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Magnatec 10W40 is a perfectly good synthetic oil. Nothing magnetic about it. 10W is a little conservative as a cold rating for a synthetic. A 5W40 or 0W40 synthetic would be better in almost all respects, but not a lot in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAUL MARRIOTT Posted February 27, 2002 Author Share Posted February 27, 2002 Thanks Gents, looks like I'll be sticking with Mobil 1 then. DanJ haven't tried yet, but if my salesmans crock is the same I'll take my crock and yours and visit said salesman, then ask oily how to increase the torque. Paul M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ranson Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 In 1998 we drove a diesel Freelander to Namibia, it was supposed to go to Cape Town but we had an enormous accident in the Namibian desert. Anyway no significant problems at all even after enormous abuse. In the six months before departure I towed my Caterham all over the country. With that sort of load it was a great tow vehicle. No experience of the petrol version though. (Sorry for the totally irrelevant post, but I still have a soft spot for that car. It got shipped back to the UK and reshelled, it's still going.....) Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan J Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Paul & Paul, Apologies if my post was a little eek.gif but the whole episode still smarts. IMO the biggest problem with the petrol version was having added 4wd and a load of extra weight it lacked grunt and always seemed to need an extra gear! Driving it from day to day was fine (when it was good it was v v good, etc) and i found it's on road manners v good but my 70ml a day B road commute averaged only 21 - 25mpg. The diesel may well address these issues and i must point out that ours was an early rover built car and i have since been told that the latest bmw built ones are much better. I only hope that your dealer is better than ours was at basic customer service wink.gif Dan Fury K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony isherwood Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Dont want to upset things even further, but a couple of caravan magazines where not to kind to the 'Lander. Practical caravan using the V6 version got less MPG than the V8 Disco when towing. The V8 Disco (I know as I have one that tows a Bl***dy great carvan,) does about 14 to 17 mpg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony isherwood Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Meant to add the magazines gave quite good reviews on the 2.7 TD Terrano. (Not sure if thats a Ford or a Nissen, they all look the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan J Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Forgot to add... Some freinds nearly bought one for towing their trailer and race car (Sylva Clubman). They went to the dealers with their trailer on tow and pursuaded them that the only way they would buy one was if it could tow the said trailer. They found on the test drive that it struggled with just the trailer and unsuprisingly went off the idea pretty sharpish. Dan Fury K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Howe Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Susan does a lot of towing and her last five vehicles have been diesel Isuzu's, they are rated at 3.5 tonne trailer load and happily tow a trailer with two full size horses and I guess when it is time for me to change it, her next car will also be an Isuzu. Fuel consumption for normal driving is around 25 mpg (153 bhp) and whilst towing cuts this down, its not that bad. If your looking to buy for towing purposes, check out what they are legally rated to tow. JH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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